See the updated post. Only 13% of adults can read and compare two essays. What does that mean for editing? Who are we serving? Today,
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Fall 18 Editor Training
The fall course announcement goes out today. If you’d like to get them in your inbox, sign up on the top of the training page.
Creating Hyperlinks
Some kind of standardization is creeping across the software. Creating a link on screen takes similar steps across Word, Google Docs, and WordPress. You can
Keep the Tracked Changes in Pasted Text
It’s easy to paste text with tracked changes in MS Word 365 (2016) for Mac or Windows. Watch the demo here or see the 4
Exit the Comfort Zone: When to Take On Edits in Unfamiliar Subject Areas
How do you know when it’s right to take on work in a subject area you’re just not comfortable with? Find out today, in my How
Tricks to Get Your House Style Used
Read the updated post. In my final conversation with Carol Harrison in my How To column at Copyediting.com, we talk about how she went about getting FRAS
Foundations of House Style
Read the updated post. I continue my conversation today with Carol Harrison, about her experience creating and implementing a house style guide at Financial Reporting &
How & Why to Create a House Style
Read the updated post. There are over 1570 pages of style points combined between CMOS, AP, and APA.* And there are at least a half-dozen
LFMF: 20 Truths from 20 Years of Editing
You learn a lot over your career. I had a mentor save me from some of these fails. You can “learn from my fail” too:
Silent Changes: When and Why to Make Them
See the new post Word will track every change you make, but that can be extremely counter-productive for workflow as writers both try to see