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Understanding Image Rights

posted on October 11, 2018 by Adrienne Montgomerie

A black-and-white box containing a copyright symbol and the phrase "all rights reserved"

As the editing process collapses from many layers down to one single editor, the job of finding and buying images to illustrate the words is more often thrown into editors’ laps. As protectors of intellectual property, editors know it is important to secure permission before using an image. All … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, Technically Speaking Tagged With: Adrienne Montgomerie, copyright, creative commons, How-To, images, legal, permissions, photos, premium content, public domain, royalties, royalty free, usage rights

Understanding Contract Terms: The Paper It’s Written On

posted on October 8, 2018 by Adrienne Montgomerie

Book Review: The Paper It’s Written On Into every freelancer's life, a few contracts must fall. When a former-litigator-current-editor and a long-time publishing pro team up to write a guide specifically for the editor–client relationship, you know it’s going to be worthwhile. It’s a slim, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, How To Tagged With: Adrienne Montgomerie, book review, business, contract, Dick Margulis, How-To, Karin Cather, law, legal terms

Adjust PDF Markup Globally

posted on September 24, 2018 by Adrienne Montgomerie

colorized dandelions

Sometimes you want to change the properties of a whole bunch of markup on a PDF at once. Perhaps it is to tag a whole set of markup with a reviewer’s name. Perhaps you’ve decided that all the pencil marks should be yellow because of the document’s blue background. Or perhaps all of the textboxes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, How To Tagged With: Acrobat Reader, Adrienne Montgomerie, best practice, How-To, markup, PDF, productivity, Proofreading, tips

Creating Hyperlinks

posted on September 17, 2018 by Adrienne Montgomerie

Hyperlinks are clickable areas of a screen that take you to another part of a document or to a website. Anyone who has been on a website is familiar with hyperlinks (now called simply “links”). It’s how we navigate the web. Behind the clickable words or image is the code for a universal resource … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, How To Tagged With: Adrienne Montgomerie, Google Docs, Google Drive, How-To, hyperlink, link, SEO, shortcut, URL, word, WordPress

Keep the Tracked Changes in Pasted Text

posted on September 10, 2018 by Adrienne Montgomerie

sample tracked changes in MS Word 365 (2016)

There are a bunch of reasons that an editor might have to paste text with tracked changes into a master document. Perhaps the original text was marked up by the legal team or safety expert and it helps to maintain that notation during the editorial process. edited to satisfaction in one … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, How To Tagged With: Adrienne Montgomerie, best practice, How-To, MS Word, Track Changes

Ergonomics for Digital Nomads

posted on August 13, 2018 by Adrienne Montgomerie

With a laptop and an Internet connection, you’re ready to take your editing show on the road. You are location independent, thanks to the internet, a digital nomad. You can work beach side, hospital bedside, or even while sailing the ocean. But it can be downright painful to work on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, How To Tagged With: Adrienne Montgomerie, desk setup, digital nomad, ergonomics, hardware, How-To, laptop, laptop riser, laptop stand, mobile office, portable, projected keyboard, Roost, screen riser, Work EZ

Passing the Ball: Options for Editorial File-Sharing

posted on August 9, 2018 by Adrienne Montgomerie

Editors share files with other team members, with writers, and with themselves. There are hundreds of ways to do that, including sending a CD-ROM or thumb drive by snail mail or sneakernet, as was common back when Internet access meant dial-up. Of course, you can email many files, but there are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog, How To Tagged With: Adrienne Montgomerie, Airdrop, and Send Anywhere, app, Asana, Basecamp, best practice, Box, Dropbox, Facebook Messenger, Feem, file sharing, FTP, Google Drive, Hightail, How-To, Instashare, PushBullet, Share Point, ShareIt, Skype, SnapDrop, software, teamwork, Trello, WeTransfer, Zapya

Sample Queries for Topics You’re Clueless About

posted on August 6, 2018 by Adrienne Montgomerie

question mark on a maze

In last week’s post, I talked about why an editor is useful and effective even if (or even because) they are not a subject matter expert. Now let’s look at sample queries that help both the editor and the writer save face when editing the unfamiliar. Three Sample Queries Experience tells me that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Adrienne Montgomerie, How-To, Interpersonal, niche, query, subject expertise, Technical Editing

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