1. Keyboarding Mastery

2. Proofreader’s Marks What are “Proofreader’s Marks”? Proofreader’s Marks are used by writers to indicate changes they think should be made in their first writing attempt. When changes are indicated on a document, it is then called a “rough draft”.

3. Proofreader’s Marks What are “Proofreader’s Marks”? The marks used to indicate changes are symbols, or shortcuts, that represent corrections to errors and changes you want to make before you recopy your work. This can help you by saving you a lot of time when retyping a rough draft. The following slides show some of the most common proofreader’s marks used.

4. Capitalize a letter or word

5. Make a letter or word lowercase or

6. Insert a letter or word insert

7. Add a space

8. Delete letter or word

9. Start a new paragraph

10. Keep as it was originally

11. Close up space

12. Insert comma

13. Insert a period

14. Transpose (switch) letter or word

15. Spell out the word

16. Check the spelling

17. Move to the left

18. Move to right

19. Move Up

20. Move Down

21. Align the other text

22. Make letter or word italics

23. References Modified from Arkansas Teachers and Technology http://www.arkansasteachersandtechnology.com/misc.html