Editing and Production Services

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Our team has extensive experience with the publications process, from writing to editing and from layout and design to printing and distribution.  PAI has supported government and commercial contracts, working with the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual, the Federal Register Document Drafting Handbook, the Chicago Manual of Style, client editorial styles, and
in-house styles.  Our editing process includes the following steps:

  • Proofreading documents to ensure the accuracy of formats, proper semantic usage, spelling, and punctuation.

  • Editing (copy editing and substantive) documents to include checking and correcting the content of all documents to ensure consistency, accuracy, and coherency; style; grammar; parallel structure; and cross-referencing.

  • Ensuring documents are written in plain language or revising documents to conform to plain language, including the use of question-and-answer format, active voice, short sentences, lists and tables when possible, and descriptive topic headings.

  • Designing, producing, and reproducing forms, charts, tables, and other graphic presentations required for clarification or explanation within documents.

  • Formatting documents according to the appropriate and requested style guides.

PAI’s team is proficient in several word processing, graphics, and presentation applications on both PC and Macintosh platforms.  These include Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Visio, and Project), Mindjet MindManager, and Adobe (PageMaker, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop).

PAI has noteworthy in-house graphics and printing capabilities to effectively produce a wide range of quality products.  Also, PAI has access to and experience working with printers who produce large quantity, high-end quality, color and black and white documents, brochures, programs, signs, or similar products.

PAI team members routinely use the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual; Federal Register Document Drafting Handbook; FAA Plain English Guide; FAA Performance‑Based Regulations Guide; FAA Order 1320.1, FAA Directives Management; and FAA Order 1320.46, Advisory Circular System.  In addition, PAI is prepared to respond to the requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.