by Pam Firth | 21 Apr 2022 | academic editing, academic writing, APA 7th, APA style, APA Style hacks, efficiency, fiendish tips, How-to, scholarly publication, student writing, Word
The Detail Devil has turned 7 years old! And to celebrate, I’ve put together my Top 15 most commonly edited APA7 style points, gleaned from my applying APA style to hundreds of manuscripts over the last 7 years. This list isn’t intended to be comprehensive — you’ll...
by Pam Firth | 13 Jul 2021 | academic editing, academic writing, efficiency, fiendish tips, How-to, scholarly publication, student writing, Word
Word 365, 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010 (see Resources below for macOS, iOS, Android, Windows 10 app equivalents) In this blog post, I show you how to assign commands to keyboard shortcuts in Word to enable you to work faster, more efficiently and with increased precision,...
by Pam Firth | 25 Nov 2020 | academic editing, academic writing, APA 7th, APA style, efficiency, fiendish tips, formatting, How-to, scholarly publication, student writing, Word
Devilish Details Fiendish Tips for Writers and Editors Microsoft Word 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 or 365 (Windows) As a copyeditor, one of the most common American Psychological Association (APA) style errors I come across is the hyphen being used instead of the en or em...
by Pam Firth | 25 Jul 2020 | academic editing, academic writing, APA 6th, APA 7th, efficiency, fiendish tips, How-to, scholarly publication, student writing, Uncategorized
Devilish Details Fiendish Tips for Writers and Editors Academic style guides such as APA’s Publication manual often recommend active voice in scholarly writing, but when is passive voice the better choice? This blog post shows examples of both active and passive voice...
by Pam Firth | 15 Feb 2020 | academic editing, academic writing, efficiency, fiendish tips, formatting, How-to, scholarly publication, student writing, Word
Devilish Details Fiendish Tips for Writers and Editors This blog post outlines the benefits of creating a custom dictionary for each unique writing or editing project, followed by step-by-step instructions on how to create a custom dictionary add/edit/delete a word...
by Pam Firth | 17 Nov 2019 | academic editing, academic referencing, academic writing, APA 6th, APA 7th, APA style, efficiency, fiendish tips, formatting, How-to, scholarly publication, student writing
Devilish Details Fiendish Tips for Writers and Editors The American Psychological Association (APA) published the seventh edition of its Publication manual on 1 October 2019. So what’s new? This blog post highlights changes from the sixth edition, including reference...
