Proofreading is a slighted area in the business education curriculum. The author promotes teaching of proofreading as a necessary skill and cites various methods of proofreading and peripheral factors. (AG)

Points out the need for accurate communications in today's office. Discusses two types of errors made in written communications: those detected by visual analysis and by content analysis. Examines recognizing the need for accuracy, correcting mistakes, and how to teach students proofreading and editing skills. (CT)

Most people dread sitting down to write, but the job becomes easier when certain writing strategies are followed. Most bad writing results from a lack of planning, not a lack of writing skills. Before determining the main point of a piece of writing, the writer should determine the purpose and audience. First, determine what needs to be achieved…

Emphasizes the need for proofreading instruction in a college technical writing class. Provides the locations of frequently undetected proofreading errors and a strategy for when and how to proofread. (RL)

An authorized course of instruction for the Quinmester Program in Dade County (Florida) public schools is given for editing the yearbook. The course is designed as the second year course for yearbook editors and the business staff, with the overall performance objective being the production of a completed yearbook. Subject matter of the course…

Supporting performance objective 16 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on editing and reviewing correspondence and reports are included in this packet. (The packet is the second in a set of three on inspecting and evaluating--CE 016…

Editorial, like clerical, proofreading cannot be left to chance; the know-how, what and why must be reviewed, recalled, reinforced, and refined daily. There are four avenues of daily activities available to the teacher to establish these skills: (1) homework reading assignment, (2) dictation-for-control material, (3) dictation for…

The basic office skills will be more necessary than ever in the office of the future, says the author in describing basic skills that should be taught for the word processing system: business English, language and communication skills, proofreading and editing, letter-writing principles, and communication psychology. (MF)