Reformats print article text with column breaks, orphaned lines, and layout-dependent phrasing into clean web copy. Useful when repurposing print material for digital publication.
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Adapts print-formatted article text — including column breaks, orphaned lines, print-specific conventions, and layout-dependent phrasing — for clean web publication, producing copy that reads naturally in a single-column digital environment.
Adapts print-formatted article text — including column breaks, orphaned lines, print-specific conventions, and layout-dependent phrasing — for clean web publication, producing copy that reads naturally in a single-column digital environment.
Required: The article text as it comes from the print source — paste it in full, with all artefacts intact (broken words, mid-sentence column breaks, "continued" labels, cross-references to page positions or layout elements, print-specific abbreviations).
Optional: The original print format (broadsheet, tabloid, magazine double-spread, newsletter column). The target web format (full-width web article, mobile-first single column, newsletter email body). Any house style notes for the web version (e.g., subheadings required every 400 words, links should be added at named sources).
The fully reformatted article text, ready to paste into a CMS. Delivered in two parts: (1) the clean text, and (2) a short editorial notes section listing every change made and any decision that requires the editor's sign-off (e.g., "removed reference to sidebar 'Key Dates' — confirm whether a web equivalent will be published"). Paragraph spacing follows web conventions: a blank line between paragraphs, no indentation. Tone and language are preserved exactly as written by the author.
Print format: broadsheet newspaper, three-column layout Target: full-width web article
Pasted text (as exported from InDesign):
The floods came without warning. In the valley town of Mireaux, pop- ulation 4,200, residents had less than ninety minutes to gather what they could carry before the river broke its banks for the first time in recorded history.
"We had been told the levee would hold," said Clara Fontaine, 67, who lost her home of forty years. "Nobody believed it could fail. Nobody." [Continued on p.7]
Local emergency services were overwhelmed within hours. By nightfall, fourteen residential streets were submerged. For a full breakdown of affected zones, see the map on page 8.
The regional government has since launched an independent review — see panel, right — but critics say the inquiry lacks the statutory pow- er to compel testimony from infrastructure contractors.
The EU has offered emergency relief funds. Details on p.8.
[SIDEBAR: Key Dates — March 2019: levee construction completed — June 2022: first structural survey flagged hairline fractures — April 2024: flood event]
Fontaine now lives with her daughter forty kilometres away. She does not expect to return. "Mireaux is still there," she said. "But it isn't home any more."
Reformatted Article Text
The floods came without warning. In the valley town of Mireaux, population 4,200, residents had less than ninety minutes to gather what they could carry before the river broke its banks for the first time in recorded history.
"We had been told the levee would hold," said Clara Fontaine, 67, who lost her home of forty years. "Nobody believed it could fail. Nobody."
Local emergency services were overwhelmed within hours. By nightfall, fourteen residential streets were submerged.
The regional government has since launched an independent review, but critics say the inquiry lacks the statutory power to compel testimony from infrastructure contractors.
The EU has offered emergency relief funds.
Fontaine now lives with her daughter forty kilometres away. She does not expect to return. "Mireaux is still there," she said. "But it isn't home any more."
Editorial Notes
Soft hyphens removed. Words broken mid-line by column width ("pop-ulation," "pow-er") have been rejoined. Check: population, power, recorded — confirm spellings in original manuscript if any doubt.
"Continued on p.7" removed. This notice was a print navigation aid. No equivalent is needed for the web article.
"See the map on page 8" — reference removed from body text. The sentence now reads: "By nightfall, fourteen residential streets were submerged." Decision required: if an interactive or static map will be embedded in the web article, reinsert a reference such as "By nightfall, fourteen residential streets were submerged — see the map below." If no map will be published on web, the current clean sentence stands.
"See panel, right" removed. The inline reference to the print sidebar has been removed from the sentence about the independent review. The sentence now reads as self-contained prose. Decision required: if the sidebar content (Key Dates) will be published as a web fact box, consider adding "A timeline of key dates is published below this article" at the end of the paragraph.
"Details on p.8" removed. The sentence now reads: "The EU has offered emergency relief funds." Decision required: if the web article will link to the EU relief announcement, rewrite as: "The EU has offered emergency relief funds — [link text]."
Sidebar "Key Dates" not included in clean text. The sidebar was a print-only element and has not been incorporated into the web body. Decision required: if it is to be published on web, it can run as a formatted fact box. The content is preserved here for your use:
npx claudepluginhub ur-grue/autopunk-media-skills --plugin autopunk-media-skillsReformats manuscripts, articles, or long-form text to match a specific publication's structural and style requirements — adjusting headings, spacing, citations, pull-quotes, and front matter.
Structurally edits article drafts through an interactive section-by-section rewrite for clarity, flow, and argument strength.
Restructures and rewrites article sections for clarity, coherence, and flow. Useful for editing or revising drafts.