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8.3<\/span> Making a Final Overview<\/h2>\r\n
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Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\n
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  1. Understand the types of problems that might recur throughout your work.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Know when you should conduct isolated checks during a final overview.<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Understand how to conduct isolated checks.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\nWhile you are managing the content of your essay and moving things around in it, you are likely to notice isolated issues that could recur throughout your work. To verify that these issues are satisfactorily dealt with from the beginning to the end of your essay, make a checklist of the issues as you go along. Conduct isolated checks of the whole paper after you are finished editing and proofreading. You might conduct some checks by flipping through the hard-copy pages, some by clicking through the pages on your computer, and some by conducting \u201ccomputer finds<\/span><\/span>\u201d (good for cases when you want to make sure you\u2019ve used the same proper noun correctly and consistently). Remember to take advantage of all the editing features of the word processing program you\u2019re using, such as spell check (described in more detail in Chapter 19 \"Mechanics,\" Section 19.1 \"Mastering Commonly Misspelled Words\") and grammar check. In most versions of Word, for instance, you\u2019ll see red squiggly lines underneath misspelled words and green squiggly lines underneath misuses of grammar. Right click on those underlined words to examine your options for revision.\r\n
    \r\n\r\nFigure 8.3<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"\"<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nThe following checklist shows examples of the types of things that you might look for as you make a final pass<\/span><\/span> (or final passes) through your paper. It often works best to make a separate pass for each issue because you are less likely to miss an issue and you will probably be able to make multiple, single-issue passes more quickly than you can make one multiple-issue pass.\r\n