I’m a research professor committed to helping you hone your craft as a biblical scholar. Academic programs in biblical studies often provide excellent training in content areas like Old or New Testament. But these programs have to leave out a lot. And very often, what’s left out is precisely what can help you hone your craft as a knowledge worker so that you can focus on the people and projects that matter most.
Change Word Styles to Direct Formatting
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Reader, Using Microsoft Word's "styles" feature can help keep document formatting more consistent. But you sometimes need a document with only formatting but no extra styles. Fortunately, you can convert styles to direct formatting. Until next time, keep honing your craft. Blessings, P.S.: A rising tide lifts all boats. Feel free to send this article to others you think it might help. |
J. David Stark
I’m a research professor committed to helping you hone your craft as a biblical scholar. Academic programs in biblical studies often provide excellent training in content areas like Old or New Testament. But these programs have to leave out a lot. And very often, what’s left out is precisely what can help you hone your craft as a knowledge worker so that you can focus on the people and projects that matter most.
Reader, Thus far, 2025 has been an eventful year. In the last 60 days, I've submitted volumes with two different co-editors and groups of contributors. In the coming weeks and months, I'll share more about these volumes and how their projects are continuing. But in both cases, preparing the volumes provided good opportunities to revisit the process I recently mentioned about how to convert Word documents' "styles" to "direct formatting." That said, preparing the second volume—which we...
Reader, For books, SBL style generally requires identifying "facts of publication." Zotero can handle all this information, including for co-published volumes. Until next time, keep honing your craft. Blessings,David P.S.: A rising tide lifts all boats. Feel free to send this article to others you think it might help.
Reader, You can't safely synchronize your Zotero database other than with Zotero's servers. But you can synchronize your other profile data if you configure things carefully. Recent versions of the Dropbox client make doing so much easier than in years past. But there are also now comparatively straightforward ways of managing your profile data with Git in order to avoid some of the challenges of a Dropbox setup. Until next time, keep honing your craft. Blessings,David P.S.: A rising tide...