Copy editing and proofreading guides
Not sure what a particular editing term means? Confused about the difference between proofreading and copy editing? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. Here’s a guide to some of the more common areas that I see as a copy editor.
Learn about how business editing services can help your organization. Find out about the process of reviewing, revising, and enhancing business content including reports, website copy, ebooks, documents, emails, marketing materials, advertising, social media posts, company blog posts, and more
Learn about what business editors do, including how they enhance and polish your written business content so it’s perfect for your audience. Find out how a business editor reviews your work from the reader’s perspective and improves it so it gets your key points across, shows the benefits and features of your business, products, and services, and builds trust with customers, users, and stakeholders.
Learn about how copy editing works in our complete guide to how copy editors will review, revise, edit, and rewrite your content. Find out about what a copy editing service does, benefits, types of editing, principles, processes, pricing, and more.
Find out how a professional copy editor will review your writing and carry out changes to strengthen the copy, make it easier to understand, ensure you’re explaining all your key points, and remove confusion or ambiguity.
A proofreader is a professional who reviews text to correct errors in punctuation, grammar, and spelling. Proofreaders will fix individual word and sentence issues within a piece of writing. Once content has been proofread, it should not contain typos, spelling mistakes, incorrect punctuation, or grammar issues.
Proofreading checks and corrects spelling, grammar, word usage, and punctuation errors in both the main body of the text and within captions, indexes, footnotes, and reference lists.
A style guide is a set of standards designed to help writers and other creatives compose, format, and design documents and other content meet the requirements of an organization's brand. Style guides are often mandatory, meaning that their instructions must be followed before a piece of content can be published.
Website copy editing is the process of reviewing and rewriting the words and language used on your business, personal, or other website. Website copy editing focuses on eliminating errors, improving clarity and readability, and editing language so it’s suitable for an online audience.
Website proofreading is a final, thorough review of your website content. Website proofreading finds and corrects any spelling, grammar, wording, or punctuation mistakes that might have been overlooked in the writing and editing process.