If you are the author of a book, the developer of a software program or the owner of any other intellectual work, you can protect you intellectual property rights by simply mailing your work to yourself via registered mail.
You should never open the envelope unless there is a dispute over the ownership of the work. In that case, the date on the envelope will prove that you are the legal owner!
At least this is recommended by several Greek attorneys and the National Library of Greece.
This is an indicative list with all tasks that should be completed when you edit, proofread or QA a text.
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Please feel free to send me your comments as I’m sure this table needs improvement.
This tool unlocks password-protected PDF files. But why would you want to unlock a password-protected PDF?
Because a locked PDF…
A nice trick that will help you save time and effort when spell checking a long text with lots of words unrecognized by Word. Let’s suppose that you have an 85-page medical text with unrecognized terms, such as etrolizumab and fresolimumab, repeated throughout the text.
1) Locate the first instance of the term etrolizumab.
Normally Word won’t recognize it; instead it will display a red wavy line under the “unknown word.”
2) Make sure it has the correct spelling.
3) Right-click on it and select Ignore All.
This way, Word will ignore all correct instances of etrolizumab and it will only display a red wavy line under each misspelled instance of the term. Now, it should be easy for you to catch the misspelled etrolizumamb.
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