Imperial to metric and vv – How does Word’s Autocorrect do it?
Applying for a job – How do I use PEG’s Job submission directory?
Events calendar – How do I get it into my Outlook calendar?
EFA courses – How do I get the discount for PEG members?
The Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) offers PEG members a 20% discount on its educational courses. To enroll, PEG members must first register as a guest on the EFA Website. Once an account has been created, students can enroll in courses and webinars. Use the...
Cadman Training Courses – How do I get the PEG discount?
‘That’ – When is it unnecessary?
Long/unstable/corrupted Word doc – How can I fix it?
Competence vs competency – What is the difference?
Field names – How do I format them in instructions?
English-Afrikaans translation resources – What are they?
Question One of our PEG members asked: Hi, everyone! I just want to ask if there are any English-Afrikaans (and vice-versa) resources...
Imperial to metric and vv – How does Word’s Autocorrect do it?
Have you ever had to edit a document that has kilometres in one sentence and miles in the next, or kilogrammes in one recipe and pounds in...
Applying for a job – How do I use PEG’s Job submission directory?
There are two ways to access the jobs: either singly through a {PEG Official} WORK email or in bulk via the website: Through PEG Official...
Events calendar – How do I get it into my Outlook calendar?
The PEG events have such a lot of detail in them about dates and times, and ‘More info’ about presenters and scope. Wouldn’t you like all...
PEG’s constitution – Where can I find it?
PEG's constitution is available for viewing and downloading by clicking on a button at the bottom of the About page.
EFA courses – How do I get the discount for PEG members?
The Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) offers PEG members a 20% discount on its educational courses. To enroll, PEG members must...
Cadman Training Courses – How do I get the PEG discount?
Cadman Training Courses Professional Editors Guild members now receive a 25% discount on all courses and webinars from Cadman Training....
‘That’ – When is it unnecessary?
Question: When is it appropriate to drop the word 'that'? I am editing a book and the author dispenses with the use of the word...
Long/unstable/corrupted Word doc – How can I fix it?
Question I’m desperate for advice on a 400+ PhD that is terribly unstable. The paragraph settings won’t work, table of contents won’t...
Competence vs competency – What is the difference?
Competence refers to a basic or minimal ability to do something. For example, in my performance contract, in addition to KPAs, ten...
But – When do you need a comma before it?
Question When there is a 'but' between two clauses, when do you need a comma and when not? Example (the context is narrative, not formal):...
Field names – How do I format them in instructions?
It's sometimes hard to decide how to treat cross-references and field names in running text, like instructions for using a program. Should...
Punctuating dialogue – “How do I do it?” she asked.
“This is a sentence.” “This is a sentence with a dialogue tag at the end,” she said. “This,” he said, “is a sentence split by a dialogue...
Line breaks in DOIs and URLs – How do I add them?
Often the DOIs and URLs in a reference list create large, ugly gaps (especially if the list is justified) because they do not break...
Two-page view – Which programs can I use?
Did you know that odd-numbered pages should always be on the right in a printed book? Unfortunately, when Word shows two pages in Print...
Hide white space/headers & footers – How do I do it?
Hiding white space (the top and bottom margins of your pages, which contain headers and footers) allows you to scroll faster through the...
Table of Contents – How do I use outline levels?
Question: I'm editing a document with many headings and sub-headings, only some of which have been taken up in the automatically created...
DOIs and URLs – What is the difference?
A DOI is a digital object Identifier, which is a unique string of numbers, letters, and symbols that identifies a document or article and...
Referencing styles – What are they?
Referencing styles have usually been created by an organisation that specialises in a certain tyle of information, and the styles specify:...
Bibliography or reference list – What is the difference?
Reference list A reference list is a list of the books and other items referred to in a scholarly work, typically printed as an appendix....
A live bibliography – What is it and should editors make one?
What is a live bibliography? A live bibliography or reference list has live hyperlinks (usually blue and underlined. If you click on it,...
Rates for projects – How do I calculate a quote?
The useful advice in this FAQ about the steps and considerations when calculating a quotation for a project was contributed by several...
Accurate, exact, precise – What is the difference?
Question Heléne van der Westhuizen asked: Are accurately, precisely and exactly interchangeable and are there context/nuance differences...
Finding information – How do I search the PEG website?
To find information on the current page, press Ctrl+f (Find) and enter the term you want in the popup textbox. To search the whole...
PEG membership – How do I prove it to my clients?
If you have been a member of the Professional Editors' Guild for less than a year, you can ask the PEG administrator for a letter to prove...
Lists of tables and figures – How do I exclude the label and number?
To omit the label and number from a List of Tables or Figures in Microsoft Word, go to References > Table of Figures. The Tables and...
Track Changes – How do I make them anonymous?
Sometimes you need to remove your name from Track Changes after you have already made corrections. Go to Review > Compare > Compare....
Graphs – How should they be used in scientific documents?
Graphs are commonly used in technical reports to show trends and relationships. They can convey a wealth of information in a compact and...
Sanction, one word with two opposite meanings – What is it called?
The word "sanction" has two seemingly opposite meanings, and it belongs to a category of English words called contronyms. A contronym is a...
Emojis/emoticons – How do I insert them?
You can insert an emoji into emails and computer text by pressing the Windows key + a period (dot/full stop) and then selecting it from...
Country names and government publications – How do I reference them?
First check your style guide and follow that if you can. If the country has changed its name, list its publications under their names as...
Redundancy and tautology – What is the difference?
I think the difference between redundancy and tautology is the following: Redundancy Redundancy is careless repetition, without any...
What is PEG’s financial year?
PEG's financial year runs from March to February. Published on: Aug 16, 2024 at 08:40 12 words
Fractions – How can I make them look consistent?
Use a Unicode fraction generator tool Mike Leisegang very kindly shared this discovery with the PEGforum group as follows. I was...
Kinds/types/sorts/varieties/etc – Plus singular or plural?
The correct usage is always: (this) kind of vehicle BUT (those) kinds of vehicles (this) type of plant BUT (those) types of plants (this)...
ChatGPT – How do I cite it?
An American Psychological Association blog has very useful advice about how to cite and keep records of ChatGPT advice. Posted Aug 11,...
PerfectIt – How do MAC users get the PEG discount?
Perfect 6 now accommodates Mac users better PerfectIt Cloud has significant improvements, including: Improved reliability when working...
PEG’s Directory of Services – How do I get an entry?
You can be listed in the Directory of Members’ Services on the Find an expert page: if * you have been a member for at least the last...
Femininity vs femaleness
'Femininity' relates to characteristics that are socially constructed, things people have decided about what it means to be feminine, such...
JPG or PNG – When do I use them?
PNG is better for images like logos because you can have transparent areas on PNG images. They are also slightly better if you are going...
Language, UK or US – How can I set it permanently?
The following information originated in a PEGforum thread called Driven mad by Word, which started on Thursday 30 May 2024 at 10:51:09,...
Gerunds – Is it ‘his’ deciding’ or ‘him’ deciding?
Have you also had sleepless nights about sentences such as these? What do you think of his deciding to go? What do you think...
My member number – Where can I find it?
You can see your member number by clicking on User details at the bottom of the Login page, (indicated by a red arrow in the illustration...
Past PEGblogs – How can I find them?
Go to our Sitemap to find all our blog posts conveniently listed and categorised in various ways. Posted 2024-05-17 Word count 20
Compare citations and reference list – How?
One of the services an editor offers is checking that all items in the reference list are cited in the text and that all citations in the...
Naming birds, animals and plants – What is correct?
This controversial information comes from a PEGforum thread, "naming conventions for flora and fauna - cape nature", that started on...
Job titles – Should they be capitalised?
When it comes to mechanical aspects of writing, few details seem to trip writers up as much as capitalization: when to use uppercase...
CPD – What’s the difference between CPD hours for regional and national events?
Regional events (whether in-person or online) are equally weighted with national ones. National and regional information-sharing or...
CPD – When is the Accreditation Test?
The Accreditation Test is always held in September and members who wish to take it are given a window period of eight or nine days in...
CPD – Must every PEG member take the accreditation test?
Short answer: No. It is not mandatory, although every member should aspire to passing PEG’s accreditation test: With PEG’s membership...