Dec 25, 2021BOOKSThe Bookseller Who Cannot ReadThis is a wonderful story from the People's Archive of Rural India about a bookseller who cannot read. Selling books is not just a trade...
Dec 18, 2021EDITINGSpelling Errors in Titles and HeadingsLast year I was editing a report for a major international consulting organization. There were several co-authors, and the review...
Dec 11, 2021EDITINGWhen Automatic Footnote Renumbering Fails in WordThis should not happen, because Word automatically renumbers the remaining footnotes if a footnote is deleted. I have experienced this...
Dec 9, 2021BOOKSThe Book That Wrote Me a LetterThis email from Better World Books is the most creative letter I've ever received. I was smiling from ear to ear by the time I got to the...
Dec 9, 2021TOOLSThe Serendipitous Pleasures of Work-Related GooglingI spend a lot of time Googling while editing; it's an integral part of working with scientific material. To speed up the search, I use...