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The one thing we do that shocks clients

April 3, 2019

Annual reports, Proofreading tips, Typos, Writing tips

When a client asks us proofread their annual report, financial statements, PDS, RAP or similar, we’re often told: ‘you won’t find much as we’ve read through the document in-house a few times’. The reality is we make an average of 10 mark-ups a page. In a 100-page document, that’s around 1,000 mark ups. Client are shocked or at least, very surprised. The trouble is, it’s so easy to miss what later seems obvious. In 2011, the Australian Defence Forces came…

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You know the feeling when you notice a mitsake in your stakeholder or corporate document?

June 14, 2017

Annual reports, B2B documents, Proofreading tips, Typos, Writing tips

Aooccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteres are in the rghit pclae. While spelling and grammar brainteasers can be fun to work out, there’s no joy in finding mistakes in your stakeholder documents, just after you have published and distributed them – in print or online. Here are a few we’ve discovered in documents from Australia’s leading listed companies:…

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Annual Reports, proofreading, copywriting

Annual Reports: How to avoid mistakes

September 6, 2016

Annual reports, B2B documents, Proofreading tips

As an annual report proofreader, I see similar mistakes over and over. Yet, typos are rare. In a 150 page document, with about 50 very dense, copy-heavy pages, I usually find only a handful of spelling mistakes. What’s more common is inconsistency in how phrases, titles and financial terms are presented. This is usually due to different writers’ input into the report. Non-financial sections are mostly written by the corporate communications team, and financial statements by the accounting team. As…

Annual Reports: How to avoid mistakes was last modified on September 6th, 2016 by Proof Communications Author

7 ways to avoid annual report writing mistakes

July 19, 2016

Annual reports, Grammar tips, Proofreading tips

Around the start of a new financial year, the team at Proof Communications is asked to proofread annual reports and it’s always interesting to see how few typos we find. In a typical 150-page annual report, we usually find only a handful of spelling mistakes, even in the 50 pages or so of very dense, copy-heavy financial statements. What’s more usual is inconsistency in how phrases, titles or financial terms are presented. This is down to different writers’ input into…

7 ways to avoid annual report writing mistakes was last modified on July 19th, 2016 by Proof Communications Editor