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 | 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...
by Pam Firth | 23 Oct 2018 | academic editing, academic writing, efficiency, fiendish tips, formatting, How-to, student writing, Word
Devilish Details Fiendish Tips for Writers and Editors Turn Track Changes on and off Choose what changes to show and how they appear View changes to your text Accept and reject changes Use keyboard shortcuts to work more efficiently (Word 365, Word 2019, Word 2016,...
by Pam Firth | 20 Sep 2018 | 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 Confidently apply consistent formatting throughout your document using Word’s in-built styles, modify styles to suit your needs, and create new styles from scratch. (Word 365, Word 2016, Word 2013) Apply...