Dash it all!
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Dash it all!

Hyphens and dashes always seem to cause confusion in manuscripts. The simple rule is that hyphens are a type of word punctuation and dashes (or rules) are used for sentence punctuation.

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Great graphs
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Great graphs

A great graph can illustrate a point more succinctly than words. It can demonstrate the author’s intimate knowledge of their subject and persuade a reader by helping them understand the concepts it illustrates.

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Inclusive and accessible publishing
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Inclusive and accessible publishing

Inclusive and accessible publishing is the creation of published material that is designed to be accessible to everyone. Many clients mistake inclusive publishing as being just for people who are blind or who have vision impairments. But inclusive publishing is about so much more. It is also for people with a range of impairments – including physical, cognitive, sensory, learning and psychosocial disability.

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Single or double?
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Single or double?

I’m old enough to remember using a typewriter. I used one for a few years, but in the early nineties computers became cheaper and more commonplace. I then stopped using the ‘old’ technology of typewriters and started word processing with a computer.

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