Medical Manuscript Proofreading

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How to Proofread your Medical Manuscript in 8
Simple Steps?
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Medical Manuscript Proofreading

• Yeah! You have completed writing your research
  manuscript. And now you want to hire a
  professional medical editor to remove all jargon,
  correct the mistakes, and make your manuscript
  ready for publication.
• Writing a manuscript is tiring and cumbersome.
  You dont wish to spend more energy and time on
  proofreading and editing your document, but its
  essential. So, you look at a medical editing
  services to help you do so.
• But, wait! Do not get tempted to submit the first
  draft of your manuscript to the medical editor.
  Though its time-consuming, but proofread and
  edit your document as far as you can before
  submitting to the medical editor. This will prove
  cost-effective for you.

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8 simple steps to help you proofread and edit
your manuscript 
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1.Take a break before you proofread

• You have spent much time and energy to conduct
  your research and document the findings on the
  paper. So, take a break of few days to relax your
  mind.
• Take up medical proofreading after few days
  of writing the medical manuscript. This will help
  you view the manuscript from a fresh
  perspective.  You will point out and correct many
  errors which might get missed if you work with a
  tired mind.

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2.Divide the task into small steps

• Take up a section of your document each day to
  proofread
• and edit.
• Do not proofread the entire document in a single
  day. This will leave you tired.

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3.Gather your tools

• You need certain tools to proofread and edit your
  document wisely.
• Its always advisable to work on the printout of
  your document which you save as a PDF file on
  your desktop.
• You may miss some errors on screen, which get
  traced on a paper.
• Gather colored pens, few pieces of paper, and a
  ruler before you sit down to proofread the
  document.

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4.Read slowly and carefully

• Read each piece of your text slowly and
  carefully.
• If you wish, you can read them aloud to
  yourself.
• Place a ruler under each sentence as you read and
  edit.

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5.Consider all the details

• Do not just focus on the written part of your
  document.
• Also proofread the tables, diagrams, figures, and
  other illustrations used in the document.
• Do they support the written text? Are they in the
  right place?
• Do they have the right titles and captions?

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6.Focus on small things

• Be careful while you read each sentence.
• Focus on small things like punctuation marks and
  highlight them.
• Watch for errors in small words (a, an, the) that
  are easy to miss.

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7.Encircle the corrections to be made

• Use colored pens to write and encircle the
  corrections to be made in the original document.
• This is to avoid any confusion between the
  original text and the corrections to be made.

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8.Proofread more than once

• Take two or three rounds to proofread your
  document.
• Many errors are missed in the first round and are
  picked up in the next round.
• In fact, separate what you look for in each
  round, like first look for spelling errors, then
  for typos, and then for another type of error.

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• Try these simple steps to proofread and edit your
  manuscript.
• Soon, you will become adept at this skill and can
  save your time in hiring a medical editing
  services.

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