by C.K. MacLeod
Remember the days of the typewriter? Authors of a certain vintage are nodding their heads. If you began your writing career on a typewriter, (and even if you didn’t) you might be guilty of “typewriter” formatting. (Editors everywhere are now nodding their heads.)
“Illegal” typewriter formatting can create unpredictable results in the ebook conversion process. This two-minute video will show you how to use Pilcrow, or the Show/Hide feature in Microsoft Word, to find instances of typewriter formatting in a Word document.
And what do you do when you find typewriter formatting in your Microsoft Word manuscript? You blast it away using Microsoft Word’s Find & Replace codes listed in Advanced Find and Replace for Microsoft Word, by Jack Lyon. Or, if you’re looking for a method that’s more efficient, try the Microsoft Word add-in, Editor’s Toolkit Plus.
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This article was originally posted at the Beyond Paper Editing blog.