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How to Survive a Heavy Editing Job

Those editing jobs that make doing your taxes look good? I have a host of tips for eating that frog,

11 auto settings in MS Word to turn off before you edit—today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com.

So you got the changes back from the author and editor, now what do you do with the marked-up PDF?

Professional writers develop a thick skin; they learn not to take suggestions or criticisms as attacks on their self-worth. Today,

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

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

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

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

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

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