PerfectIt – Part II
PerfectIt: Because you’ve got better things to do
Join PEG for Part Two of the webinar on PerfectIt and learn how it can make your editing more efficient and consistent.
Date: Thursday, 16 October 2025
Time: 18:00–19:30 (Central African Time: GMT +02:00)
Presenters: Nikki Watkins and Kate Davies
Platform: Online (Zoom meeting)
Level: Intermediate
Prerequisites/foundational knowledge: Working knowledge of PerfectIt. Windows users only.
CPD hours: PEG members will earn CPD hours according to the criteria published on the PEG website. Attendees of the live presentation will receive a certificate confirming their attendance and the duration of the webinar. Those who are unable to attend the webinar live may submit their receipt as proof of having received the recording.
Pre-webinar materials: None.
About the webinar
Part Two is aimed at editors who already use PerfectIt and want to take it a step further by creating customised style sheets for specific types of editing jobs. For example, if you edit extensively for a particular company or university, we’ll show you how to set PerfectIt up to catch their unique style preferences in addition to the usual consistency checks. You’ll learn how to build your own stylesheets with customised spelling and hyphenation rules and preferences for italics, subscripts, capitalisation, punctuation and more. Plenty of Q&A time will be available, and interactive components will be included to keep you all awake!
Unfortunately, PerfectIt Cloud, which is used by Mac users, does not yet offer stylesheet customisation, so Part Two is for Windows users only.
About our facilitator
Nikki Watkins has been an academic editor for over 17 years and is lucky enough to be self-employed. Aside from editing, she enjoys playing hide-and-seek over WhatsApp video calls with her grandchildren (don’t ask)!
Kate Davies has been editing full-time for just over four years. She lives in Boknesstrand and enjoys fishing and beach walks when she isn’t editing. She works on a Mac and therefore is clearly not afraid of anything!
Cost
| Affiliation | Early-bird registration fee1 | Registration fee (one webinar)2 |
|---|---|---|
| PEG members | R295 | R380 |
| Members of affiliated organisations3 | R400 | R500 |
| Non-affiliated members | R500 | R600 |
1Early-bird registration fee: Before or on Wednesday, 8 October 2025
2Between Thursday, 9 October and Tuesday, 14 October
3Professional Journalists’ Association of South Africa (ProJourn), Southern African Freelancers’ Association (SAFREA), South African Science Journalists’ Association (SASJA), the South African Translators’ Institute (SATI), Publishers’ Association of South Africa (PASA), Society of English-language professionals in the Netherlands (SENSE), Institute of Professional Editors Limited (IPEd), Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP), Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) and Nordic Editors and Translators (NEaT).
Take advantage of the early-bird special: save money and secure your spot at this webinar series by registering early!
Please register by completing and emailing the registration form to the webinar administrator.
Deadline for registration: Tuesday, 14 October 2025