Proofreading & Copyediting—Are Microsoft's Proofing Tools Any Good?

We've received a number of e-mails from people who are actively pursuing careers, full-time and part-time, as proofreaders and copyeditors. It's challenging and rewarding work. It sharpens your writing skills, provides a valuable service to other writers, and you can often work in your own home-office. Recently, we received a particularly interesting e-mail from Marge O'Brien, a regular reader of Kickstartnews reviews. She's been suitably challenged by a late start in the proofing and copyediting dodge and wrote to us in the hope of receiving some advice and direction. Here's what we told her. We think it's solid advice for anyone who is thinking about getting into writing and editing and for anyone already in it but looking for some help and support. More . . .