PROOFREADING : Business Communication
PROOFREADING

Proofreading is the final quality-control Check for your document. Don’t depend on other’s assistance in correcting any mistake; become the proofreader yourself. Take responsibility for ensuring the accuracy of your communications; just as you take responsibility for your other managerial tasks. 
PROOFREADING



Proofread for Content

First, read through your document quickly, checking for content errors. Was any material omitted or duplicated unintentionally? Check to be sure that your document makes sense.

Proofread for Typographical Error

Next, read through your document slowly, checking for typographical errors. Watch especially for errors that form a new word; for example, “I took the figures form last month’s reports.” Such errors are difficult to spot. Also be on the lookout for repeated or omitted words. Double-check all proper names and all figures. Professional proofreaders find that writers often overlook errors in the titles and headings of reports, in the opening and closing parts of letters/memos, and in the last paragraph of all types of documents.

Proofread for Format Errors

Visually inspect the document for appropriate format. Are all the parts included and in the correct position? What will be the receiver’s first impression before reading the
document? Does the document look attractive on the page? Do not consider the proofreading stage complete until you are able to read through the entire document


without making any changes. There is always the possibility that in correcting one error you inadvertently introduced another.


Finally, after planning, drafting, formatting, and proofreading your document, transmit it – with the sure knowledge and satisfaction that you have taken all reasonable steps to ensure that it achieves its objectives.
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Serein is an English-language documentary newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh, founded in 2017.

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