This week’s roundup of scary internet stuff for publications people and science types (lots of science this time): collective nouns for the spooky and
Month: October 2014
Tips for Word’s Reviewing Pane and Comments
Two tech tips for you today, for working with Word’s tracked changes. One relating to comment balloons, and the other for simplifying the reviewing pane
Essential Tech for the Editor’s Office
A shopping list of essential technology for the modern editor’s office, today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com. This expands on last week’s post
Best Practices for the Structure of Social Media Posts
Place the Five Ws Above the Fold Where does the social media post get cut off by a “read more” tag? You want the what,
7 Ways to Get Style Sheet Buy-in
Seven tactics you can use to get buy-in for house style, today in my How To column at Copyediting.com. How do you get buy-in? Does
LOTW, Oct 18–24
It was a crazy week for most of us, it seems: too much work, many snafus, and no time to share what’s awesome. So, there’s just
Music to Edit By
Music can help or hinder your editing, get genre and source recommendations in my extra post on Copyediting.com today. Plus, you won’t believe what I
Simple Hack to Paste New Images Into a PDF
Need to show the designer what the new image will be and where it should go? This quick demo shows you how to get a
Editor’s Office Supply Essentials
Get a printable, annotated shopping list of copy editing essentials in my Canadian, Eh? post today on Copyediting.com. Take it to the office manager to
How to Pick the Right Editor for Your Project, a Printable Checklist
Finding the right editor is about more than credentials, cost, and schedule. Here’s a printable list of 15 points you can use when interviewing candidates.