Proofreading

Proofreading occurs after layout on material in final format, to eliminate errors in textual and visual elements before printing, publishing, or distribution. It includes checking for:

Minor mechanical errors, such as spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, hyphenation, or deviations from style sheet
Removal of repeated words, phrases or paragraphs
Correction of any corrupted characters, sometimes created by copying or converting from one software program to another
Consistent styling of fonts, running heads, colors, web page heading tags, hyperlinks, metadata, cross-references, etc.
Consistent and accurate design elements, such as leading, kerning, line breaks, paragraph indentations, margins and line spacing
Placement of and captions for photographs and graphics
Corresponding contents and page numbers
Juxtaposition of text and images on the same page