{"id":1413,"date":"2009-05-31T18:51:41","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T00:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2009-05-31T19:04:18","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T01:04:18","slug":"watch-those-typos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/watch-those-typos\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Those Typos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Having a typographical error, or typo<\/em>, on a slide is not only embarrassing but distracting as well. Although some audiences may tolerate minor speaking blunders, very few, if any, will forgive spelling errors. Yes, we all make mistakes, but first impressions of printed errors leave many viewers unhappy.<\/p>\n

Typos make you appear unprepared and uncaring to the audience. People may perceive you as not having full knowledge of your subject, and the typos may cause viewers to lose their focus. In fact, the audience may even start \u201clooking\u201d for more typos instead of paying attention to you.<\/p>\n

Obviously, the best way to avoid typos is to proofread your slides. Don\u2019t depend solely on a software \u201cspell checker\u201d since its \u201cdictionary\u201d may be limited. Try this perception test.<\/p>\n

\"triangle-proofing\"
\nIn the image shown here, read the words in either of the triangles. Now, read the words BACKWARD, one word at a time. Did you notice anything different?<\/p>\n

There is an extra word<\/em> in each triangle, but, at first glance,\u00a0you may not have noticed the “typos”. This is because you likely heard the phrases before and figured that you didn’t have to concentrate on each word to\u00a0understand the message.
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If you proofread your slide content BACKWARDS<\/strong>, you will be forced to\u00a0focus on\u00a0each individual<\/em> word, and you will be\u00a0more likely to spot an error, because the phrase will not make any sense when read in reverse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However sometimes, no matter how many typos there are in\u00a0the text, you can still understand the message.<\/p>\n

See if you can read the text below.<\/p>\n

THE PHMONENEAL PWEOR OF THE HMUAN MNID<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aoccdrnig to rsceearh at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the entrie wrod as a wlohe. <\/strong><\/p>\n

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod atlcualy uesdnatnrd waht I was rdeanig!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amzanig ins\u2019t it?
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Having a typographical error, or typo, on a slide is not only embarrassing but distracting as well. Although some audiences may tolerate minor speaking blunders, very few, if any, will forgive spelling errors. Yes, we all make mistakes, but first impressions of printed errors leave many viewers unhappy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[13],"tags":[7,9,24],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paPH93-mN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1413"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1413"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1451,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1413\/revisions\/1451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/medianet-ny.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}