feathertoucheditingDec 18, 2021Spelling 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...
feathertoucheditingDec 11, 2021When 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...
feathertoucheditingDec 8, 2021The 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...
feathertoucheditingNov 22, 2021Macro: Intelligent Single to Double Quotes ConversionWhat the Macro Does I felt the need for this macro when I was working on a UK book that had to be converted to US style. I found myself...
feathertoucheditingSep 15, 2021The Case of the Sticky FigureIt seemed simple enough. The style called for figure captions to be placed above figures (in fact, they were even called figure titles),...
feathertoucheditingJul 4, 2021The Case of the Jumping TableThe deadline was near, and I had to copy a table the author had sent into the main document. A routine task—except that the table would...
feathertoucheditingMay 25, 2021Word Count for a Selection in Microsoft WordMicrosoft Word bristles with useful keyboard shortcuts. Many are well known, but some obscure shortcuts deserve to be rescued from...