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The Editors’ Guide to Confidentiality: Essential Security for Protecting Clients’ Words
Editing isn’t just about typo protection. Data security and content (intellectual property, or IP) privacy are core standards in editing
Treating Plagiarism
What to do when you discover someone else’s content used without credit.
Plain Language Checklist for Clear (Not Simplistic) Communication
Funny enough, plain language editing is barely about word choice, and is never about “dumbing down.”
Thesaurus Magic in MS Word
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
Adjust PDF Markup Globally
In the free Acrobat Reader, changing the properties of a group of markup is a snap. Actually, this works in
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
LFMF: 20 Truths from 20 Years of Editing
You learn a lot over your career. I had a mentor save me from some of these fails. You can
How to Take an Editing Test
Tips and limits for taking an editing test: Reblogged at ACES from my How To column at the now-defunct Copyediting.com.
How to Reply to Comments in Word
Comments, and how to reply to them in Word. Who doesn’t know this? Read, and see what you didn’t know.