When your file doesn’t start on page 1, it is helpful to have the PDF show you the absolute page numbering, not the relative page
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Open PDFs in Their Own Windows, Not Tabs in Acrobat DC
There are two ways to open PDFs in their own windows in Adobe Acrobat DC: the New Window option or setting the default in Preferences.
Shortcut to Rotate Pages in a PDF
Those sideways PDF pages? Rotate in a click. Note that this rotates all pages in the PDF, and only temporarily. Just rotate them back when
Even Wordsmiths Need a Stylus
What is a stylus mouse You probably know you can use a stylus on your iPad or touchscreen phone. There are stylus that work like
Three reasons editors and proofreaders need to buy a PDF editor, and only three
There are a few things that the free Adobe Reader XI PDF software cannot do. But only a few. For most editorial markup, the free
Common snag with Adobe Reader for proofreading
By far the number one problem my students have with Adobe Reader is not realizing that a “light” version of the program is opening files
Stamps: Acrobat Tips for Proofreader’s Markup of PDFs
In my first post of the “marking up PDFs” series, I showed the many uses of stamps in Acrobat. Setting favourite stamps makes them available
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
Intro to Advanced Acrobatics
This handout is from my presentation at the EAC 2014 conference. Get a printable PDF version here. Mark up any file you can print to/save
How to Get a Word Count from a Live Multi-page Website
Sometimes the cart is pushing the horse, and a client wants a quote on copy editing a live (or about to go live) website. Getting