Tips and tricks: Using your screen’s hot spots

There are a couple of neat tricks you can use, but (naturally) they vary somewhat between PCs (I’m using Windows … More

Tips and tricks: Opening your Word document in multiple windows

It can be really useful to look at your Word document in two separate, independent windows. And it’s very simple, … More

A few months ago, I wrote about having trouble getting an author to see my tracked changes in Word (and … More

The time-consuming task of transcribing can be speeded up with technology or by outsourcing – as long as, in both … More

Let’s say you’ve created or edited a report – it’s all nicely laid out and you will be saving it … More

You’ll thank me for this one! As we know, writing and editing can involve checking a lot of facts, and … More

Have you noticed that sometimes when you google a search term you’ll get a box with a summary of relevant … More

I’m insanely pleased to have discovered this, even though I don’t actually blog very often. But I could have used … More

This is my latest tips and tricks, written for the Editors Victoria newsletter. One of the funny things about working … More

I include a regular ‘Tips and tricks’ column in the Editors Victoria newsletter, linking to many online resources and tools. … More

As a bit of professional development, I’m taking a Stanford Uni MOOC – Writing in the Sciences. Week 1 done: … More