Basic copy-editing

Suitable for clear, well-written texts.

Incorporation of house style*, or adherence to an external style: consistency, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, use of type faces, and so on. Also basic grammar and sense checks, such as agreement of subject and verb. At a later stage (usually after page-makeup), proof-reading and checking of contents pages, references, indices, etc.

* By default, The Oxford Guide to Style.

Substantive copy-editing