How to Keep Your Place When Editing

How to Keep Your Place When Editing

There are many strategies you can use to keep your place in a document. Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com, I examine macros and manual strategies when editing onscreen.Link to my columns on Copyediting.com

 

Use the comment feature rather than in-line notes…Screenshot of a comment showing the "start here" placeholder

 

To avoid printing flubs like this:

 

You can even use macros to make placeholders more “automatic.” Learn more in the full post.

 


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