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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 =====
 +
 +
 +  - [[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 a 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]] (please zip the HTML file, if sending via contact form, as HTML files are blocked for security reasons).
  
 ===== 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.) Word, OpenOffice and similar are a no-no. 
 + 
 +  * 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
  
-  * The HTML file's code __may not be changed__ in any wayso 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.)+  * Do not rewrite the articledo not insert words (unless UTTERLY necessary), just correct the errors.
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