Jul 4, 2021MICROSOFT WORDThe 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...
Jun 19, 2021TOOLSAgent Ransack for Multi-Folder Search: A TutorialThe books I edit arrive as separate Word files, one for each chapter. I cannot recall ever receiving a book as a single file. For one...
Jun 8, 2021LANGUAGEIndian and British English: A Handbook of Usage and PronunciationIn a previous post (on researcher name coincidences), I mentioned Indian and British English: A Handbook of Usage and Pronunciation by...
May 25, 2021MICROSOFT WORDWord 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...
May 7, 2021EDITINGThe Atomic TypoThe typo is the bane of the copyeditor. However careful I am, I'll invariably find a handful during my final read. It could be an extra...
Apr 23, 2021LANGUAGEToo Much InnovationFor many years, we used 3M storage products for data backup in the company where I worked, and I always thought there was something wrong...
Apr 6, 2021PHOTOGRAPHYRoadside Reader 1I saw him daily on my morning commute. His house was the wall of a park, and sometimes he was stretched out on the wall, asleep. In the...
Mar 21, 2021BOOKSResearcher Name CoincidenceHumor and academia are an unlikely combination, and I didn't think they could coexist until I read Academia Obscura: The Hidden Silly...