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Check out the PDF Association's Glossary of Accessibile Terminology specific to PDF. https://lnkd.in/eVK97mC5

How to write an effective Prompt? To write an effective prompt, begin with drafting prompt based on CLEAR framework. https://lnkd.in/gK3Ww_kr

Please include the following sections in your proposal (in APA formatting): THE

Chicago Manual of Style Guidelines Annotation When that research paper comes due and you've forgotten your style manual, get the guidance you need quickly with the Chicago Manual of Style QuickStudy(R) guide. Based on the 16th edition of CMS, this handy, easy-to-carry three-panel guide contains the information you need for writing academic papers to CMS specifications, pared down to the essentials, including common, real-world sample references for both CMS citation formats so that you can be sure you are giving appropriate credit where credit is due. https://lnkd.in/gVCtwjX3

Can I tell you how excited I am to see the way Paul Beverley's CopyToList macro has evolved over the past year? For copyeditors, this macro is transformative (see the note at the end of this post if you're unfamiliar with it). It was only about eight months ago that I reached out to Paul to ask about making CopyToList compile words in a list *alphabetically*. He hopped on the case, and CopyToListAlphabetic was born. Just this morning, inspired by the latest Macro of the Month newsletter that discusses ways you can copy words to *separate lists* in your style sheet, I created two new macros using CopyToListAlphabetic as the foundation. Here's what they do: 1. Record words that I want to revisit later in a separate list (because sometimes as I'm reading, I realize I need to double-check the spelling of a character's name throughout the manuscript or a given word like "hmm," but I need to retain my focus on the passage before switching tasks). 2. Copy quoted material to the style sheet (for the author or publisher, I document in the style sheet any quoted passages that may require permissions as well as flag the passage in the manuscript). Creating these new macros was as simple as renaming the macro, changing one word in the code that tells the macro where to put the words, and applying a keyboard shortcut to run the macro. Just like that, my editing tasks are simplified. Now I'm off to buy Paul a coffee, or six, to say thanks (https://ko-fi.com/mrmacros). If you're daunted by macros, I get it. I was, too, for a long, long time. Jennifer Yankopolus offers some great courses to get you started. Once you have a few in place, you'll wonder how you ever worked without them! NOTE: For those unfamiliar with the macro, CopyToListAlphabetic allows you to record words to your style sheet with one keystroke; no copying and pasting, no opening the style sheet and navigating to your word list. Just run the macro and keep reading!

Bulk PDF OCR made easy: https://lnkd.in/dqXxAT2j It also supports handwriting and images! #ocr #searchablepdf #documentprocessing

Day-off infograph. There's a small issue with this one. The command "cat" is used to conCATenate two text files together, and has a quirk in that if you give it just one file, it will print the contents to standard output ^_^ If you want to create a new file, it's best to use the "touch" command, or open a text editor and save the file.

#Trigrams and #Bigrams in #TextAnalysis: A Comprehensive Guide  https://lnkd.in/eKqhCc5T

Are Track Changes #Accessible? If you have ever wondered how track changes sound with a screen reader or need a video to share to show others what the experience is like, this is it. Feel free to share. Note: This is a live MS Word doc. In a PDF all of the strikethrough and insert text prompts would have to be implemented using the Actual Text property of a tag to vocalize the visual treatment. This is a very manual and time consuming process that results in a VERY confusing user experience. A better approach is to provide a table with two columns. The first column shows the text as it was. The second column shows the newly modified text. This creates a much better user experience but requires a different format that some people are just not comfortable with. However, I know that no one is comfortable listening to that word salad NVDA tries to voice when stumbling through track-changed text. Reach out to me if you would like to learn more about how to better present changes in your documents. We have a few solutions. (even for things with line numbers) #accessibility #a11y #DEI #IDEA #CSUNATC24 #InclusiveDesign #NVDA