Comments on: What Computing Skills Does a Proofreader Need? https://knowadays.com/blog/what-computing-skills-does-a-proofreader-need/ Teaching Proofreading and Editing Skills for the Digital Age Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 By: Proofreading Academy https://knowadays.com/blog/what-computing-skills-does-a-proofreader-need/#comment-3272 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 11:36:29 +0000 https://www.proofreadingacademy.com/?p=7952#comment-3272 In reply to terry gray.

Hi, Terry. Proofreading Academy’s ‘Becoming A Proofreader’ course includes modules that cover how to use Microsoft Word for proofreading and formatting documents, and we suggest using MS Word to do the exercises in the course. Moreover, as long as you can use Microsoft Word, you will be able to work effectively as a proofreader: the other programs mentioned here are related to specific document types (e.g. PDFs or spreadsheets) or other aspects of freelance work (e.g. email, workload management), but they are not necessary for the course.

As for the capitalisation, we’ll look into this soon, but your comment seems to be displaying fine in its published form.

]]> By: terry gray https://knowadays.com/blog/what-computing-skills-does-a-proofreader-need/#comment-3255 Sat, 04 Apr 2020 13:14:41 +0000 https://www.proofreadingacademy.com/?p=7952#comment-3255 what if a person is not very familiar with any of these programs? I don’t even have Excel or Microsoft office on my computer. do i need to take a full course of some kind in the use of all these programs before i even sign up for the proofreading course? also, why is this message making every word start with a capital letter? thanks.

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