Services Available:

 
General Proofreading:
Typically for copy editing, essays and term papers
  • Typographical errors
  • Punctuation
  • Grammar
  • Subject-verb usage
  • Verb tense
  • Spelling errors
  • Basic word selection

Proofreading and Document Editing/Formatting:
General Proofreading and:
  • Close collaborative effort to ensure an excellent final product
  • Adherence to provided style guide or APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.
  • Advanced word selection, repetition, consistency
  • Sentence structure (incomplete thoughts, run on sentences)
  • Paragraph structure
  • Review from beginning to end and check for consistency and style
  • Consider style and tone for specified audience
  • Overall structure
  • Table and figure formatting, including creating from text if needed
  • Check for plagiarism (for academic documents)
  • Verification of reference sources/hyperlinks
  • Work on many reiterations over periods of set time including deadlines
  • Convert sections of text from hard copy or PDF to Word
  • Discuss points of confusion
  • Verify spelling of names, companies, titles, etc.
  • Confirm references are in the text and reference section
  • Review for use of “Plain Language” from the Plain Writing Act of 2010 (if requested)
  • Completed checklist for formatting via Word as follows:
      · Table of contents (more than one if necessary)
      · Table of figures
      · Table of tables
      · Page numbers
      · Headers and footers
      · Section numbers
      · Chapters
      · Acronyms list or Glossary
      · Index

Additional Services:
Please contact me so we can negotiate a price for these services:
  • Typing into Word any documents available only in hard copy or uncopyable PDFs
  • Converting PDFs into workable Word or Excel files
  • Proofreading Web sites for typos, flow, live hyperlinks, cross links, accurate phone numbers, etc.
  • Creating professional PowerPoint projects and/or edit them for readability and correctness
  • Developing easy to read and short brochure/guides from larger/technical documents
  • Creating company style guides that provide consistent guidelines in writing, editing, and formatting for that particular company, including various examples
  • Developing Word document templates to help create consistency throughout future documents
  • Creating tables out of text
  • Proofreading text between a hard copy and the electronic version
  • Transcription in verbatim or summary form
  • Attending on-site meetings to serve as a typist, editor, note taker, on-site liaison between your group and venue