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How to Make It Fit

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

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)

This post has been fixed now. A glitch in the system caused it to disappear from the host site. Canadianization

Do you follow that editing principle of “parading your topic sentences”? Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com, learn about Word’s

Visualize the structure of a complex document and navigate it too, using Word’s Document Map Pane. I explain how, today,

Graphs can quickly convey relationships and trends between and among data in ways that a data table or text narrative

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

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

Place the Five Ws Above the Fold Where does the social media post get cut off by a “read more”