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Top-rated freelancer. 13+ experience years in Word Processing/data entry including: ✅ MS Word expert: ◈ Branding documents according to your brand guidelines or existing materials ◈ Converting existing PDF designs into functional MS Word templates ◈ Style headings: Establishing list styles & hierarchical numbering ◈ Tailoring/repairing templates ◈ Ensuring uniform formatting across multiple documents for consistency ◈ Enhancing the professional appearance of your documents ◈ Configuring automatic features such as Table of Contents, headers, footers, and page numbering ◈ Preparing mail merge documents for streamlined communication ◈ Academic Writing and Formatting Expertise: Proficient in APA 7th Edition formatting guidelines for academic papers, ensuring consistency and professionalism in citations, references, and overall layout and adhearance to university-specific formatting requirements, including those for theses and dissertations. ✅ Transcription ◈ Audio & Video ◈ Format as per client's preferences or provided by me ✅ Translation ◈ Spanish to English / vice-versa ✅ Subtitling ✅ PDF ◈ File conversion, form creation ✅ Data Movement ✅ Web Research PROFESSIONAL WORK VALUES ◈ I maintain a flexible timetable, accommodating evenings and weekends to fulfill client requirements and meet deadlines. ◈ Efficiently, accurately, and professionally execute projects within specified timelines. ◈ Display dedication, trustworthiness, organization, and attention to detail. ◈ Prioritize effective communication and continuous dialogue as crucial elements for the successful completion of projects.

Thank you for visiting my profile page! My name is Kerry Penn, and since joining Upwork in late 2016, I have had the opportunity to coordinate on more than 170 short-term and long-term projects involving written content. As a dedicated, experienced, and full-time freelancer, I provide my Upwork clients with high-quality final products in the following areas: transcription, transcription editing and quality assurance, linguistics, and digitization of historical, hand-written documents. I am a British native, and have resided in the United States for over 20 years, so my familiarity with British and US regional accents and dialects is second to none. I possess both medical transcription (AHDI) and legal transcription (AAERT) certifications. I have also worked with film, television, and multimedia production companies, having worked on shows for the Animal Planet, Fox News, the History Channel, CNN, ESPN, plus many smaller, independent media production companies. My multitude of clients have included journalists, researchers, law firms, historians, and institutes of higher learning. With each project, I strive to produce impactful and accurate material tailored for any audience and any platform or software. I maintain contact with my client throughout the process to ensure that the work is on track, and unless requested, I do not use any AI tools to complete the work. If you’d like to hear more about my background or what approach I might take with your project, please reach out! I would love to hear about your project! You can also view my past client reviews here on my profile page, and I sincerely appreciate you considering me for your next transcription project. My services include: Podcasts Zoom meetings Television and radio broadcasts Forensic transcription Legal/medical transcription Court hearings, interrogations, and legal depositions Seminars and public speeches Workshops and training sessions Recorded telephone conversations Hand-written transcription Historical document transcription Document digitization Data entry/data cleaning Google Sheets / Excel Online research

As a Certified MS Word Expert and advanced Adobe user, I offer basic and advanced document services for MS Word & Adobe PDF (including Livecycle forms). I would love to help you save time with PDF & Word Form/Template creation, Document & Book Formatting (not design) & PDF Conversions. Need a scanned form made fillable? Do you have a PDF design but need it made into a workable template in Word? Or are you an author that needs help formatting your book to print standards? I can also troubleshoot any existing Word formatting issues or give your company documents a refresh. From templates to mail merges, Legal Word Processing & forms with macros--I've done it all. Let's work together!

I help clients create, format, troubleshoot, and polish complex Microsoft Word documents—including long technical reports, books, law journal articles, and academic manuscripts—using well-designed templates, style-based formatting, and Word's automation features to improve consistency, efficiency, and reliability. My work combines advanced Microsoft Word expertise with line editing, copyediting, and proofreading, allowing me to improve both the structure of a document and the quality of its writing. I have used Microsoft Word professionally for nearly three decades—first as a practicing attorney and now as a full-time editor and document specialist. Professional freelance editor for 9 years. American lawyer who, in law school, was editor in chief of Kentucky Law Journal, won statewide writing contest and graduated in top 10% of class. Law degree (JD); bachelor's degrees in psychology and anthropology (both summa cum laude). Microsoft Word formatting specialist: templates, styles, sections, headings, multilevel numbered lists, headers and footers, page numbering, tables of contents, citations, statements of points and authorities Meticulous corrector of errors in grammar, syntax, spelling, and punctuation Honer of sentences to fine-tune word choices, transform fuzziness into sharp clarity, and eliminate wordiness Fact checker. Legal documents (law review articles, motions, appellate briefs, contracts) Business documents (manuals, white papers, reports, employee handbooks, workbooks, brochures, slide decks, blog posts, web content) Nonfiction books (legal, medical, technical, business, academic) Academic research papers Chicago style — Bluebook style — APA style — AMA style — Microsoft Word — Excel — PowerPoint — Adobe Acrobat — Google Docs and Sheets

With my demonstrated administrative management experience and my enthusiasm and dedication to achieving success, I am confident that I could swiftly surpass your expectations for this role. I look forward to discussing the position in detail. Thank you for your time and consideration.

I offer my services as admin support, technical writer, IT services support, virtual assistant, data entry, web research and others. I have experience in the area of IT services for more than 8 years including IT Landscape Diagram, technical support, system administration, data analyst and more . I'm pretty confident with my skills and performance. I have excellent attention to details and I can understand and follow instructions very well. I am experienced with Ms word, MS excel, MS Visio and google documents but always open to learning new tools if there are different ones you prefer to work with.