Editor (disambiguation)

An editor is a person who edits (i.e. makes changes to) documents or audio-visual works. The term can also apply to software and hardware tools used to accomplish such changes.

People referred to as editor

 * Authors' editor, works with authors (rather than publishers) to make draft texts fit for purpose (sometimes called “manuscript editor”)
 * Contributing editor, a magazine or book-publishing title, sometimes honorary, with a variety of meanings
 * Copy editor, making formatting changes and other improvements to text (sometimes called "manuscript editor" in academic publishing)
 * Developmental editor, an editor who supports authors before and during the drafting of a manuscript
 * Editor-at-large, a special kind of journalist
 * Editor-in-chief, having final responsibility for a publication's operations and policies
 * Film editor, person who selects and edits the raw footage of a film to create a finished motion picture
 * Literary editor, in a newspaper or similar, deals with reviews or literary criticism
 * Managing editor, senior member of a publication's management team
 * Music editor (filmmaking), type of sound editor responsible for music
 * Picture editor, or photo editor, collects and reviews photographs and/or illustrations for publication
 * Script editor, works with the screenwriter and producer of television dramas and comedies
 * Sound editor (filmmaking), prepares the sound on a film or television production
 * Sound editor or audio editor, a role of an audio engineer

Computer tools referred to as editor

 * Digital audio editor, for editing audio data
 * Graphics editor, for creating and manipulating visual images
 * Raster graphics editor, for editing pictures in bitmap or raster format
 * Vector graphics editor, for editing pictures in vector format
 * Hex editor, for editing binary data
 * HTML editor, for editing web pages
 * Level editor, for editing levels of computer games
 * MS-DOS Editor, a plain-text editor for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows
 * Source code editor, for editing source code
 * Text editor, for editing plain text
 * Visual editor, an editing program that displays text on screen as it is edited
 * Word processor, for producing and editing any sort of printable material
 * WYSIWYG editor, for editing and visualizing formatted text or graphics
 * XML editor, for editing XML data

Other uses of editor

 * The Editor, a 2014 Canadian black comedy giallo film
 * The Editor (Doctor Who), a fictional character
 * Editors (band), an English rock band
 * SS Editor, an American cargo ship in service 1919-41