Do you find errors too late, after clients and customers have already noticed them? No more cringing in embarrassment.

In this practical, interactive course, you will learn the techniques that professional proofreaders use to ensure error-free documents. You will be able to apply them to your emails, reports, letters, web pages, and other communications.

What will you learn in this course?

• Find errors in formatting, consistency, spelling, word choice, and content, as well as typos, transpositions, and missing words.
• Apply proofreading best practices to increase the accuracy of the materials you produce.
• Recognize bad practices and unconscious habits that lead to overlooked errors.
• Use job aids to sharpen your skills and your attention to detail.

How you will learn?

After a warm-up to get your proofreading juices flowing, you will learn through short interactive presentations in which you will hear and see best practices illustrated. Then you will apply them yourself in six progressively more challenging proofreading practices. You will see the instructor’s solutions and review the reasons for the corrections.

Your learning materials in Proofread Like a Pro include two proofreading checklists, 12 best practices, six proofreading test exercises, procedures for fine-tuning your grammar and spelling checker, and four articles to reinforce and extend your learning.