Powerful Proofreading Skills

Description:
The course was designed to cover critical business and professional development topics in the shortest time possible. With a wealth of hands-on exercises, the course keeps you engaged and help you retain critical skills.

Ever send out an embarrassing, costly, typo-filled, business letter? Now, this practical course is here to help. Each section contains exercises and activities that strengthen your proofreading skills and eliminate errors and inaccuracies from your documents.

Duration: One day

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Proofreader’s Pretest

Section 1: Proofreading for Error-Free Copy
What Is Proofreading?
Setting the Stage
Getting Started
Achieving Error-Free Documents
Proofreading Numbers and Names
Incorporating Proofreaders’ Marks
How to Give Proofreading Feedback to Others

Section 2: Proofreading for Accuracy
Know Your Grammar Terms
Proofreading for Grammatical Errors
Proofreading for Punctuation Errors
Proofreading for Spelling Errors
Proofreading for Usage Errors
Proofreading for Capitalization Errors
Proofreading for Number Errors

Section 3: Summary
Proofreader’s Post Test
Create Your Own Proofreader’s Library

Section 4: Exercise Answers
Recommended Reading