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Business of Editing
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- 30 Jul 2024 Eight Predictions for What Generative AI Means for the Business of Editing 30 Jul 2024
- 23 Jul 2024 Chicago-Style Deep-Dish PowerPoint 23 Jul 2024
- 10 Jul 2024 The Seven Sins of PowerPoint 10 Jul 2024
- 18 Jun 2024 Overcoming Editor's Block: How to Be the Most Productive Editor You Can Be 18 Jun 2024
- 10 Jun 2024 The Ethics of Draftsmith 10 Jun 2024
- 25 Mar 2024 Should We Fear the Rise of AI Editing? 25 Mar 2024
- 12 Mar 2024 12 Things PerfectIt Doesn’t Do 12 Mar 2024
- 5 Sep 2023 How to Avoid Disaster with an Editorial Checklist 5 Sep 2023
- 23 Mar 2023 The Editor’s Guide to Marketing Yourself 23 Mar 2023
- 14 Feb 2023 Free e-book: Wildcard Cookbook for Word 14 Feb 2023
- 6 Jan 2023 Are You a Textual Micromanager? 6 Jan 2023
- 29 Nov 2022 15 Ways English Spelling Is Trying to Hurt You 29 Nov 2022
- 22 Aug 2022 How to Write a Great Instruction in PerfectIt 22 Aug 2022
- 17 Aug 2022 Das Kapitalization: 14 Ways the Upper Cases Control the Means of Communication 17 Aug 2022
- 15 Aug 2022 The Cocktail-Party Guide to Hyphens 15 Aug 2022
- 20 Jul 2022 12 Tricks for Epically Bad Document Security 20 Jul 2022
- 15 Jun 2022 You Want Italics Where? 14 Places The Chicago Manual of Style Asks for Italics 15 Jun 2022
- 9 Mar 2022 Marry Me, Maybe? (How Not to Write Proposals) 9 Mar 2022
- 19 Jan 2022 10 Ways to Name Your Editorial Company 19 Jan 2022
- 4 Jan 2022 Are You a Felix Unger? 4 Jan 2022
- 22 Dec 2021 Numbered Lists and Bullet Lists: Why and How? 22 Dec 2021
- 10 Dec 2021 "A" Versus "An": An Article about Articles 10 Dec 2021
- 6 Aug 2021 42 Super-Annoying Buzzwords and Buzzphrases—and What to Do about Them 6 Aug 2021
- 11 Jun 2021 Why Should I Attend an Editors Conference? 11 Jun 2021
- 19 May 2021 Who Knows Their WHO Style? 19 May 2021
- 21 Apr 2021 How to Ensure Correct Spelling of Complex or Unusual Terms Across Your Entire Organization 21 Apr 2021
- 9 Feb 2021 Ten Best Practices for Technical Writing and Editing 9 Feb 2021
- 26 Nov 2020 It's Official: Two Spaces Are a Waste of Space (and How to Cope with the Aftermath) 26 Nov 2020
- 29 Sep 2020 It Makes Sense to Use Sensitive Language 29 Sep 2020
- 12 Sep 2020 The Basics of Find and Replace in Word 12 Sep 2020
- 11 Sep 2020 Using Word Wildcards to Fix Citations 11 Sep 2020
- 11 Sep 2020 Using Word Wildcards in the Real World 11 Sep 2020
- 11 Sep 2020 Searching with Wildcards in Word 11 Sep 2020
- 5 Sep 2020 Wildcard Searching with Tracked Changes 5 Sep 2020
- 3 Sep 2020 Using Wildcards to Ensure Commas and Periods Are Outside Quotation Marks 3 Sep 2020
- 3 Sep 2020 Using Wildcards to Ensure Commas and Periods Are Inside Quotation Marks 3 Sep 2020
- 3 Sep 2020 Using Wildcards to Change Regular Page Ranges to Chicago-Style Page Ranges 3 Sep 2020
- 3 Sep 2020 Using Wildcards to Change Chicago-Style Number Ranges to Regular-Style Number Ranges 3 Sep 2020
- 3 Sep 2020 Replacing Double Spaces with Word Wildcards 3 Sep 2020
- 3 Sep 2020 Replacing Double Paragraph Breaks with a Wildcard Search 3 Sep 2020
- 3 Sep 2020 The 2020 Guide to Using Word Wildcards 3 Sep 2020
- 14 Aug 2020 How to Find a Parenthesis Symbol '(' in a Wildcard Search in Word 14 Aug 2020
- 12 Aug 2020 Don’t Stop Writing! 12 Aug 2020
- 15 Jun 2020 PerfectIt 4.1: Editors Into Educators 15 Jun 2020
- 15 Jun 2020 What Can You Teach with PerfectIt? 15 Jun 2020
- 15 Jun 2020 Selecting Checks to Include in PerfectIt 15 Jun 2020
- 11 Jun 2020 Introducing PerfectIt 4.1 11 Jun 2020
- 8 Jun 2020 How to Decide If You Should Italicize Foreign Words and Phrases 8 Jun 2020
- 26 Feb 2020 How to Punctuate Bulleted and Numbered Lists 26 Feb 2020
- 2 Jan 2020 How to Raise the Profile of Editing in Your Company 2 Jan 2020
- 10 Nov 2019 The Top 10 Inconsistent Spellings 10 Nov 2019
- 20 Oct 2019 The Top 10 Consistency Mistakes 20 Oct 2019
- 23 Aug 2019 Six Tips to Speed Up How You Edit Medical Documents 23 Aug 2019
- 9 Jul 2019 Check Your Self-Published Book for Free with PerfectIt 9 Jul 2019
- 26 Jun 2019 Introducing a Faster Way to Work 26 Jun 2019
- 26 Jun 2019 Introducing Styles Based on Styles 26 Jun 2019
- 17 Jun 2019 Can You Give Editing Advice Without Colleagues Hating You for It? 17 Jun 2019
- 12 Apr 2019 The Top 10 Undefined Acronyms/Abbreviations 12 Apr 2019
- 23 Jan 2019 Ten Tips for Self-Editing 23 Jan 2019
- 18 Dec 2018 What Do You Do When Your Colleagues Won’t Follow the Style Guide? 18 Dec 2018
- 20 Nov 2018 Six Stupid Find-and-Replace Tricks You Shouldn’t Try 20 Nov 2018
- 13 Oct 2018 Five Ways to Help Your Writing Be Sensitive and Inclusive 13 Oct 2018
- 2 Oct 2018 The 17 Kinds of Hyphens You Must… Wait, Seriously, 17? 2 Oct 2018
- 9 Aug 2018 Check Your Proposal or Bid Document for Free with PerfectIt 9 Aug 2018
- 7 Nov 2017 Can Artificial Intelligence Ever Replace Human Copy-Editors? 7 Nov 2017
- 6 Oct 2016 Is it Worth Joining a Professional Editing Society? 6 Oct 2016
- 25 Aug 2016 Non-breaking Spaces: How to Check Something You Cannot Even See 25 Aug 2016
- 26 Jun 2016 Hyphens and Dashes: Clearing Up the Confusion 26 Jun 2016
- 6 Jan 2016 Should You Use Accents in Your Text? 6 Jan 2016
- 5 Jan 2016 How to Find Brackets and Quotes Left Open 5 Jan 2016
- 18 Aug 2015 Why We Do Give a F*** About the Oxford Comma (and Why You Should Too) 18 Aug 2015
- 15 Jul 2014 Editing Tips from the World's Worst Editor 15 Jul 2014
- 14 Apr 2014 Five Tips for Using Numbers in Your Documents 14 Apr 2014
- 3 Apr 2014 How Professionals Use PerfectIt 3 Apr 2014
- 17 Apr 2012 Man versus Machine: The Ultimate Editing Challenge 17 Apr 2012
- 27 Mar 2012 Top Six Online Resources for Professional Editors 27 Mar 2012
- 17 Feb 2012 Five Ways that Consistency Matters 17 Feb 2012
- 15 Nov 2011 Bullets, Numbers and Lists: How Small Errors Have a Big Impact 15 Nov 2011
- 8 Nov 2011 The Editor–Author Relationship: Five Reasons Why Self-Publishing Authors Need an Editor 8 Nov 2011
- 20 Sep 2011 Five Ways to Fail When Using Abbreviations and How to Avoid Them 20 Sep 2011
- 10 Aug 2011 How to Check Consistency of Spelling and Hyphenation for Free 10 Aug 2011
- 23 Jun 2011 Think You're Finished Editing? Five Things to Check Before You Press Print 23 Jun 2011
- 15 Jun 2011 To Be or Not to Be in Capitals: That Is the Question 15 Jun 2011
- 11 May 2011 Why Editing Programs are Like Gardening: Looking Back at Two Years of Design Improvements 11 May 2011
- 11 May 2011 Why Editing Programs are Like Gardening: Looking Back at Two Years of Design Improvements 11 May 2011
- 23 Feb 2011 The Top 10 Capitalization Inconsistencies 23 Feb 2011
- 17 Feb 2011 Five Proofreading Tips for Businesses 17 Feb 2011
- 5 Jan 2011 The Top 10 Hyphenation Inconsistencies 5 Jan 2011
- 1 Nov 2010 The 10 Dumbest Mistakes Business Writers Make 1 Nov 2010
- 8 Aug 2010 Edit Faster with Free Macros 8 Aug 2010
- 13 Feb 2010 Five Grammar Myths... and What You Should Do About Them 13 Feb 2010
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Consultancy
- 23 Jul 2024 Chicago-Style Deep-Dish PowerPoint 23 Jul 2024
- 10 Jul 2024 The Seven Sins of PowerPoint 10 Jul 2024
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Legal Writing
- 22 Aug 2022 How to Write a Great Instruction in PerfectIt 22 Aug 2022
- 13 Aug 2021 How to Translate from Legal Language to Microsoft Terminology 13 Aug 2021
- 13 Aug 2021 How to Improve Your Use of Microsoft Word’s Free Built-In Tools for Lawyers 13 Aug 2021
- 12 Aug 2021 Understand the Marketplace, Use Cases, and Terminology for Legal Technology 12 Aug 2021
- 12 Aug 2021 Legal Training and Assessment: Programs and Resources to Supercharge Your Legal Tech Skills 12 Aug 2021
- 12 Aug 2021 Add-Ins to Supercharge Your Use of MS Word for Lawyers 12 Aug 2021
- 28 Jul 2021 The Faster Way to Modernize Your Precedent Documents 28 Jul 2021
- 28 Jul 2021 Deep Dive: American Legal Style 4.1 28 Jul 2021
- 2 Dec 2020 How to Work with Government Publishing Office (GPO) Style 2 Dec 2020
- 17 Nov 2020 Eight Tips for Bidding for OJEU Contracts 17 Nov 2020
- 4 Aug 2020 Four Ways PerfectIt Keeps You from Embarrassing Yourself in Legal Docs 4 Aug 2020
- 19 Jul 2020 Six Reasons Why Your Next Legal Tech Purchase Should Be An MS Word Add-in 19 Jul 2020
- 19 Jul 2020 Six Reasons Why Your Next Legal Software Purchase Should Be An MS Word Plug-in 19 Jul 2020
- 10 Jun 2020 Making Intangible Document Knowledge Finally Tangible 10 Jun 2020
- 24 May 2020 Is Proofreading Billable Legal Work? 24 May 2020
- 18 May 2020 Don’t Hate the Bluebook 18 May 2020
- 13 May 2020 The Faster Way to Proofread Legal Documents 13 May 2020
- 19 Apr 2020 How Imposter Syndrome Leads to Bad Legal Writing (and Seven Tips to Fix It) 19 Apr 2020
- 19 Apr 2020 Cognitive Load: The Hidden Cost of Proofreading Errors in Legal Writing 19 Apr 2020
- 19 Apr 2020 Deep Dive: American Legal Style 4 19 Apr 2020
- 16 Mar 2020 Small is Beautiful: How to Ensure Legal Technology Actually Helps Your Bottom Line 16 Mar 2020
- 8 Mar 2020 Billing and Burnout: Are You a Lawyer or a Word Processor? 8 Mar 2020
- 28 Dec 2019 Better Law Review Editing in Less Time 28 Dec 2019
- 27 Nov 2019 Better Legal Writing Starts with Confident Legal Writing 27 Nov 2019
- 29 Sep 2019 How American Legal Style for PerfectIt Improves Text 29 Sep 2019
- 27 Jun 2019 It's Not Me, It's You: Lawyers Don't Want Lousy, Overpriced Tech 27 Jun 2019
- 31 May 2019 Save Time, Avoid Errors, and Make More Money: How Proofreading Software Can Have a Big Impact for Solo and Small Firm Practices 31 May 2019
- 26 Apr 2019 Advice to My Young Associate Self 26 Apr 2019
- 15 Apr 2019 Does Bluebooking Still Matter After Law School? 15 Apr 2019
- 4 Mar 2019 Training Law Students to Be Lawyers: Rethinking Legal Writing Class 4 Mar 2019
- 18 Feb 2019 Clever Ways to Use Find-and-Replace in Your Legal Documents, Part 3: Clean Up Your Documents 18 Feb 2019
- 5 Oct 2018 Busting Legal Myths About Microsoft Word 5 Oct 2018
- 24 Aug 2018 Clever Ways to Use Find-and-Replace in Your Legal Documents, Part 2: Update Outdated Language 24 Aug 2018
- 22 Aug 2018 Why Proofreading Legal Documents Needs More than Spellcheck 22 Aug 2018
- 10 May 2018 How to Improve Your Legal Writing 10 May 2018
- 10 May 2018 Clever Ways to Use Find-and-Replace in Your Legal Documents, Part 1: Update Outdated Formatting 10 May 2018
- 12 Dec 2017 Debunking Lawyers’ Myths About MS Word 12 Dec 2017
- 18 Jul 2017 Four Tips for Engaging with Diverse Legal Tech Entrepreneurs 18 Jul 2017
- 10 Jul 2017 Improving Your Legal Writing: Six Tips for Using Critique to Your Advantage 10 Jul 2017
- 29 Jun 2017 How to Meet the Duty of Technology Competence 29 Jun 2017
- 18 May 2017 The Myth of the Digital Native: Establishing Competence and Eliminating Tech Bias in the Modern Law Firm 18 May 2017
- 15 May 2017 Not Competent in Basic Tech? You Could Be Overbilling Your Clients—and Be on Shaky Ethical Ground 15 May 2017
- 9 Mar 2017 Exploring the Ethical Duty of Technology Competence, Part I 9 Mar 2017
- 9 Mar 2017 Exploring the Ethical Duty of Technological Competence, Part II 9 Mar 2017
- 12 Dec 2016 Legal Writing: Five-Step Checklist for Better Editing and Proofreading 12 Dec 2016
- 24 May 2016 Check Your Next Legal Brief for Free 24 May 2016
- 25 Feb 2016 Using Computer Assisted Review in Major Corporate Transactions: Why Little Details Matter Most 25 Feb 2016
- 3 Feb 2016 Using Software to Improve Realization Rates Ethically and Efficiently 3 Feb 2016
- 11 Nov 2015 Breaking Lawyers’ Paper-Wasting Habits: Proofreading and the Paperless Law Firm 11 Nov 2015
- 29 Oct 2015 Rethinking the Way that Young Attorneys Write: How to Build Trust through Clean, Consistent Documents 29 Oct 2015
- 23 Feb 2011 The Top 10 Capitalization Inconsistencies 23 Feb 2011
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Medical Writing
- 24 Jan 2023 Disease Names, and How to Treat Them (At Least Editorially Speaking) 24 Jan 2023
- 20 Dec 2022 Why We Built a Plain Language Summary Style in PerfectIt 20 Dec 2022
- 7 Dec 2022 Medical Plain Language Summary Style (Beta Release) 7 Dec 2022
- 22 Nov 2022 Spotter's Guide to Acronyms, Initialisms and Abbreviations: 17 Species Seen in the Wild 22 Nov 2022
- 2 Nov 2022 Medical Abbreviations: WTF (What They’re For) and OMG (Optimal Management Guide) 2 Nov 2022
- 22 Aug 2022 How to Write a Great Instruction in PerfectIt 22 Aug 2022
- 17 Aug 2022 Das Kapitalization: 14 Ways the Upper Cases Control the Means of Communication 17 Aug 2022
- 16 Nov 2021 8 Hacks to Nail Your Next Plain Language Summary 16 Nov 2021
- 19 May 2021 Who Knows Their WHO Style? 19 May 2021
- 22 Oct 2020 Capitalizing on Drug Names 22 Oct 2020
- 17 Sep 2020 How to Spell Brand and Generic Drug Names Correctly 17 Sep 2020
- 23 Aug 2019 Six Tips to Speed Up How You Edit Medical Documents 23 Aug 2019
- 21 Jun 2019 A Prescription for Clearer Medical Communication 21 Jun 2019
- 20 May 2019 Make Medical Information an Easy Pill to Swallow 20 May 2019
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Product News
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- 3 Apr 2024 Fifteen Years of PerfectIt 3 Apr 2024
- 24 Jan 2024 Why We’re Not Adding AI to PerfectIt 24 Jan 2024
- 14 Sep 2023 Why Was PerfectIt Cloud Down for So Long? 14 Sep 2023
- 20 Dec 2022 Why We Built a Plain Language Summary Style in PerfectIt 20 Dec 2022
- 30 Nov 2022 Introducing New PerfectIt Subscriptions 30 Nov 2022
- 10 Aug 2021 The Chicago Manual of Style Launches in PerfectIt 5 10 Aug 2021
- 10 Aug 2021 Why PerfectIt Cloud Seems to Get Worse Every Time We Make It Better 10 Aug 2021
- 10 Aug 2021 Why PerfectIt Cloud Seems to Get Worse Every Time We Make It Better 10 Aug 2021
- 15 Jun 2020 PerfectIt 4.1: Editors Into Educators 15 Jun 2020
- 11 Jun 2020 Introducing PerfectIt 4.1 11 Jun 2020
- 2 Dec 2019 What’s Better than Technical Support from the CEO? 2 Dec 2019
- 1 Jun 2019 Launch of PerfectIt 4 (June 2019) 1 Jun 2019
- 1 Jun 2018 PerfectIt Cloud Now Available 1 Jun 2018
- 31 May 2018 Taking PerfectIt to a New Level 31 May 2018
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Proposal Writing
- 3 Apr 2023 Three Reasons Why Your Last Bid Failed — And How to Fix Them 3 Apr 2023
- 22 Aug 2022 How to Write a Great Instruction in PerfectIt 22 Aug 2022
- 17 Aug 2022 Das Kapitalization: 14 Ways the Upper Cases Control the Means of Communication 17 Aug 2022
- 9 Mar 2022 Marry Me, Maybe? (How Not to Write Proposals) 9 Mar 2022
- 6 Aug 2021 42 Super-Annoying Buzzwords and Buzzphrases—and What to Do about Them 6 Aug 2021
- 7 May 2021 Seven Ways to Wow the Technical Grant Proposal Review Committee 7 May 2021
- 29 Sep 2020 It Makes Sense to Use Sensitive Language 29 Sep 2020
- 2 Jun 2020 Five Tips for Writing a Winning Proposal 2 Jun 2020
- 9 Aug 2018 Check Your Proposal or Bid Document for Free with PerfectIt 9 Aug 2018
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Styles
- 25 Sep 2024 Behind the Style: Delivering The Chicago Manual of Style’s 18th Edition in PerfectIt 25 Sep 2024
- 4 Sep 2024 Bridging Voices in Academic Publishing: Using AI to Work More Effectively with Multilingual Authors 4 Sep 2024
- 27 Mar 2023 What Makes a Truly Great Corporate House Style? 27 Mar 2023
- 20 Dec 2022 Why We Built a Plain Language Summary Style in PerfectIt 20 Dec 2022
- 10 Nov 2022 House Styles Are in Fashion 10 Nov 2022
- 22 Aug 2022 How to Write a Great Instruction in PerfectIt 22 Aug 2022
- 19 May 2021 Who Knows Their WHO Style? 19 May 2021
- 22 Mar 2021 Six Military Writing Rules You Can Implement in Your Technical Writing 22 Mar 2021
- 21 Jan 2021 How to Edit in United Nations Style (Hint: Think Globally) 21 Jan 2021
- 2 Dec 2020 How to Work with Government Publishing Office (GPO) Style 2 Dec 2020
- 12 Nov 2020 Five Things to Check in Microsoft Style 12 Nov 2020
- 29 Sep 2020 It Makes Sense to Use Sensitive Language 29 Sep 2020
- 19 Aug 2020 Managing Multiple Styles in PerfectIt 19 Aug 2020
- 26 Jul 2020 Six Things to Check in European Union Style 26 Jul 2020
- 20 Jun 2020 Five Things to Check in Australian Government Style 20 Jun 2020
- 15 Jun 2020 PerfectIt 4.1: Editors Into Educators 15 Jun 2020
- 27 May 2020 Structure and Style: Eight Tips for Better Training Material 27 May 2020
- 19 Apr 2020 Deep Dive: American Legal Style 4 19 Apr 2020
- 16 Apr 2020 Writing a Style Guide: What You Need to Know 16 Apr 2020
- 26 Jun 2019 Introducing Styles Based on Styles 26 Jun 2019
- 17 Jun 2019 Can You Give Editing Advice Without Colleagues Hating You for It? 17 Jun 2019
- 16 Apr 2019 You Make a Change in Your House Style Guide. Then What Happens? 16 Apr 2019
- 18 Dec 2018 What Do You Do When Your Colleagues Won’t Follow the Style Guide? 18 Dec 2018
- 1 Nov 2010 Check Your Style Guide with PerfectIt 1 Nov 2010
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Technical Writing
- 29 Mar 2023 Check Your Dissertation or Thesis for Free with PerfectIt 29 Mar 2023
- 14 Feb 2023 Fascinated but Scared by Wildcards? Here’s How You Find Your Way In 14 Feb 2023
- 22 Nov 2022 Spotter's Guide to Acronyms, Initialisms and Abbreviations: 17 Species Seen in the Wild 22 Nov 2022
- 22 Aug 2022 How to Write a Great Instruction in PerfectIt 22 Aug 2022
- 17 Aug 2022 Das Kapitalization: 14 Ways the Upper Cases Control the Means of Communication 17 Aug 2022
- 22 Dec 2021 Numbered Lists and Bullet Lists: Why and How? 22 Dec 2021
- 29 Jul 2021 Six Steps for Working with Subject Matter Experts for Better Technical Writing 29 Jul 2021
- 9 Jun 2021 How to Understand Your Audience in Technical Writing 9 Jun 2021
- 7 May 2021 Seven Ways to Wow the Technical Grant Proposal Review Committee 7 May 2021
- 22 Mar 2021 Six Military Writing Rules You Can Implement in Your Technical Writing 22 Mar 2021
- 9 Feb 2021 Ten Best Practices for Technical Writing and Editing 9 Feb 2021
- 21 Jan 2021 How to Edit in United Nations Style (Hint: Think Globally) 21 Jan 2021
- 15 Dec 2020 What Every Technical Writer Should (and Should Not) Include in Their Style Guide 15 Dec 2020
- 29 Sep 2020 It Makes Sense to Use Sensitive Language 29 Sep 2020
- 3 Sep 2020 The 2020 Guide to Using Word Wildcards 3 Sep 2020
- 14 Aug 2020 How to Find a Parenthesis Symbol '(' in a Wildcard Search in Word 14 Aug 2020
- 7 Aug 2018 Designing Technology Training Programs that Work 7 Aug 2018
- 29 Nov 2017 Technology Competence: What the Ethical Duty Means for You and Your Firm 29 Nov 2017
- 16 Oct 2014 Geography, Culturally Sensitive Writing, and Who Are the Dutch? 16 Oct 2014
- 24 Aug 2010 How to Design a Website for Freelance Editors, Proofreaders and Translators 24 Aug 2010