It's easy! Follow these steps to make your document clear, elegant, and error-free.
Create an Account
You do this only once, by clicking CREATE AN ACCOUNT at the top of the page. We ask for minimal information, just enough to carry through with the transaction. No information from our site is EVER transmitted to anyone else, for any purpose whatsoever.
Log out and then log back into your account.
Once logged in, click the 'Submit a Job' link.(You will not be able to see this link until you have logged back in.)
Complete the Job Submission Screen
All required fields are marked with an asterisk (*). Please complete the fields as follows:
My job name: Give your job a name. This field is required.
My PO number, My job number, My client's code, and My client's PO number: These are optional fields to be used if you wish to add more information about your job.
Format: Select the format of your document from the drop-down list. Formats we accept are Plain text, MS Word, PDF, PowerPoint, Google Docs, URL, and HTML.
Specialty area: The default is "general." If you have a document that requires a specialty, please select it from the drop-down list. Specialties we offer are: medical, legal, technology, and financial.
Language: Please select the language of your document from the drop-down list. We offer American English, British English, Canadian English, and Spanish.
Edit level: Please select the service you want from the drop-down list. We offer Clarity Proofreading, Style Copyediting, and Translation services.
Style guide: If you have a style guide you'd like our editors to use, please upload it.
Number of files and/or URLs: Please specify the number of files you'll be uploading or the number of URLs you want the editors to review.
Rolling Upload:If you have more than one file and/or URL, check this box to be notified as each one is completed, rather than waiting for all to be done at once.
Check more than first 10 links? Click this box if your document contains more than 10 links and you'd like us to check all links. Each set of additional 15 links is 1 additional page.
Estimate total page count: Input your estimated number of pages or the number of URLs.
Reply-to email: Please put in an email address or multiple if you'd like the completed document sent to more than one person.
Select the two check-boxes regarding emailing your document back to you and sending a job confirmation email, if you choose.
Click Proceed to Next Page.
Complete the Upload Screen
Review your selections: At the top of this screen, you'll see a listing of the choices you made on the previous screen. Please review them to be sure they are correct.
Pick your completion time: Select the completion time needed from the drop-down list. The drop-down list will show you prices and turnaround times available based on your previous selections.
Type any comments you wish us to read before we edit your text: In this text box, please type in any comments or instructions for your editors.
Upload the file(s) you want to submit: Click "Choose File" to find the file you want to upload. If you indicated you would be uploading more than one file or URL, there will be a series of boxes equal to the number you entered.
Upload Files: Click this button after you've uploaded your document(s). The upload progress bar will show you when your file(s) has been uploaded.
You'll now see a message displayed that shows your ProofreadNOW.com request number along with other relevant information. If you selected the box to have an email completion message sent to you, you will get that email right away.
Congratulations! You've successfully uploaded your document.
Click here to find out how to retrieve your completed document.
