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How to Use the Windows Version of MS Word, for Mac Users

How to Use the Windows Version of MS Word, for Mac Users

Are you facing a Windows computer with panic? Not to fear, the quick tutorial below will set you in the right direction. Thankfully, the Word

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All Efficient People Do this One Thing

All Efficient People Do this One Thing

This one thing has brought life to every tech trick in my How To column at Copyediting.com.

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Editorial Triage for Maximum Effect in Minimum Time

Editorial Triage for Maximum Effect in Minimum Time

The thing that is hard for some of us (editors) to accept is that some of the things that drive us crazy aren’t noticed by

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Multiple Monitors for Editing Efficiency

Multiple Monitors for Editing Efficiency

  Why are multiple monitor screens more efficient? It might only take a few seconds to sort through the dozen windows open on your computer

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The argument for making changes silently, not tracking them

The argument for making changes silently, not tracking them

I espouse making routine copy editing changes silently; that is, without tracking them in Word. From editors, I hear a few common concerns about this:

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10 Ways to Navigate a Word Document

10 Ways to Navigate a Word Document

Still scrolling through a long document using the arrow key? Flying right past what it is you are looking for, getting a bad case of

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Keyboard shortcuts for proofreading PDFs

Editing a PDF? List of keyboard shortcuts for Acrobat 8, 9, X Acrobat XI PDF XChange

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On-screen editing course starts Oct 30th, online

In fall 2012, I taught teaching 3 classes related to editing: marketing for the freelance editor, half-day seminar in Ottawa editing in the educational market,

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Proof in a Hurry

When a client wants a proof (test print) proofread in a hurry, focus on the weakest links: titles – cover, spine, headers, footers, chapters, and

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Editing Strategies: Checklists

Every now and then, someone asks me if there is a method to my editing. Do I go from “big picture” to “minutia,” for example.

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