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Defending Your Edits

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

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

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

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

Updated correlation to professional standards, 6 May 2024 • Added alt text guide Jan 2025 Visuals aren’t just those pretty

Today, in my How To column at the now-defunct Copyediting.com, Greeked text so garbled that even Cicero would roll in his grave:

Author of the latest guide to Canadian spelling, Elizabeth d’Anjou, talks to me today about what she found out when

How do you use a ruler when editing? I list 8 uses for rulers at (not of) the editing desk, today

I just discovered something so simple and effective that my jaw literally dropped. To proof file names (or create a