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* great attention to detail | * great attention to detail | ||
* basic understanding of homeopathy | * basic understanding of homeopathy | ||
- | * good command of English language | + | * good command of the English language |
* patience | * patience | ||
* basic computer skills (mainly file manipulation -- editing, copying etc.) | * basic computer skills (mainly file manipulation -- editing, copying etc.) | ||
* Adobe Reader or other PDF reader installed on your computer | * Adobe Reader or other PDF reader installed on your computer | ||
- | * suitable __plain__ text editor (we recommend [[http://www.editpadlite.com/download.html|EditPad Lite]]) | + | * suitable __plain__ text editor (for Windows users, we recommend [[http://www.editpadlite.com/download.html|EditPad Lite]]) |
- | As a test of your fitness for the job, we would like you to proofread and correct HTML files which should reflect the content of the PDF files they were created from. | + | As a test of your fitness for the job, we would like you to proofread the sample file and send us the result. |
<WRAP center round important 60%> | <WRAP center round important 60%> | ||
- | Please proofread and correct any mistakes found in the attached sample.html; the original text is in sample.pdf. Both files can be downloaded [[http://www.legatum.sk/download/proofread.zip|here]] and need to be unzipped first. | + | Please proofread and correct any mistakes found in the attached sample.html; the original text is in sample.pdf. Both files can be downloaded [[http://www.legatum.sk/download/proofread.zip|here]]. |
</WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
+ | ===== How to proceed ===== | ||
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+ | - [[http://www.legatum.sk/download/proofread.zip|Download]] and unzip the file. If you don't know how to unzip a file, Google "how to unzip files". Unzipping should extract two files out of the archive -- sample.html and sample.pdf | ||
+ | - Open sample.html in your web browser (double-clicking should do it). | ||
+ | - Open sample.pdf in Adobe Reader or similar software (again, double-clicking should suffice). | ||
+ | - Open sample.html in your text editor of choice (usually File / Open). | ||
+ | - Read the text in the web browser, compare to the original in sample.pdf and make corrections in the text editor. | ||
+ | - Send us the modified sample.html via [[en:contact|email]] or [[en:contact|contact form]]. | ||
===== Do's and don'ts ===== | ===== Do's and don'ts ===== | ||
- | * The text is from the 19th century magazine, so some words are written differently, for example "dyspnoea" instead of modern "dyspnea" -- do not correct these (only if it is really an error). | + | * The text is from the 19th century magazine, so some words are written differently, for example "dyspnoea" instead of modern "dyspnea" -- do not correct these (only if it is truly an error). |
- | * The HTML file's code __must not be changed__ in any way, so please use such an editor that will prevent this from happening. ([[http://www.editpadlite.com/download.html|EditPad Lite]] is very suitable for this purpose.) | + | * The HTML file's code __must not be changed__ in any way, so please use such an editor that will prevent this from happening. ([[http://www.editpadlite.com/download.html|EditPad Lite]] is very suitable for this purpose.) Word, OpenOffice and similar are a no-no. |
- | * To edit the HTML file, open it in the EditPad Lite via File / Open, and make the corrections without touching the HTML tags. HTML tags perform the formatting of the text and they look like this -- <p></p> <i> </i>etc. For example <i>some words</i> would make the text display in italics, like this -- "//some words//". They must not be changed, only the text itself. | + | * To edit the HTML file, open it in a suitable text editor (usually) via File / Open, and make the corrections without touching the [[wp>HTML_element|HTML tags]]. HTML tags perform the formatting of the text and they look like this -- <p></p> <i> </i>etc. For example <i>some words</i> would make the text display in italics, like this -- "//some words//". They must not be changed, only the text itself. |
- | * Do not rewrite the article, do not insert words, just correct the errors. | + | * Do not rewrite the article, do not insert words (unless UTTERLY necessary), just correct the errors. |