EDITING
Services
Australian Editing House provide the following services to Australian businesses, corporations and government agencies by Australia’s leading editors:
Structural Editing
Substantive Editing
Copy Editing
Proofreading
Formatting
Project Management
Our comprehensive editing service is designed to help you write clearly. We apply a style to your overall content, create parallel sentence structures, avoid ambiguity, catch fragments, dangling modifiers and ensure subject-verb agreement. We meticulously review your grammar, spelling and punctuation, ensuring they are correct, consistent and concise.
Structural editing
SUBSTANTIVE EDITING
Copyediting
Read more about our services below to find what you need.
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STRUCTURAL EDITING
Structural editing is the developing phase where we review the entire document, identify any structural problems and apply the correct structure model so that the organisation of ideas has a logical flow and is clear to the intended audience.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
Deciding if your current structure is correct for the type of document
Analysing the hierarchy of headings and appropriate content within it
Applying the correct structural model to sequence the content (creating an effective structure)
Restructuring sections, paragraphs, headings, images, tables, links, lists, figures for a logical flow
Checking the length of sections and paragraphs to see if they are well balanced.
substantive EDITING
Substantive editing is an in-depth analysis of the content and expression of the written communication. It is the most detailed level of editing and includes structural editing, copyediting, and consultancy if the content needs clarification. Although it is not the editor’s responsibility to ensure specialist knowledge on the subject, it is up to the business. If required, this may or may not include an editor with specialised subject knowledge. e.g. a legal document by an editor with a legal background or a science document with an editor with a science background.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
Ensures the structure suits the content
Ensures clear language and that the writing style suits the audience (word choice, sentences, voice, and tone of the content). It may involve a light or heavy edit, which is considered rewriting.
Suggests improvements to the overall content
Ensures inclusive language (using appropriate and respectful language to the Australian diversity of cultures).
Analysing any factual inconsistencies in the content
Ensures balance of text and logical connections.
Ensures the content is clear, consistent, concise and complete.
Copyediting is the language editing. Consistency, accuracy and correctness of the the language and editing for clarity, voice and tone, grammar, spelling and punctuation. Word after word, sentence after sentence.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
Applying an agreed style guide
Editing the language for clear expression in plain English
Editing the language for the appropriate audience
Editing figures in tables
Creating a style sheet
Creating clear and logical flow between words, phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections
Correct use of punctuation
Correcting inconsistent voice and tone
Correcting spelling
Avoiding unnecessary jargon
Identifying and correcting incorrect English preference of words, spelling and punctuation.
copyEDITING
Formatting is the document design phase. It is the aesthetics of applying correct layout, typography and styles to the entire document ensuring a beautiful consistent look that enhances readability.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
Layout
Page Margins
Text alignment
Adding page numbers
Adding headers and footers
Font type, size, colour
Formatting figures
Formatting tables
Creating and updating table of contents
Other layout and design requirement as needed.
FORMATTING
Proofreading is the last phase of the writing process and before publication. It is part of the production process, ensuring quality control before publication. At this stage, the document should be error free as all changes and edits should have been applied during the structural editing, copyediting, and formatting phases.
Everything should be correct and neat but with a last final check for assurance.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
Reviewing that all agreed requirements and changes have been correctly implemented
Identifying any errors in the document that were not picked up at an earlier phase.
PROOFREADING
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
If your organisation requires editorial project management services, we can create a plan and analyse your business requirements in terms of your written communications, write technical documentation and even manage multiple editorial projects to meet the project objectives and expectations of your stakeholders on time and within budget.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
Written communications such as technical documents
Project scope plan
Project management plan
Business requirements management plan
Requirements documentation
Requirements and responsibilities matrix
Communications management plan
Risk management plan
Stakeholder engagement plan
Quality management plan
Cost management plan
Other communication requirements such as technical writing.
BESPOKE SERVICES
If you need a service not listed above, please tell us what you need on the ‘Request a Quote’ form. Our bespoke solutions are designed to adapt to your specific goals, ensuring clarity, professionalism and an Australian touch in every project.
WHAT’S INCLUDEd:
Indexing
Tailored business writing support (this all depends on the scope of work)
Editing for niche industries or specialised content
Other bespoke services,
Consistency in Communication
Tailored Style Guides for Your Organisation
A house style defines your organisation’s preferred way of presenting written communication. It covers everything from spelling and grammar to font style, tone and other conventions unique to your organisation.
We can help implement your existing style guide or create a bespoke template to ensure a consistent voice across all your content. This includes refining grammar, spelling, capitalisation, punctuation, hyphenation, formatting and more—tailored to meet your industry and organisational needs.
Let us write or refine your organisation’s style guide today, ensuring all documents and communications are professional, cohesive, and on-brand.
TYPES OF EDITING CONTENT We CAN HELP YOU WITH
Advertising and marketing materials
Annual reports
Business proposals
Communication plans
E-learning content
Grant applications
Newsletters
Online help documentation
Organisational policies
Other business and government documents - bespoke services
Policy briefs
Process documents
Product specifications
Style guides
Tenders
Training materials
User guides (manuals)
User requirements specifications
Web content
White papers
