Let’s review, revise and enhance your commercial copy.
Proofreading
Before you send your content into the world, it is a good idea to have a fresh pair of eyes check it over for spelling errors, grammatical issues, inconsistent formatting and misplaced punctuation. Don’t let a sloppy finish let you down when you are bidding for business.
Copyediting
Sometimes you need a little more than just a final polish. Perhaps you have a draft but you know it needs a bit of refinement to fully convey your message. I can look at your word choice, tone, syntax and flow to improve overall clarity and readability.
Style guides
Does your team have multiple people with different ideas of the “correct” way to write and format your documents? I can help you create a style guide to provide guidance on spelling and punctuation rules, company voice and language composition. If accessibility and Plain English are important to you, I can tailor your guide to your organisational goals.
Formatting
Sometimes commercial content in Word or PowerPoint documents need tidying but don’t warrant going to the design team. It can be frustrating when you accidentally create blank pages or when multiple people have introduced spacing errors to a draft. My formatting service will tidy up fonts, spacing, margins and bullets to give you a clean final product.
Frequently asked questions
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Proofreading is a final check at word level to ensure accuracy and consistency across spelling, grammar and punctuation. Copyediting happens a little earlier in the process. I look at your content at sentence level and suggest edits to help improve the readability and messaging.
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Formatting focuses on the look and feel of the document at a high level. This includes the appearance of text, structure of headings and styling of tables and charts. I can also insert simple pre-created graphics that fit your brand guidelines.
Design is usually done by your marketing or graphics team and involves the creation of customised assets to project your ideas and messaging in a visually pleasing way.
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Proofreading: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDFs, client portals and internal systems
Copyediting: Word, PowerPoint
Style Guides: Word
Formatting: Word, PowerPoint
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AI absolutely has a place in helping to automate some basic tasks but it cannot understand the nuances of your content in the same way a human can. AI will not:
Check if you are responding to every part of a compound question in a bid.
Pick up on a copy and paste error where you have included a previous client name.
Fully understand the context of your content.
AI can also:
Have security concerns with uploading your confidential information to servers which can be exposed to potential breaches.
Change your company style and voice.
I love embracing new technology but when it comes to content you need a real person to check it for you.
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There are multiple factors that determine timelines including the service required, size of the document, previously scheduled work etc. It is best to reach out as early as possible in your timeline and I can block out the time for your project.