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Proofreading Techniques for Technical Writers (1 Day)
VERSION: 1.0
For those technical writers looking for the next level of skill development, discover the best way to proofread "live copy" from "dead copy." We use The Gregg Reference Manual as our standard and teach Plain Talk principles in this course. We encourage you to add to this technical review by taking the one-day Editing Techniques course for technical writers.
Key Benefits
Learn to:
- Apply grammar correctly to your technical documents.
- Make proper word choices.
- Use proper punctuation and deal with abbreviations.
- Address regulations and legal documents.
Style of Instruction
Onsite: Taught by one of our instructors in a training room, using audio/visual presentations and in-class exercises.
Online: You will download text materials and instructional movies to view. You will view the materials and complete assignments at your own pace, then submit them by direct file transfer (FTP) to your instructor. You may opt to meet your instructor at regular intervals in a live audio/video conference room to discuss your work.
Who Should Take this Course?
All public and private sector executive and administrative assistants, office staff, and others who proofread a variety of written documents.
Objective
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to proofread for:
- Major and minor grammatical errors: correct pronoun usage, subject/verb agreement, phrases, modifiers, and double negatives for technical documents.
- Grammar rules we sometimes break for clarity and reading ease.
- Proper word choices over the "nearly right" words.
- Correct punctuation usage for the ampersand, brackets, bullets, colons, commas, dashes, diagonals, ellipsis, hyphens, parentheses, semicolons, and symbols.
- Accurate plural spelling and dealing with abbreviations.
- Issues related to proofreading regulations and legal documents.
- Software, revision, textual, and non-text errors.
- Professional proofreader's nightmares for technical letters, reports, and manuals.
Course Contents
- Proofread to Stay Under the Grammar Hammer.
- Proofread Proper Word Choice and Punctuation.
- Proofread for Spelling and Other Conventions.
- Edit/Proofread Regulations and Legal Documents.
- Keep Your Editorial/Proofreading Hat on Without
Losing Your Head.
- Proofread to Stay Perfect.
Text
Participants will receive the Course Book Proofreading Techniques for Technical Writers, written by Dr. Sharon Bridwell, which includes fill-in-the-blank information, 34 short proofreading activities, 1 punctuation exam, and 2 proofreading practice exercises.
Prerequisites
To profit from this course you need to:
- Write documents in understandable English.
- Slowly review the material and complete all exercises and assignments without the help of others.
- Navigate a Web site using hypertext links (online course only).
- Send and reply to e-mail messages (online course only).
What we require of you
For the onsite class, you must show up for class on time and remain until it is completed (approximately 7-8 hours each day). You will interact with other learners, complete writing exercises, and ask questions when confused.
For the online class, you will take this course at your own pace. Although we estimate you can complete this course in 14 hours, you have up to ten weeks. If you are new to self-directed learning, you may find this style of learning fresh—and a bit frightening. You learn by doing. You alone are responsible for your own learning. That means you must have the drive and discipline to see the course through.
Before you start
- Review your own schedule to make sure you have the time to give to this learning process.
- For the onsite class you have no pre-class readings or activities.
- For the online class you need to review this document, the terms and conditions, and technical requirements to make sure that you meet all of them (see links below).
- After reading this entire description, proceed to the Register page when you are ready to sign up.
Instructor
Write Words, American Writing Services provides all instructors. For more information on our instructors, click here.
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