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If you're looking for an online proofreading tool, check out Grammarly! It offers instant suggestions to polish your writing as you type. It works for both academic proofreading and proofreading for work.

All you need to do is: Research what a proofreader does and brush up on your core skills. Learn how to use common editing tools in Microsoft Word. Get to know some of the major style guides that proofreaders use. Volunteer your services to build some experience.

The best proofreading courses are General Proofreading: Theory and Practice? by Proofread Anywhere, Becoming a Proofreader by Knowadays, Essential Proofreading: Editorial Skills One by The Publishing Training Centre, and a series of classes by the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.

Proofreading Techniques Read your paper aloud. Sometimes writing sounds different in your head than it sounds on paper. Make a list of errors that you commonly make and keep an eye out for them. Read the text backwards. ... Proofread for only one type of error at a time. Double check everything: ... Read slowly and carefully.

Your copy-editor or proofreader should: 1 Know the difference between copy-editing and proofreading. ... 2 Know their stuff. ... 3 Print it out. ... 4 Proof, not read. ... 5 Be polite. ... 6 Double check. ... 7 Be consistent. ... 8 Watch for tense changes.

Proofreading means carefully checking for errors in a text before it is published or shared. It is the very last stage of the writing process, when you fix minor spelling and punctuation mistakes, typos, formatting issues and inconsistencies.

Check Your Proofing Options Go to 'File'. Click on 'Options'. ... In the menu on the left-hand side, choose 'Proofing'. Under 'When correcting spelling and grammar in Word', check that 'Grammar & more' (if using Word 2016, otherwise this will be 'Grammar & Style') is selected from the dropdown menu.