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This book is about how copyeditors can clean up a messy Word document in preparation for publishing. Learn how to rid a text of things that get in the way of efficient editing and, importantly, of producing a good final publication, whether that’s in Word itself, in a layout program such as InDesign or as digital content. The techniques and tips in this book will help editors to build a clean-up toolkit so that you waste less time wondering why Word is ‘misbehaving’, allowing you to focus on fixing the words.

“Thank you so much for writing it. I’ve done a lot of training, and although I’ve learned some of what’s in your book along the way, having it all in one place and seeing how it fits together is so helpful. I also learned lots of new stuff, which is fantastic. I think there was a real gap that so many editors will find this treasure trove fills perfectly.” – Bev Palmer, editor

Over 35 clean-ups described including:

• Fixing messy styles (or no styles)
• Replacing manual formatting (style overrides)
• Making bold and italic stick
• Sorting out wayward bulleted and numbered lists
• Converting text boxes to normal text
• Removing content controls
• Dealing with colours, patterns and lines
• Applying proper symbols, dashes and accents

PLUS learn how clean-up can speed up editing and increase your efficiency, helping you to define a clear structure and use powerful search tools to ensure consistency.

This book is also available as a printed paperback book.