Editing Manuscript (section)

==Modern variations <span class="anchor" id="Typescript"></span>==
In the context of [[library science]], a manuscript is defined as any hand-written item in the collections of a library or an archive. For example, a library's collection of hand-written letters or diaries is considered a manuscript collection. Such manuscript collections are described in finding aids, similar to an index or table of contents to the collection, in accordance with national and international content standards such as [[Describing Archives: A Content Standard|DACS]] and [[ISAD(G)]].

In other contexts, however, the use of the term "manuscript" no longer necessarily means something that is hand-written. By analogy a '''''typescript''''' has been produced on a typewriter.<ref name="merriam-webster.com">{{Citation |author=Merriam-Webster |author-link=Merriam-Webster |title=Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary |publisher=Merriam-Webster |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typescript |postscript=. |access-date=22 February 2015 |archive-date=22 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222015904/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typescript |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Publishing===
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In book, magazine, and music publishing, a manuscript is an [[autograph (manuscript)|autograph]] or copy of a work, written by an author, composer or copyist. Such manuscripts generally follow standardized typographic and formatting rules, in which case they can be called [[fair copy]] (whether original or copy). The staff paper commonly used for handwritten music is, for this reason, often called "manuscript paper".

===Film and theatre===
{{See also|Screenplay|Play (theatre)}}
In film and theatre, a manuscript, or ''script'' for short, is an author's or dramatist's text, used by a theatre company or film crew during the production of the work's performance or filming. More specifically, a motion picture manuscript is called a screenplay; a television manuscript, a teleplay; a manuscript for the theatre, a stage play; and a manuscript for audio-only performance is often called a radio play, even when the recorded performance is disseminated via non-radio means.

===Insurance===
{{see also|Insurance policy}}
In insurance, a manuscript policy is one that is negotiated between the insurer and the policyholder, as opposed to an off-the-shelf form supplied by the insurer.