Reviewing, Editing, or Proofreading?

Published: 2022-08-17 Updated: 2025-03-26

There is a part of the technical writing process that almost every company has a different name for: in addition to review, editing, and proofreading, it may also be called QA, approval, or error correction. However, no matter what it's called, this phase isn't particularly popular in most companies. At the end of the day, the goal here is to discover and eliminate errors that have occurred previously. And who likes to make mistakes and then clean them up? Let's take a look at how proofreading can be made as simple as possible.

Other articles from Quanos

This might also interest you

 

Your Style Guide – What Should Not Be Forgotten

The typical style guide is stored somewhere in a folder on the shelf, or it’s gathering dust in a file directory. The…

 

Four Steps For Introducing A CMS For Technical Documentation

Introducing a CMS is probably the largest infrastructure project that any technical writing department will take on. …

 

Looking for New Business Models? Implement ‘Operator Models’ and More with Digital Twins

The expression "a rolling stone gathers no moss" has never been more relevant than it is today. If machine and plant …