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 ins and outs of MS
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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
Sample Queries for Topics You’re Clueless About
Have you put your foot in your editorial mouth simply because the subject was so foreign? How to query without showing your clueless or insulting the
How to Edit Topics You’re Clueless About
You’d never find an editor for that piece on liquid metal cooled fast nuclear reactors if you needed them to be an expert in the
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
Creativity: Getting It and Using It
Creativity isn’t for sale on Amazon, but you can get it. Find out how from a session at the IABC conference in Montreal, today in
Have Edit, Will Travel: Hardware for the Mobile Office
Being tied to the desk is so last century. Get mobile with the hardware list in my premium article, now free at Copyediting.com: Have Edit, Will