Editing Services

Information and ideas can only be communicated through clear and concise language. Red Pony can assist you to produce quality documentation while eliminating potentially embarrassing errors.

As experienced corporate communicators, we can review the readability, consistency and accuracy of your text. Our editing services will help to crystallise your message without compromising meaning.

Red Pony works with federal and state government departments, NGOs, and corporate and private companies who want the assurance of a professional editing service.

We review annual reports, departmental publications, newsletters, tenders, business proposals, training materials, marketing collateral and website copy.

Copy editing vs structural editing

The type of editing required is largely dependent on the state of the document, although your budget and timeframe may also be considerations.

Our copy editing service involves identifying possible improvements to sentence structure and basic expression, as well as correcting spelling and grammatical errors.

For more significant changes, we offer a structural editing service to improve the logic and narrative flow of the document without compromising the style or intent. A more substantive review of the document can identify improvements to the overall arrangement of information, even alternatives for creating separate documents for different audiences.

If you’re not sure which service you need we can advise, or undertake a free sample edit to evaluate the type and extent of changes required.

Proofreading

For documents in the final stages of production, we offer proofreading services to ensure the accuracy of the final text.

We identify errors or inconsistencies, apply style conventions (using your preferred style guide) and make sure your document is ready for release to a wider audience.

Document localisation

If you have materials such as instructional manuals or website copy written for a non-Australian audience, or translated from another language into English, Red Pony can edit or rewrite your document for a local readership.

Conversely, we can apply British or US style and language conventions to adapt your document for your target market.

Microsoft Word templates

Our Red Pony consultants are expert users of Microsoft Word. We can apply the styles within your existing template to impose consistent formatting throughout your document.

We can also modify your existing template to create new styles, or create new templates according to your specific requirements.

For more information, see our Microsoft Word templates page.

Other editing pages:

copy editing
structural editing
proofreading
document localisation