Editing and proofreading

Editing IconSharply edited and consistent documents make a real impact. Our copy-editing service provides the following:

  • Editing for sense, to ensure clarity, and no ambiguity, repetition or awkward phrasing.
  • Ensuring consistency of style.
  • Making sure there are no contradictions, bias or potential infringement of copyright or offence to the reader.
  • Marking up of headings, tables and figures.
  • Logical structure.
  • No unnecessarily long sentences.

Copy-editing also includes a thorough proofreading of your text to check:

Punctuation
Spelling
Grammar
Capitalisation
Spacing
Numbering of footnotes
Consistent use of fonts
Hyphenation
Headings and running heads
Correct presentation of titles of books etc.
Consistent style of abbreviations and acronyms
Page numbers
Correct presentation of references
Adherence to house style


We've worked on all kinds of corporate documents from strategic plans to corporate websites. In copy-editing or proofreading text we can use your house style if you send it to us. Otherwise we use our in-house style guide, based on the Oxford Style Manual.

If you need copy-editing or just a straightforward proofreading of your document simply send us the document to get a fixed price quote - there's no obligation implied and we treat all documents with the utmost confidentiality. We'll also tell you how long the copy-editing or proofreading will take. For documents of up to 10,000 words this is normally one to three working days.

If you can't send the document we can still provide a free estimate for our editing services. Send us a word count, your document's subject matter and the intended audience. We'll come back quickly with an estimated price.

Not sure if editing can make a difference? Then let us show you that it can.
See more

Achieve consistency in your written communications, with our free style guide.
Find out more

Is your document easy to understand? Let us analyse it against plain English benchmarks.
Free analysis

Content Management with U DO from Libertas Solutions Northern Ireland Web Design