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Feb 20, 2023
Journal Title Abbreviations in Zotero and a ChatGPT Story
Everyone, it seems, has a ChatGPT story. Here's mine. In my last post, I detailed how Zotero revolutionized my approach to reference...
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Dec 26, 2022
How I Automated Reference Editing with Google Scholar, Zotero, and Citation Style Language
Reference Lists and Me: From Zero to Hero Until very recently, I used to hate editing references. I know some copyeditors enjoy it (did...
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Dec 9, 2021
The Serendipitous Pleasures of Work-Related Googling
I 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...
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Nov 23, 2021
Macro: Intelligent Single to Double Quotes Conversion
What 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...
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Jul 26, 2021
The Case of the Jumping Cursor
I edit PDF documents using Acrobat Reader DC, a free tool. It generally works flawlessly, but which complex piece of software is bug...
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Jun 19, 2021
Agent Ransack for Multi-Folder Search: A Tutorial
The 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...
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