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Correct Facts without Insult

There’s a factual flub in the copy. Today, find tips on how to query factual errors without insulting the writer,

Having to answer to an untrained critic is one of the most ire-inducing things an editor can be asked to

Open multiple views into a single document. I show you how today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com. Works in Word,

by Rita Vanden Heuvel for dameditors. Reposted here with permission and covered under this site’s © license Writers of safety

Read the updated post. Knowing standard length in the market is the first step in getting the copy to fit.

This macro flags problem words in the MS. My favourite part of the Copyediting Newsletter treatment of my latest “Technically Speaking” column

When you are used to preserving the author’s voice, it can be a challenge to keep changing it when asked.

How to attune your ear to an author’s voice so that you can preserve it while you edit. (link to my post on ACES)

There are two ways to open PDFs in their own windows in Adobe Acrobat DC: the New Window option or

What proofreading is and isn’t, and when it happens to words within the production cycle — today, in my How To column