🔊 Listen⏹ Stop⏯ Pause / Resume Be consistent! Consistency is an often overlooked part of editing. Yet, by being consistent, your documents will be much easier to read and understand. Consistent documents also look and feel much more professional. My two favourite consistency tools are PerfectIt and Endnote. These software tools have saved me a …
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Congratulations to Keith Bateman and Heidi Jones on the release of the Older Yet Faster print book and ebook! Rubida Communications edited and indexed the book, and formatted the print and ebook versions. The ebook is available through the Rubida Shop. The print book is available through the authors’ Older Yet Faster Publications website. This …
🔊 Listen⏹ Stop⏯ Pause / Resume While formatting Microsoft Word documents, do you format each paragraph or heading? Do you sometimes forget which formatting you used for each level of subheading? Do you have to work out why the contents table does not list all headings? 😰 😰 😰 Do you insert page breaks manually …
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Congratulations to Charlotte Grimshaw, Molly Masiello and Conor McCarthy on the release of Understanding Major Donors ebook! Rubida Communications produced the epub ebook version of the book. Understanding Major Donors is a detailed work on prospect research in Australia. It contains numerous links and a wealth of information for Australian fundraisers. The Understanding Major Donors …
Whether you are a scientist writing journal articles or an editor working on scientific documents, I can strongly recommend the Australian manual of scientific style (AMOSS). This great resource can answer many of your questions about scientific writing style, language and editorial consistency. It also has special sections that focus on peer-reviewed scientific papers, grant …
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I recently wrote about my favourite editing tool, PerfectIt, a software add-on to Ms Word. Just this month, my friend and colleague Hilary Cadman from CadmanTraining has launched her Introduction to PerfectIt online course. If you are interested in PerfectIt, but feel reluctant to learn yet another program, this course is the easiest way to …
Of the many proofreading aids for writers and editors, PerfectIt is my favourite. It is a Microsoft Word add-on program that will find many of the inconsistencies you have inadvertently left in your document. Here are some examples of the things it will find in your document: inconsistent spelling (e.g. you have used both ‘program’ …
I use and recommend the Macquarie Dictionary for spelling. The Australian Government and universities consider this work the authoritative source on Australian English. By using this work as your spelling standard, you adopt a consistent strategy, which readers will respect. Usage of the Macquarie Dictionary The Macquarie Dictionary is available as a printed book, an …
This is an excellent book for writers who want to improve or refresh their skills of effective writing. When I was doing my online editing course many years ago, I used the first edition of this book extensively. It has excellent examples and many exercises to test yourself. I still use it to look up …
