Our services

The following is some general information about the more common services that we provide to educational publishers. If there’s something you need doing that doesn’t fit any of these descriptions, do feel free to ask. It’s quite possible that it’s something that we have done or can do.

Set Word files

We can provide a wide range of support for creating Word files, from a quick tidy prior to deployment to catch common errors, to a basic initial formatting and layout, through to a full typesetting service, complete with press-ready PDFs and web- (or VLE-)ready Word files. We can also convert typeset PDFs into editable Word files – tidying up automated processes, or manually converting them, ensuring everything comes across in the most appropriate manner.

Create Office templates

We can create templates for Word and PowerPoint that can be used for authors to write into, editors to format into, or purely for typesetters’ use (whether us or another supplier). We can create designs from scratch, base them on your parameters and assets or adapt a student book or teacher pack design, as required.

Traditional typesetting

We work on PCs, in InDesign, integrating Illustrator and Photoshop. We are happy to work with XML and other structuring and to set up interactivity for PDFs or eBooks. If you have any special requirements, please feel free to contact us to discuss them.

Editorial services

We offer editorial services on individual projects or as an extra to other services (e.g. formatting and editing Word files; proofreading typeset files before returning them, etc.). We can also offer separate (editorial) checking and testing of digital products.

File conversion

We can undertake various levels of file conversion, from automated to semi-automated, such as converting PDFs to JPGs for use as electronic thumbnails, converting artwork to Flash for use in Flash activities, etc. We can often set up batch processes for large numbers of files.

Digital development and management

We have worked with a variety of bespoke digital delivery solutions for different publishers and are comfortable creating, checking and amending spreadsheets or XML files that feed into such systems. We are very quick to pick up new systems that we haven’t yet encountered. We have managed many digital products, of varying scales.

Other services

We undertake a variety of other services to our different clients that are not easy to categorise. If you’re an educational publisher with needing to outsource some work that’s not listed above, please do contact us; it’s quite possible that we can do it.