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Resources for businesses – freelancers and small businesses mainly.

Resources for students  – who might also want to see …

Resources for Word users

++ Resources for businesses

Posts on setting up your business

Setting up as a freelancer (1) – are you suited to it and before you start

Setting up as a freelancer (2) – organising yourself and outsourcing, etc.

Not taking risks – you don’t have to jump in to business with no safety net!

Proofreading as a career – a subject I am often asked about!

Organising yourself

On time management – ignore the Santa bits, unless it’s Christmas!

Are you guilty of presenteeism? related to time management and PR

Top tips for working from home (guest post)

Keeping organised – the famous Gantt Chart

Outsourcing (1) – what tasks can you outsource?

Outsourcing (2) – how to work out if it’s worth doing

Top ten tips for working with freelancers – if you outsource to freelancers, read this!

Top ten tips for freelancers – work the best you can with your clients

General business theories and practices

Using the Olympics to market your services – be careful!!

Is it worth the stress? – and how to escape the stress!

Emotions in business – why it’s OK to have them and the need to acknowledge them

On feedback – how to get it and what to do with it when you have got it

On mutual support – helping others and being helped – do it today!

On goal-setting – both in life and in business

On luck – and why you have to create it yourself

On motivation – long and short term – theories and the reality

Networking – it’s not scary, really! Lots of tips and hints here

Networking and social media marketing – leveraging groups of contacts

Why running a business is like running a marathon – yes, really!

Why you should keep an eye on your stats – they can be fascinating!

Posts about tax

Why I do my tax return in April – the benefits of filing early

Payment in Advance – watch out if your tax comes to more than £1000

The freelancer / small biz chat posts

What it’s all about – explaining my weekly feature and how you can get involved

All the interviews – every interview I’ve done so far

Index to the interviewees – by name, business name and type of business

++ Resources for students

Writing essays and dissertations

Essay tips for new students – handy for undergraduates

Top tips for dissertations and theses – from people who’ve been there

Appropriate language in academic writing

On creative and academic writing (a guest post)

Plagiarism and quoting sources

Plagiarism – what it is and how a proofreader should work with student material (and my terms and conditions)

Referencing – how to keep track and how to refer to your reference materials

How to quote sources without plagiarising – rewording and quoting appropriately

++ Resources for Word (and other Microsoft Office software) users

My explanation of why you need these posts

Laying out your document: all about margins, tabs and indents

Page breaks – how to do them properly and more efficiently for you!

Indents and margins – right and left margins and how to set indents

Top and bottom margins – how to change them

Using tabs effectively – the best way to line things up! First, the tab key

Setting tabs using the top ruler – how to set tab stops

Bullet points 1 – why to use them and how to customise them

Bullet points 2 – how to use grammar and punctuation in your bullets

Headings and tables of contents

How to use headings styles – make your headings clear and consistent

How to set up numbered headings – ones that automatically update themselves!

How to create a Table of Contents – read the posts on Headings first

Table of Figures and Table of Tables – how to create these tricky ones

Track changes and comment boxes

Track changes 1 – why use it, where can you find it, what can you do with it?

Track changes 2 – customising Track Changes

Track changes 3 – working with a document with tracked changes

Formatting comments balloons – everything you have ever wanted to know!

What to do if your comment boxes go tiny in Word – A common problem, hard to find the answer!

What to do if your comment box text runs right to left – Useful if you edit texts from Arabic authors

Changing the language in your comment balloons – From US to UK English and beyond …

Autocorrect and autoformatting

What is AutoCorrect and where do you find it / How to personalise AutoCorrect

Automatic formatting as you type (and how to get rid of it)

Bits and bobs

How to put text in alphabetical order – very useful for bibliographies

How to change text between UPPER CASE and lower case – did you know you could?

Bullet points – how and when to use them – see below for more!

Bullet points – their grammar and punctuation – how to keep it consistent and readable

The Line Space button – formatting spaces between lines and paragraphs

Adding shortcuts to the Quick Access Toolbar – how to keep a shortcut button visible

How to count the words in a Word document – by popular request!

How to highlight text in a Word document – three good ways, one bad

How to count the words in a PowerPoint presentation – useful for students and editors!

Freezing rows and columns in Excel – and freezing both at the same time

Format painter – so useful for copying the format of a piece of text

Full dialogue boxes for fonts and more – what ARE those little arrows in the corners?

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