This lesson teaches you that practice makes perfect and how to use tools and guidelines when writing messages, essays, reports, emails, or correspondence. Additionally, the course states that people with good writing skills are generally seen as more credible and educated. Written material should be clear and concise, formatted to suit the target audience, direct and in words familiar to the recipient. Once correspondence is written, proofreading is a MUST. The "Editing and Proofreading" course highlights that many professionals fail to realize how critical editing and proofreading a document is to the writing process. Spelling errors, grammatical errors and carelessness reflect not only on you and your work, but also on your organization. Making the effort to edit and proofread your writing helps you communicate as effectively and clearly as possible, prevents you from making costly and embarrassing mistakes that require redistributing or reprinting documents, and ensures your writing conveys a professional image and help you spot errors that spell-checking or grammar-checking software can't find e