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Private:

This outline is available as a private course. Please contact us to arrange this course at a venue and date of your choice.
Private courses can be held at your site or one of our training venues, and can be customised to fit your requirements.

You can choose to have a private course based on an existing outline or you can choose the most applicable lessons from a number of different outlines and consolidate them into one course.

We can also write bespoke courses to fit your specific requirements, whether you require training on a standard application or a bespoke inhouse system.

Please contact us to discuss this further on 0191 377 8377.

Course Overview

This highly interactive training course delivers the proof reading skills necessary to identify and correct mistakes ensuring that a copy looks and reads professionally. This course will cover how to proof read thoroughly, accurately and competently. Training exercises in spotting mistakes and correcting common errors of punctuation, spelling and grammar will be completed.

Prerequisites

Objectives

Course Content

Introduction

    Reading on paper and on screen
    How to read thoroughly and accurately
    Functions of a proof reader

Proof reading and Editing Marks

    Danger of grammar and spell checkers
    Different types of proof
    Commonly used terms
    Marks and terminology

Spotting Mistakes

    Regularly misspelt word
    Spelling and punctuation tips
    Keeping a checklist
    Cutting and making lines
    Reading and correcting page proofs
    Dealing with tables and complicated pages

Punctuation

    When the rules can be broken
    Punctuation in the real world
    Punctuation marks defined

Grammar

    Changes in current usage
    Avoiding common errors

Training Options

  • Private course at your company office throughout the UK, at one of our training venues (Durham, Newcastle or Washington) or at an independent location, convenient to you
  • Bespoke course written to your specific needs, at your company office throughout the UK, at our training venue or at an independent location, convenient to you
  • For further information please contact us on 0191 377 8377

What's Included

  • Relaxed refreshment area at our training venues
  • Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venue
  • Comprehensive course manual and exercises


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