Reveal and insert non-printing characters to control and troubleshoot formatting in MS Word. Do you know what these symbols mean?
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Whose punctuation is it, anyway?
How to decide when punctuation goes inside the quotation marks. Today, in my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com. Spoiler: Canadian
How to have your vacation and clients too
It’s vacation season. How do you manage clients’ expectations that you’ll be available whenever they want you? Six ideas today in
Checklist for Editing Captions
Captions are a weak link in the quality assurance chain, being something most people skim or skip while reviewing a
How to Insert Symbols in Word
Word probably converts your (C) to a © automatically, but what about the other symbols? Learn how to access them
Where Is the Next Trend in Publishing?
Last week I shared advice about unplanning your career, gleaned from David Hayes at the EAC conference in Toronto. The
Three alternatives to macros
Scared of macros? Here are three alternatives, today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com. You can learn more about them in
Successful Career Unplanning
Half of you are probably so busy meeting deadlines (or watching them woosh by) that you haven’t even planned
Multiple Monitors for Editing Efficiency
Why are multiple monitor screens more efficient? It might only take a few seconds to sort through the dozen
EAC 2014 — editors’ conference report
Thanks to social media, I got insights from sessions I couldn’t clone myself to be in, and took notes and