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Here you will find tips and tricks for more efficient editing techniques and improved content. Explore a wealth of ideas, practical advice, and industry best practices that will help you save time while improving the quality of your written documents.

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An Improved Experience for Every User in PerfectIt 6

The biggest news in PerfectIt 6 (at least for style manual geeks like us) is the launch of the Microsoft Writing Style Guide in PerfectIt together with the update for The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th Edition. We have an entirely separate article about the improvements to PerfectIt styles here. But that’s just the beginning! There’s so much more packed into this new release! We’ve worked hard to add something for everyone.

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PerfectIt 6 Launches in Style 

We partnered with Microsoft to introduce the Microsoft Writing Style Guide in PerfectIt. It’s available to all users in Perfect 6 and PerfectIt Cloud at no additional cost. 

And that’s not the only new style manual included in our new release! PerfectIt 6 now includes The Chicago Manual of Style, 18th Edition. CMOS Online Subscribers get access to rule changes and revisions with the upgrade to PerfectIt 6. 

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Eight Predictions for What Generative AI Means for the Business of Editing

I've been thinking about the future of editing. Many people have concerns about what AI might mean for the world (and I have my reservations too). But if there’s one thing that developing Draftsmith (our new AI product) has shown, it’s that AI can’t replace editors. So when it comes to the future of editing, I’m optimistic and hopeful. As we plan for our next phase of Draftsmith, I want to share that vision. Here are my eight predictions.

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The Seven Sins of PowerPoint

Love it or hate it – OK, sorta like it or truly detest it – PowerPoint is essential in the modern boardroom, and the modern lecture hall, and the modern classroom, and the modern lab, and the modern wedding, and the modern funeral, and, for all we know, probably some modern bedrooms. You are almost certainly going to have to make a PowerPoint presentation from time to time. So here, as our gift to you – and, more importantly, our gift to your audiences – are seven mistakes many people make when creating and delivering PowerPoint presentations. You should strive to avoid them.

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The Ethics of Draftsmith

The ethics of AI is one of the most important questions of our time. If you’re looking for great insight into that question, you’re in the wrong place! At Intelligent Editing, we’re not AI ethicists. We don’t spend our days researching the rights and wrongs of AI. We haven’t studied how the law needs to adapt to changes in technology.

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12 Things PerfectIt Doesn’t Do

One of the joys of working on PerfectIt is the engagement of our users. I love the requests you send, ideas you bring, and the problems you ask us to solve. But what I think makes PerfectIt stand out and makes it so useful is that it doesn’t do everything. We design for professionals.

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Free e-book: Wildcard Cookbook for Word

Are you getting the most you can from Microsoft Word? Wildcard search is one of the most powerful features in Word. You can use it to quickly find errors and make changes throughout a document in a matter of seconds. However, wildcards can be complicated. Even advanced users can struggle to keep track of wildcard patterns and their meaning. The Wildcard Cookbook by Jack Lyon makes it all easier.

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How to Write a Great Instruction in PerfectIt

If your goal is to get everyone in your organization or group to follow your house style—and to learn the principles behind it—there’s more to it than simply adding terms and adjusting settings in the Style Sheet Editor. The exact words you use to describe the issue make a difference.

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The Cocktail-Party Guide to Hyphens

Hyphenation can seem like the editor’s party trick. A party trick is something that few people know how to do, and while it’s not that important to most people, it’s always impressive to see someone pull it off. You know, like tying a cherry stem into a knot with your tongue.

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