Work faster, and easier. Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com, tips for making editing more efficient.
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Mentioned in this post:
- Triage for Editing
- Checklists for editors
- Macros and Paul Beverley’s free resource Macros for Writers, Editors, and Proofreaders
- Alternatives to macros, like autocorrect
- Phrase Expander (or the Mac version, Text Expander)
- Editor’s Toolkit Word plug-in
- PerfectIt Word plug-in
- Customize the spell checker
- Set aside time to learn
- Shortcuts in Word
- Track changes in Word
- Shortcuts for selecting text
- Flag edits to do later
Photo by POA(Phot) Mez Merrill, used under Open Government License.
