Proofreader Training
Gain professional proofreading expertise for the publishing industry. Develop advanced abilities in punctuation, grammar, style guides, markup techniques, and quality control. Confidently detect all errors, preserve the author's voice, and produce polished, publication-ready manuscripts that meet high standards.

4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
This course equips you with practical proofreading skills to identify errors confidently and efficiently. You'll master key American punctuation, grammar, and capitalization rules, along with advanced comma usage and techniques for improving sentence clarity. Gain hands-on experience with style guides, dictionaries, style sheets, and checklists. Learn to expertly use markup symbols, tracked changes, and develop solid quality-control practices to ensure accurate and consistent manuscripts every time.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Master precise punctuation by quickly correcting commas, dashes, and quotes to match house style.
- Perform advanced consistency checks on spelling, hyphenation, and style sheets for book projects.
- Apply professional markup using standard proofreader's marks, tracked changes, and detailed logs.
- Achieve mastery of style guides like Chicago, AP, and in-house styles for efficient application.
- Implement effective editorial quality control by sampling work, spotting errors, and meeting accuracy goals on time.
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