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I am writing a book is it possible to proof read it with word
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Having done a lot of proof reading in my time, I have found that the only
satisfactory method is to print it out and go through the hard copy with a fine tooth comb - but I suppose you mean 'read it out' in which case see http://www.gmayor.com/word_text_to_speech.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org swallowbird wrote: I am writing a book is it possible to proof read it with word |
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Word's spell-checker helps tell you whether or not you have a recognized
word. It doesn't tell you if it is the right word (or if there might be a better word). Word's grammar checking misses major gramatical errors and yet gives many false positives. I usually keep it turned off. Those are the available tools. I find that I spot many more errors reading a paper copy than I do online. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "swallowbird" wrote in message ... I am writing a book is it possible to proof read it with word |
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An interesting discovery I made lately: I had a manuscript, given to me in
electronic form, that I had copyedited and formatted. It was then reprinted and returned to the author for proofreading. Then I proceeded to turn it into a book. This process, which included changing the font and the page size, resulted in line breaks at different places. As I was working my way through the document, tweaking line and page breaks, I found many errors that had not been caught on the first pass. I don't know whether to attribute this to the difference in line breaks (which placed phrases in a different position in the line) or the change in font (which perhaps made unwanted spaces next to quotation marks more obvious) or to preoccupation with formatting when I made the first pass, but it is certainly the case that I caught a lot of previously unseen errors on the second pass. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Word's spell-checker helps tell you whether or not you have a recognized word. It doesn't tell you if it is the right word (or if there might be a better word). Word's grammar checking misses major gramatical errors and yet gives many false positives. I usually keep it turned off. Those are the available tools. I find that I spot many more errors reading a paper copy than I do online. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "swallowbird" wrote in message ... I am writing a book is it possible to proof read it with word |
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Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
I don't know whether to attribute this to the difference in line breaks... or to preoccupation with formatting when I made the first pass, but it is certainly the case that I caught a lot of previously unseen errors on the second pass. I don't know if things have changed in the past coughty years, but in my salad days when I had a job at a publishing house proofreading there were cycles of proofing/copyediting, and several levels of proofers. And when one of the 'upper' levels caught a typo, the whole thing went alllllll the way back to us at the bottom to begin again. It was not uncommon to proof the same galley 7, 8, even 9 or more times. Even today when I have a document, I proof it, let it sit for a day or two and come back to it. Read it, catch more and then read it backwards and find still more. B/ |
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Indeed. If only this method worked for proofreading one's own work. sigh
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Brian Mailman" wrote in message ... Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: I don't know whether to attribute this to the difference in line breaks... or to preoccupation with formatting when I made the first pass, but it is certainly the case that I caught a lot of previously unseen errors on the second pass. I don't know if things have changed in the past coughty years, but in my salad days when I had a job at a publishing house proofreading there were cycles of proofing/copyediting, and several levels of proofers. And when one of the 'upper' levels caught a typo, the whole thing went alllllll the way back to us at the bottom to begin again. It was not uncommon to proof the same galley 7, 8, even 9 or more times. Even today when I have a document, I proof it, let it sit for a day or two and come back to it. Read it, catch more and then read it backwards and find still more. B/ |
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