Monthly Archives: September 2001

Semiautomatic Corrections

Over the past few weeks we’ve discussed corrections that editors can make automatically with Microsoft Word’s Find and Replace feature. For more information, see these three issues of Editorium Update: http://www.topica.com/lists/editorium/read/message.html?mid=1708048908 http://www.topica.com/lists/editorium/read/message.html?mid=1708127357 http://www.topica.com/lists/editorium/read/message.html?mid=1708293844 In addition, editors can save time by making “semiautomatic” corrections–in other words, by using Word’s Find feature to locate “indicators” of possible […]

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Even More Automatic Corrections

A couple of weeks ago, we were discussing lists of corrections that editors can make automatically using Microsoft Word’s Find and Replace feature. For more information, you may want to read these two issues of Editorium Update: http://www.topica.com/lists/editorium/read/message.html?mid=1708048908 http://www.topica.com/lists/editorium/read/message.html?mid=1708127357 I’d like to thank Martha H. Bowes, Ned Humphrey, and Joel Rosenberg for sending more items […]

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More Automatic Corrections

As I explained in last week’s newsletter, editors who work in Microsoft Word can make many changes automatically (using Find and Replace) rather than making them manually. For more information on how to do that, please read last week’s newsletter: http://www.topica.com/lists/editorium/read/message.html?mid=1708048908 This week, I’ve provided a long list of corrections that you *might* be able […]

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