You learn a lot over your career. I had a mentor save me from some of these fails. You can “learn from my fail” too:
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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
Ways to Lower the Reading Level
by Rita Vanden Heuvel for dameditors. Reposted here with permission and covered under this site’s © license Writers of safety communications know that it’s crucial
Strategies for Leaving No Check Behind
Strategies to note and track copyediting tasks — today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com. Related to in this piece:
Stop Wasting Time on Estimates (podcast)
Learn how to get a ballpark estimate on the table asap to avoid pointless estimates. That’s the topic of this episode, an extended look at
Mark up Title Corrections for Video Using PDF
Anything you can take a screen shot of can be marked up as a PDF. Here is a quick demo showing how to mark up
Social Media Strategies for Freelance Editors
It has been three years since I wrote about social media for freelance editors; forgive me. Not much of my opinion has changed about social media
Social Media Reviews for Freelance Editors
When I moved, I threw out 350 of the 500 business cards that I printed when I first set out as a freelancer, 14 years
Create a Word file from a PDF
You might need to convert a PDF back to text to get a word count, to create the next addition when source files have been
Reading List: Starter kit for freelance editors
This blog now has dozens of posts that will help the new starter. Click the Starter Kit for Editors category to see them all, or