Episode 73
Editing with The Chicago Manual of Style for PerfectIt
The Editing Podcast · Louise Harnby (fiction editor) and Denise Cowle (non-fiction editor)
August 9, 202141m 33s
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Show Notes
Find out more about The Chicago Manual of Style for PerfectIt. Developer Daniel Heuman talks with Louise Harnby and Denise Cowle about the union of a 115-year-old style guide and advanced copyediting software technology, and how it will help you edit faster and better.
Listen to find out more about
- What is The Chicago Manual of Style for PerfectIt?
- How much it costs
- How the union came about
- Full integration of CMOS into PerfectIt 5
- Why it's free to subscribers of both products
- What PerfectIt can and can't do
- Working with the CMOS team
- Favourite features that help editors learn
- Why CMOS is a style guide rather than a rule book
- How users can suggest additions
- Customizing the CMOS style sheet
- The Mac-user experience
- Accessing The Chicago Manual of Style for PerfectIt
Denise and Louise
- Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
- Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing
Music credit
‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/