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Still working the hard way? If you're editing, writing, or typesetting in Microsoft Word, our program add-ins will save you time and money and improve the editorial and typographical quality of every project. If you're working on long documents (such as books), you'll find some of our programs indispensable. Click the blue links below to find out more.

Editor's ToolKit Plus, the premier text-editing add-in for Microsoft Word

Editor's ToolKit Plus, a collection of powerful tools for working in Word, is used by thousands of editors all over the world. The program has been under constant development for twenty-five years, getting better with each version. But this latest release takes it over the top, with tons of new features and upgrades. This comprehensive editing suite gives you the tools to take a publication from raw manuscript to finished files ready for typesetting, in a fraction of the time you'd spend doing all of that work by hand.

WriteBoard, the card-based writing add-in for Microsoft Word

Would you like a better way to plan and write your literary projects? WriteBoard shows you the big picture while letting you manipulate the details any way you like. Do your work in a specially formatted table, like a giant whiteboard on which you place sticky notes while constructing your literary masterpiece. See your whole novel (or other work) laid out in front of you. Need to move a scene in chapter 1 over to chapter 4? A couple of keystrokes will do it. You can move, insert, or delete cells, rows, and columns until everything is arranged exactly the way you want it, then write and export your work for editing or publication. Try it today!

Editing Tools

Editor's ToolKit (without the powerful "Plus" features) provides tools for detailed line editing in Microsoft Word, including the ability to show and stet revisions at the touch of a key. Quickly transpose words, transpose characters, change case, insert dashes and bullets, mark spec levels, change text to true title case, and much more.

EditTools (distinctly different from Editor's ToolKit Plus) provides powerful tools for professional editors who work on seriously long, complex documents

Cleanup Tools

FileCleaner cleans up common typographical problems in electronic manuscripts, including multiple spaces, multiple returns, spaces around dashes, improperly typed ellipses, ells used as ones, directly applied font formatting (while retaining character formatting such as italic), and much more. Many of our customers say they can't live without this program.

MegaReplacer replaces multiple text strings (characters, words, or phrases), text formatting, or styles in multiple documents. The perfect tool for achieving complete consistency in a manuscript or for cleaning up all kinds of errors in one fell swoop. Don't waste your time making the same old editorial changes over and over again. Let MegaReplacer do it for you!

ListFixer converts automatic numbers and bullets into fixed numbers and bullets—or vice versa—for lists in the active document, all open documents, or all documents in a folder. It also applies fixed numbers and bullets to selected paragraphs, so you can number lists with real numbers in a flash. If you're tearing your hair out over automatic lists, you need ListFixer!

Note Tools

NoteStripper strips embedded, automatically-numbered notes as numbered text to the end of a document (while retaining italics and other formatting), or converts text notes into embedded, automatically-numbered ones. It can also strip notes to the ends of sections (as well as the ends of documents), and it provides a variety of other tools to make working with notes a snap.

NoteLinker automatically hyperlinks note references and note text in Microsoft Word.

Indexing Tools

DEXembed embeds entries from indexes created in SKY Index, CINDEX, or MACREX.

IndexDeconstructor converts a back-of-the-book index into a tab-delimited file that can be imported into a standalone indexing program such as SKY Index, CINDEX, or MACREX.

DEXter makes indexing in Word a snap. If you're tired of messing with XE codes and bookmarks, you need DEXter—the first truly professional indexing program for Microsoft Word documents.

IndexLinker creates hyperlinks from index page numbers back to the text to which they refer. If you're creating ebooks or PDFs with indexes, you need IndexLinker!

ScrIndex finds and indexes scripture citations in a Microsoft Word document.

Typesetting Tools

BookMaker automates typesetting and page layout in Microsoft Word.

InDesignConverter converts edited Word documents into InDesign tag files that can be imported into InDesign while retaining style names and character formatting such as italic and bold. Fixes bad hyphenation and other typographical problems. Converts Word index entries into InDesign index entries, allowing editors to index in Word before typesetting takes place. InDesignConverter could cut your typesetting time and expenses in half.

QuarkConverter converts edited Word documents into XPressTag files that can be imported into QuarkXPress while retaining style names and character formatting such as italic and bold. Fixes bad hyphenation and other typographical problems. Provides cross-platform character conversion from PC to Mac or Mac to PC. Converts Word index entries into QuarkXPress index entries, allowing editors to index in Word. QuarkConverter may cut your typesetting time and expenses in half.

LyXConverter converts Word Microsoft documents into LyX documents.

RazzmaTag finds Microsoft Word formatting and tags it with user-defined codes—or vice versa—in an open document, all open documents, or all documents in a folder. It's the perfect tool for tagging Word files for typesetting programs such as QuarkXPress, Ventura, or TeX—or for turning tagged files into formatted Word documents.

Utilities

Puller copies delimited items (such as parenthetical source citations or typesetting codes) from the active document, all open documents, or all documents in a folder. It pastes the items into a new document, sorts them alphabetically, and deletes duplicates, leaving you with a comprehensive list of the delimited items in your project. You can use the list to compile a bibliography, create a typesetting spec sheet, and so on, depending on the delimited items you specified.

WordCounter counts the number of words, pages, and characters in the active document, all open documents, or all documents in a folder. If you bill by the page or just need to get a handle on the size of your projects, you'll find this macro indispensable.

MultiMacro automates repetitive tasks by running a list of macros or Word commands on all open documents or all documents in a folder. The ultimate in batch processing with Microsoft Word.

Our Customers

We appreciate the support of many freelance editors and a wide variety of publishers and other organizations all over the world, including:

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Academic Editorial Services Accent Design Accuright Medical Acxiom Corporation Adept Content Solutions Agricultural Communications Alban Institute All Credit Media Ltd American Bar Association American College of Surgeons American Geophysical Union (AGU) AGV Communications AirZip Alexander Editorial Services Alick MacFarlane Allegro Communications Allen Editorial Ltd Allen, Kopet & Associates Alliance for Children and Families Allied Art Allied Editorial Alpha Science Editors American Enterprise Institute American Geophysical Union American Institute of Chemical Engineers American Library Association American Medical Association American Nuclear Society Anderson Associates Antigenics Inc Antz Editorial Apha Apollo Appelbaum A-R Editions, Inc. Archer Editorial Services The Art Institute of Chicago Articulate Eye Design Arzooman Editorial Ascensius Press Auburn University August House Publishers, Inc. The Australian National University Avalon Publishing Group, Inc. AxisDelphi Baker Publishing Group Bar Association of San Francisco     (Volunteer Legal Services Program) Baron Editorial Services BCAS Beacon Press/UUA Becker Editorial Services Before the Book Bergez & Woodward Berliner, Inc. Berryville Graphics, Inc. Better Documentation Beyond Paper Editing Bibliogenesis Blanchard Editorial Services Bluefish Bay Editing & Publishing Svcs BN Typographics West BookComp, Inc. Bookcraft Ltd BookHouse Communications Booklight Inc. BookMatters Books International Boydell & Brewer Ltd Bramble Company Brimstone Media Ltd Brookes Publishing BS & MH, Ltd. Burton Group Butterwick Edits Byte & Type Limited Bytheway Publishing Services BYU Institute Cadman Editing Services Calico Publishing Association Canadian Journal of Development Studies Canadian Psychiatric Association Cancer Research Institute Carlisle Publishing Services Carter Publishing Studio Catholic Relief Services The Catholic University of America Press Center for Great Plains Studies Center for Hellenic Studies at Harvard Central Banking Publications Centro de Estudios CCC Charles River Labs Chicago Review Press Christian Schools International Chrysalis Communications The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church of the Great God CLARITY Document Design Cleo Communications Clive Tolley Editorial Services Cloudstreet Communications, Inc. CMS Hasche Sigle Codex Editorial Services Cole Freelance Indexing College of New Caledonia Columbia College Chicago Columbus City Schools completeEDITion Compset, Inc. Command Financial Conover Literary Agency Corporate Legal Times LLC Coteau Books Cottage Creations The Countryman Press Cranhill Editorial Critical Asian Studies Crown Invitations CSIRO Land and Water Cybereditions Corp D&D Editorial Datawyse bv Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI) DAO Editorial Services dataformat.com Datawyse bv DEL Editorial Services Delmarva Foundation Dennis & Sackett Design, Inc. Department of Environment, Perth, Australia Department of Primary Industries Derksen Printers Ltd. Deseret Book Company Design & Illustration DeVore Editorial Services Diligent Editorial and Book Production Service DIPE DiscipleGuide Church Resources DMS Typesetting DocuMania Documation LLC Document Data Services Dog Ear Publishing Dolby Laboratories Dolman Scott Dorsch Editorial Dovetail Content Solutions DPC, Inc. Draigen Inksetters DTP-Studio DENZL Duke University Press Duke University History Department Dundurn Dymond Editorial Earthjustice EASL - Journal of Hepatology Editorial Enterprises Editorial Services Editorial Solutions The Editor's Desk The Editor's Mark EditServe Editus Eichinger Communications Elgin Community College ELS Bogen Editorial Services ELT Press Emdash Publishing Services Erasmus University Rotterdam Ericom Software Erin Johnson Design EWIndexing An Executive Assistant Executive Publishing Services Exeplaria, LLC Extended Studies F.A. Davis Publishing Company Fab 4 Fakenham Photosetting Ltd Final Touch Proofreading & Editing Finance and Commerce The Finer Points First Glance Indexing Firestone Specialty Products Florida State University Forbes Mill Press Ford Editorial Services Forewords Forte Canberra Consulting Found-Hand Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies Frances Bowles Editing & Indexing Francis Tuttle Technology Center Freelance Editorial Services Freeman Copyediting Fuller Law, LLC Genstar Consulting Group Inc. Geoff Green

Georg Thieme Publishers Georgetown University Press Getty Research Institute GGS Information Services Glynn Schools Goldfarb Gale Family Trust Good Written English GWE AB Gopa & Ted2, Inc Goucher College Grady Editorial Services, Inc. Graphic Press Ltd Great Lakes Editorial Services Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. Gresham Computing Grid Typographic Services, Inc. Gryphon House, Inc. Guttmacher Institute Halliburton The Happy Apostrophe Hardin-Simmons University HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Harvard Education Publishing Group Harvard University Divinity School Harvest House Publishers Haymarket Books Health Affairs Health magazine Health Matters, Inc. Health Technology Analysts Helen Birkbeck Language & Editorial Services Helius High Text Graphics, Inc. Hilary Powers - Developmental editing and copyediting Historical Research Associates, Inc. HMMoore Editorial The Home Office Hot Type Human Kinetics Humanities, Curtin University IBT Global IM Publications Image Process Design Impress Independent Institute Indexing Partners Indiana University Press InfoDesign Services InfoMarex INSTAP Academic Press Institute for Research on Poverty InterVarsity Press Intuit I.P.S. Services, Inc. iPublish.com ISI Books JadedTraveller LLC JAPES, Netherlands J.K. Eckert & Co., Inc. JM Editorial J. Paul Getty Trust J.R. Editorial Services John Hall Proofreading Services Johns Hopkins University Press JuneWarren Publishing Juritas, Inc. JVP Editing K&L Gates Kent State University Press Kevron Translations Keystroke Typesetting and Design Kimberly Creative Services Kinetic Publishing Services, LLC Kirklands Solicitors KLO Publishing Service, LLC Koechel Peterson & Associates KOK Edit: Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS Kolker Associates kommunal-rapport.no Kroeger Enterprises Lachina Publishing Services Landmark Hospitals LanguageUSA, Inc. Lasotell Pty Ltd Law Offices of Gregg H. Grossman P.C. Lawrence & Wishart Legal IT Leverage:communications Lippincott Williams & Wilkins The Little Red Pen Living Streams Liz Paton Editorial Services Logorythm Lone Crow Louisiana State University Press Lucy Seton-Watson Editing Lyceum Editing Maceentosh Mach 3 Solutions Ltd MacGuru Limited Mallon Publishing Services Management Systems International, Inc. Mansbridge Editing & Transcription Manza Editorial Maple-Lipa Translations, Slovenia Mary Byers Mary Christian Marzano Research Laboratory Materials Research Society Matson Communications Maximedia Maxmetrics GmbH Maybin Healthcare Communications M. E. Sharpe, Inc. Mead & Hunt Meadow Creek Enterprises, LLC MediHerb Pty Ltd MediMedia Meimar, Inc. Mercier Press Metamorph Michigan State University Press Micro Focus microtecniqs MidKnight Braille Midnight Oil Proofreaders Mike Loftus MillerCox Design, Inc. Millis Indexing Services Minnesota Historical Society Press Michigan State University Press Mind Matrix Publishing MIT Press Mizpah Publishing Services MMS Fluid Filtration Modern Language Association Modern Language Quarterly Molly Heron Design Montana Historical Society Press Multnomah Publishers Inc. My Two Cents Editing Narrative Advantage National Aboriginal Health Organization National Ground Water Association National Institute for Trial Advocacy Naval War College NEEDSer Net-Translators New Mexico Historical Review New York Botanical Garden Press New York University Press Nimble Books LLC NIH/NIDA/DBNBR NMN Enterprises Ltd. NOAA Coastal Services Center Nolte Associates, Inc. Nomad Editorial Services North Market Street Graphics Northwestern University Press NRC Research Press The Oak Studio Limited Oceana Publications, Inc. Ohio State School for the Blind Ohio State University Press Ohio University Press Omega Clay Design OPA Publishing Original Writing Ltd. Oriole Publications Osprey Publishing Owl and Pen Editing Oxford University Press Ozark Christian College Pagination Palimpsest Press Papa Murphy's Int'l Paranoia Publishing, LLP Parsons Brinckerhoff Partners Rx Management, LLC Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission PATH Pathology Consulting Services Patrick B. Inman, Academic Editor Paulist Press PB Facilities, Inc. Pearson Education NZ Pegasus Type, Inc. PEN American Center Pennine Printing Services Perseus Books Peter Basso Associates, Inc. Peter Lang Publishing Pearce Properties Pvt Ltd PHW Editorial Pike & Fischer Pineapple Press, Inc. Plateau Press Pluma Language Services PocketPCpress Poslfit Editorial Preseps, Ltd.

Pretext Princeton Editorial Associates Inc. Procter & Gamble Professional Editing Project HOPE PS Editorial Services Publication Services Inc, Purdue University Quad Right Editorial Quinlan Creative Quintrex Data Systems Rachel Lyon Publishing Services Rainbow Associates Random House Random House of Canada Limited RDH Building Sciences Inc. Reaktion Books Ltd Red Barn Publishing Reformation Heritage Books Reinhardt Originals Reitt Editing Services Rich Metter Graphics Studio Richard Powell Editorial Services Right Line Editing & Design Rimmer Indexing Service Riverside Indexes, Inc. Roney Editorial Services Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group The RVSM Company Rutgers University Press Ruthless Editing Sage Publications Sahale Services Sandhurst Editorial Consultants ScholarOne Scientific Editorial Services Scott Citron Design Sea Fish Industry Authority Serendipity Associates Shambhala Publications Shepard Publications Sherlock Editing Shoemaker & Hoard Silverchair Simon and Schuster Sixteenth Century Journal Slavic Review, University of Illinois SmartWorkEditing SMK Editorial Services Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) Solution Tree Press Sophia Institute Sopris West Sound Transit Southern Illinois University Press Spaghetti Design Specialist Publishing Services LTD Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. Staple State of Montana/State Procurement Bureau Steve Jackson Games Still Mountain Graphics Stone Bridge Press The Stone Cottage Strongwell Studies in English Literature, Rice University Sunrise Data, Inc. Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea Sutton Publishing Sybex Symantec SynchroComm Inc. Synta Pharmaceuticals Syracuse Talent International Development Ltd Tate Publishing & Enterprises Taylor & Associates Architects Tax News Texas Christian University Press Teachers College Press Tel Aviv University Temple University Press TESOL Tessy Plastics Texas Tech University Press Thinking Publications Timely Publication Services Times Supermarket Trivium Publishing LLC Truman State University Turnaround 21st Century Christian, Inc. TwoFoot Words 202design United Methodist Publishing House United Nations United States Naval Institute University of Akron Press University of Alabama Press University of Alberta Press University of Arizona Press G&A University of Arizona Main Library University of Arkansas Press University of British Columbia Press University of California University of Chicago Press University of Georgia Press University of Illinois Press University of Maastricht University of Maine University of Michigan Press University of Missouri Press University of Nebraska Press University of Nevada Press University of New Mexico Press University of New South Wales Press University of North Carolina Press University of Notre Dame University of Oklahoma Press University of Otago Department of English University of Pittsburgh Press University of Pretoria University of Tennessee Press University of Texas, Applied Research University of Texas Press University of Toronto Press University of Utah Press University of Victoria University of Virginia Press University of Wisconsin Press University Press of Kansas University Press of Kentucky U.S. Census Bureau U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops U.S. Department of State U.S. Naval Institute Vanderbilt University Press Vectra Media VCU Massey Cancer Center VES Andover Ltd Victorian Secrets Limited Village Typographers, Inc. Virtual Images Ink Washington State University Press Waverley Typesetters WEA Insurance Corporation Wearset Weaver Indexing Service Webster & Janes Ltd The Well-Chosen Word Wells Fargo Wendy Monaghan Editing Services West Editorial Services Westchester Book Group West Virginia University Press White Clay Editorial White Dragon Enterprise Whitman Publishing Wilcox Editing Services Wise-Gillap Editorials Wisconsin Historical Society Press Wisdom Publications Word Cat Editorial Services WordMaven Editorial Services WordProse, Inc. Wordsmith Publication Services Ltd. Wordsmithing Plus Words by Haught Words That Work! WordsWorth Communications Wordsworth Publishing Services WordTech Communications WordWorks Wordwright World Literature Today World Trade Institute Wright Information Write On! Editorial Services The Write Word, Inc. WriteWorks, Inc. Writing at Work Writing Wizard Editing and Proofreading W. W. Norton and Company Yale University Press YHT Ltd YWAM Publishing ZimmServices

What People Are Saying (Unsolicited Comments)

"I am well acquainted with Mr. Lyon's Editorium Products. I have purchased most of them over the years, and I cannot imagine using Word without these add-ins. If you use Word, you owe it to yourself to check out Editorium.com. The software is very reasonably priced, and well worth every penny. —Father Wayne Paul, Mdiv."

"We've used your invaluable macros on hundreds of books. If I didn't bless you every time I cleaned a file, or merged files, or stripped notes, I should have. Thank you, thank you, for all you're doing for editors and authors! —Ann R., St. Paul

"Thank you for this wonderful product that you've created. It has made my work life a much, much happier place. —Vanessa D."

"I have used FileCleaner, NoteStripper, ListFixer, and MegaReplacer for years and LOVE them. I couldn't do my editing work without them. Thank you!" —Terese P., Canaan, New York.

"Your book is a true gold mine and, as a writer, I know what it means." —Dominique M.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you! Your tools are simply INDISPENSABLE!" —Jennifer B.

"I used NoteStripper a number of times. . . . Good GOLLY it was a lifesaver! So was ListFixer!" —Laura P., Raleigh, North Carolina

"I'm delighted by the way you're creating tools and instructions to make publishing more efficient." —Karen C., Great Barrington, Massachusets.

"Useful? Far, far more than that. Essential. Sanity-maintaining. Fundamental. Something along those lines. Thanks again!" —Peter L., Arlington, Virginia.

"I'm crazy about Editor's Toolkit Plus! Greatest thing since Velveeta. I recommend it every chance I get." —Craig T., Annapolis, Maryland.

"I was prepared to go to great lengths to get Editor's ToolKit Plus going for this next project, and I am delighted that I will have it on my primary computer! (By the way, I am not always this enthusiastic about so-called editorial timesavers—one press that I work for has a complex set of custom macros put together by an outside vendor that I refuse to use—I'll still work for them, but only on pencil edits. Your stuff is elegant: it does what it says it will do, well.)" —Deborah R.

"Thank you for MultiMacro! What a great product! Just now wrote some macros and ran them successfully against a folder's worth of manuscripts. I could cry I'm so grateful. You've made my day." —Melissa B., Chester, New York

"These are the very best add-ons I have ever bought—I use them all the time, and love them! Thank you so much!" —Laura L., Mesa, Arizona

"I have been using FileCleaner for the past few months, and it is a fabulous, indispensable program. I really can't imagine working without it." —Elizabeth C., North York, Ontario

"I'm amazed at what you have put together and make available to others! What a wonderful resource!" —Terry Y., Belleville, Illinois

"I certainly like your Editor's Toolkit Plus. It is great stuff and fully worth the price." —Richard O., Geneva, Switzerland

"I just used NoteStripper for real for the first time and it worked like a charm. . . . NoteStripper is the answer to my prayers. Thank you!" —Barbara S., Ithaca, New York

"I hope you're swamped with incoming money for FileCleaner—I have been using it non-stop since I got it!" —Wayne T., Slovenia

"People ask how I can underbid my competition by so much. I just smile and tell them I have some special programs to help me." —Patricia P., Salt Lake City, Utah

"Thanks for NoteStripper; what an amazing program. . . . I took most of yesterday to do 'The Wars of The Jews' by Flavius Josephus. It had text-only footnotes at the end of each chapter. . . . After Notestripper made the footnotes . . . Word obligingly renumbered them all, etc. I ended up with hundreds of footnotes in a very large book—all perfect." —Doug C., Edina, Minnesota

"With a small amount of effort in creating the macros, I was able to complete this sophisticated project [with MultiMacro] on almost 100 files in a small amount of time. Thanks again!" —Joe Z., Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey

"After reading a post about your programs on the Editorial Freelancer Association's list serv, I downloaded an evaluation copy of Editor's Toolkit Plus, and ran a few tests with it on some files I'm getting ready to edit. And all I have to say is WOW! I think I'm in love! (With the program, that is =) What a timesaver; this is awesome! You can bet I'll register my copy when my 45 days are up. Thanks for developing a program that allows editors to concentrate on our great love—THE WORDS—without getting all hung up on all that other junk!" —René S., Golden, Colorado

Doug Clapp, who makes wonderful books for Microsoft Reader at PocketPCpress, posted the following unsolicited testimonial on his Web site. We blush to repeat it:

      We now interrupt this boilerplate stuff to praise Jack Lyon [proprietor of the Editorium].
      If Jack didn't exist, many of the books on this site wouldn't exist. Oh, they might exist in time, but their creation would have been much much harder. Maybe even "too hard"; I'm not sure. It's like this. Turning text into a Microsoft Reader eBook usually involves lots of formatting, editing, munging and messing with text and punctuation. It's often a sweaty three-way bout between me, the text and Microsoft Word.
      I usually win the match (not always, but usually) thanks in large part to tools that Jack Lyon makes. Jack is quite simply the Microsoft Word Jedi Master. Obi-Jack.
      Jack creates and sells (very reasonably!) collections of macros that automate tasks in Word that would be hard to do "by hand"—and in some cases, just flat out wouldn't be possible to do. Amazing things. Incredibly useful. Priced right. And really really fast.
      His tools can be found on his quite civilized website: editorium.com. If you use Word to do your job, like me, and have wished that Word "could only do this or only do that" . . . check it out. And you can also sign up for a free weekly newsletter of tips and tricks for Microsoft Word. Betchallearnalot. Great stuff.
      Thanks, Jack!

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