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Thesaurus Magic in MS Word

Can’t figure out the writer’s intent? Thesaurus to the rescue! Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com I show you the

See the updated post. Only 13% of adults can read and compare two essays. What does that mean for editing?

Whether you’re just starting to dip your fingers into this creative realm or wanting to refresh or expand your skill

A big block of text can be impenetrable to the reader. But there are techniques we can use to make

Whether because the team is small or because the process is compressing, tracking figures can fall into the editor’s domain.

It doesn’t work like Track Changes in Word, but in my Aug–Sept Technically Speaking column in the Copyediting newsletter, I explain how to

A 29-point checklist for making sure that the tables in your manuscript are edited consistently and to style, in Getting

Having a “constant” applied to a comment so you can refer to it is pretty useful. In this post at

Check out the newer post about the 2024 update to the PES. Editors Canada has just made the third update

What they are, why they matter, and how to use them Readability assessments (or indexes) aren’t getting much love because