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Year: 2015

Verify to Hone Your Editorial Sixth Sense

Verify to Hone Your Editorial Sixth Sense

Every time you check content, you develop your editorial sixth sense. In my How To column at Copyediting.com today, I give four

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Copyeditors’ Sixth Sense — Build it Now

Copyeditors’ Sixth Sense — Build it Now

Get a life. Your ‘editorial sense’ depends on it. Those “editorial senses” can lead to unbelievable “saves,” but can you

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How to Tell a Proofread from a Copyedit

How to Tell a Proofread from a Copyedit

When your magic eight-ball isn’t handy, follow these steps to figure out what is wanted when you’re asked to “look this

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“No” Your Way to Ideal Assignments

“No” Your Way to Ideal Assignments

‘No’ is your passport to the next level. —That guy… Who was in that thing (an actual movie title) How

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How Procrastination Can Improve Efficiency

How Procrastination Can Improve Efficiency

Use procrastination to increase productivity. I tell you how in my How To column at Copyediting.com.

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Would You Work With an Objectionable Author?

Would You Work With an Objectionable Author?

Objectionable personalities sometimes hire editors. Would you work with one? Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com.

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How to Remove Personal (Meta)Data from a Word File

How to Remove Personal (Meta)Data from a Word File

Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com we look at the data that Word automatically  text going to your files —  and

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Camel Case in Canada, Eh?

Camel Case in Canada, Eh?

Camels in Canada? Only in my Canadian, Eh? column today, at Copyediting.com. We explore internal capitalization of trade names.

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Strategies for Leaving No Check Behind

Strategies for Leaving No Check Behind

Strategies to note and track copyediting tasks — today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com. Related to in this piece:

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Tools for Correcting Eggcorns

Tools for Correcting Eggcorns

There is no egg in acorn. How to detect and correct misheard sayings and expressions, today in my Canadian, Eh? column

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