Welcome to Proofreading For Professionals!

Each module in this course will cover a different aspect of proofreading written content. This will range from using the tools in Microsoft Word to reviewing the style and tone of a text to improve readability. Along the way, we’ll teach you the rules and conventions for spelling, grammar, and punctuation so you can correct any kind of document, professional or personal.

• 1.1: An Introduction To Proofreading For Professionals

• 2.1: An Introduction To Proofreading And Editing

• 2.2: Workflow And Technique

• 3.1: An Introduction To Microsoft Word

• 3.2: Getting Set Up

• 3.3: Using Track Changes And Compare

• 3.4: Managing Comments

• 3.5: Other Useful Functions

• 4.1: Homophones

• 4.2: Letter Addition And Omission

• 4.3: Irregular Plurals And Letter Order Mix-Ups

• 4.4: Spelling And Pronunciation

• 4.5: Regional Spelling Variations

• 4.6: Compound Words And Extra Tips

• 4.7: Module Quiz

• 5.1: Faulty Agreement And Parallelism

• 5.2: Fragments And Modifying Clauses

• 5.3: Adverbs And Adjectives

• 5.4: Determiners, Prepositions, And Pronouns

• 5.5: Regional Grammar Variations

• 5.6: Grammar Myths And Extra Tips

• 5.7: Module Quiz

• 6.1: Terminal Punctuation

• 6.2: Commas

• 6.3: Colons And Semicolons

• 6.4: Apostrophes

• 6.5: Quotation Marks

• 6.6: Hyphens And Dashes

• 6.7: Ellipses, Parentheses, And Lists

• 6.8: Module Quiz

• 7.1: Latin Terms

• 7.2: Acronyms And Abbreviations

• 7.3: Numbers

• 7.4: Capitalization And Other Common Issues

• 7.5: Module Quiz

• 8.1: An Introduction To Style

• 8.2: Stylistic Factors

• 8.3: Business Writing

• 8.4: AI-Generated Writing

• 9.1: The Google Suite

• 9.2: Proofreading In PowerPoint And Excel

• 9.3: Proofreading PDFs

• 9.4: Technical Formats

• 10.1: Wrapping Up