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OFFI 102 Editing Skills

After successful completion of this course, the student will improve his or her proofreading and spelling skills and develop a business vocabulary. This will include learning proofreading techniques and capitalization, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and word usage principles. An intensive study of spelling rules is included. This course does not take the place of an English course; it is a review of previously acquired skills. This course may be completed in fewer than 14 weeks. All of the work for this course (except tests) may be done outside of class.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

OFFI 177

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Correctly use proofreader’s marks to edit letters and manuscripts.
  2. 2. Apply capitalization, grammar, punctuation, word usage and spelling rules when editing various types of
    business documents.
  3. 3. Recognize and correct inconsistencies in documents.

Course Objectives

  1. 1. Correctly use proofreader’s marks to edit letters and manuscripts.
  2. 2. Apply capitalization, grammar, punctuation, word usage and spelling rules when editing various types of
    business documents.
  3. 3. Recognize and correct inconsistencies in documents.