Macros and other Word tools

Many professional editors use PerfectIt, a Word tool that's available for about £55 a year from Intelligent Editing. PerfectIt detects inconsistencies of spelling, capitalisation, hyphenation and more, and also tells you when there’s an opening quote mark or bracket without its partner. I use it at the beginning of a project to help me decide on style and at the end to pick up any lingering inconsistencies.

Paul Beverley generously offers a suite of macros for free. Check out Crystal Shelley’s review of them.