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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

sensitive editing + finishing touches = clear expression