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Aaron Dalton

Wildcards and Regular Expressions

November 10, 2020 by Aaron Dalton | Leave a Comment

Recently, I’ve seen some problems involving global text edits that were easily solved with Microsoft Word’s Advanced Find and Replace feature. Spending some time learning the ins and outs of this feature will more than pay off when you’re able to do something in minutes that would take you hours to do manually. Find and […]

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Adrienne Montgomerie

PerfectIt 3: Quality Software for the Experienced Editor

May 5, 2015 by Adrienne Montgomerie | 17 Comments on PerfectIt 3: Quality Software for the Experienced Editor

Editors use add-ins to Word to make their work faster and more consistent. PerfectIt is one of the more well-respected add-ins for Windows users, and Intelligent Editing was kind enough to provide the Editors’ Weekly with a copy of the newly released PerfectIt 3 for review. Contributor Adrienne Montgomerie has written a detailed review of the […]

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Software for Editors

June 3, 2014 by Adrienne Montgomerie | 6 Comments on Software for Editors

The editing of words is well into the technological age now. While paper still exists, it would be surprising to find an editorial or production workflow that doesn’t involve computers. What programs are editors using? Editors I interviewed when writing the technology section for the third edition of EAC’s Editing Canadian English said this is […]

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