Review a book or publication
Build comparable chapter evidence without confusing an open-document queue with complete Book coverage.
- Goal
- An explicitly checked publication membership and a report whose warnings remain visible.
- Starting profile
- Book / long-form
- Include
- White Space + Styles + Typography
Prepare a representative pass
Build comparable chapter evidence without confusing an open-document queue with complete Book coverage. Use a saved working copy, identify the intended active document, and check the inspection scope before interpreting a result. A profile is an inspection brief, not a command to repair the document.
Follow the workflow
- Agree on the intended profile, modules and language policy. Test a representative chapter before the full publication run.
- Open the intended documents. In Publication, collect results or use the serial inspection queue; an eligible Book route includes only chapters already open in InDesign.
- Check membership. Closed, missing, unknown or outdated chapters are not silently treated as inspected.
- Use compatible settings for comparable summaries. Read mixed-policy, partial-scope and missing-coverage warnings before comparing scores or finding rates.
- Retry selected failed or cancelled work where appropriate. Resolve restoration failures and confirm the intended active document.
- Finish the collection only when its intended membership has been reviewed. Copy the report, inspect its warnings and document labels, and retain the final proofing evidence.
Read Typography advice before editing
Select a finding and read Found, Suggested when offered, and Text locale. Review in context gives guidance without a guessed replacement. Advice itself edits no text. Verify meaning, make a deliberate edit in InDesign if justified, then inspect again. Read the full recommendation workflow →
How to recognize a finished pass
- Expected chapters and accepted scan membership agree.
- Comparisons use compatible settings and coverage.
- The report’s completion label and remaining warnings are understood.
Where judgement matters
- FINAL means collection completion, not defect-free editorial approval.
- Publication reports include document names.
- Matching profile names alone do not establish matching active policy.
Does a finding mean I must change the document?
No. Check intent, scope, current evidence and available actions. Retaining an intentional occurrence can be the correct decision. Record the supported review status when useful; it does not edit the source text.