Professional Editing & Proofreading Course
(Course Number: 90120)
Turn your attention to detail into a career
If you have a passion for words and an eye for detail, proofreading could be the perfect profession for you.
Our Professional Editing & Proofreading course will introduce you to proofreading marks and show you effective procedures for ensuring that documents are accurate, error-free and adhere to style guidelines. You'll also learn valuable techniques for copy editing, as well as ways to develop effective working relationships with authors.
As a freelance proofreader or editor, through completion of the Professional Editing and Proofreading course you'll find opportunities for work across a broad range of industries, including publishing houses, government departments and businesses of all sizes.
What you will learn
- Editing notes and colloquial speech
- General knowledge and playing with words
- Computer editing and electronic publishing
- Copyrighting and author's style
- Proofreading and design
- Getting down to business
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- Introduction to editing & proofreading
- Proofreading marks
- Structural editing
- Continuity
- Copy editing
- The editor and the author
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Included extras
- Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers
- Mark up pen
Career prospects
Upon completion of the Professional Editing and Proofreading course you will develop skills that will benefit anyone who wants to work with words for a living. The techniques you'll learn will be valuable whether you plan to work with business documents, advertising material or manuscripts.
Potential job titles upon completion of the Professional Editing and Proofreading course include:
- Freelance Proofreader
- Freelance Editor