EditTools 9 Released

On the American Editor blog, Richard Adin has announced the release of EditTools 9.0, a macro suite for Microsoft Word designed to automate many common editing tasks.

 New features in EditTools 9 include:

• Backup 
• Counter 
• Open Dialog Manager (ODM) 
• Revision Tracking 
• Time Tracker 

Time Tracker not only lets you keep track of the time you are spending on a project, but it also keeps data about your projects and calculates your Effective Hourly Rate (EHR) and Average Pages per Hour (APH) for the specific project, all projects worked on in the current year, and all projects over your career.

For more information, see the EditTools web site.

While I've not used EditTools, I am a firm believer in using the automation features of Word to streamline tasks and improve accuracy and consistency. EditTools looks to be a good solution for those who want an out-of-the box tool.