Some kind of standardization is creeping across the software. Creating a link on screen takes similar steps across Word, Google Docs, and WordPress. You can
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Little-Known Word Shortcuts
Word shortcuts you won’t want to live without. Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com. Go to the last edit point Switch between the last 4
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
Tips for Word’s Reviewing Pane and Comments
Two tech tips for you today, for working with Word’s tracked changes. One relating to comment balloons, and the other for simplifying the reviewing pane
How to See and Insert Non-Printing Characters in Word
Reveal and insert non-printing characters to control and troubleshoot formatting in MS Word. Do you know what these symbols mean? ¶ · o ? ¬ ¤
Correlation causation, interview with a science journalist, and spring
Spurious correlations I am concerned by rising number of Americans who die by becoming tangled in their bedsheets: 717. All of the correlations in this hilarious
How to column on Copyediting.com (keyboard shortcuts for selecting text)
Today I start writing another weekly column at Copyediting.com. It covers tech tips to make your editing more efficient, effective, and (ultimately) profitable, and (occasionally)
Keyboard shortcuts for proofreading PDFs
Editing a PDF? List of keyboard shortcuts for Acrobat 8, 9, X Acrobat XI PDF XChange
Basic PDF Mark-Up for Copy Editors and Proofreaders
There’s a new post for Adobe Acrobat (Reader) DC. [Update Jan 10, 2013: added demo video using Acrobat Reader XI.] I never see paper anymore.
5 Keyboard Shortcuts You Didn’t Know You Needed
Keyboard shortcuts are just about the quickest route to efficiency for anyone who works with words. (I dare say, they’re a step toward efficiency for