The eXtyles Transition Team is highlighting third-party solutions that may be of interest to eXtyles customers as they explore alternative workflows. While our team has not fully vetted and does not endorse any third-party offering, we have communicated with a variety of vendors who provide tools and services that may align with eXtyles customer requirements. Many thanks to the team at PerfectIt for providing the information below. Click here to return to the eXtyles Transition Resource Hub overview.
PerfectIt
Business Overview and Relevant Offerings
PerfectIt is a Word add-in produced by Intelligent Editing. It launched in 2009 and has since become the leading editing software for independent proofreaders and editors. It’s also widely used by proposal writers, medical writers, publishing houses, translators, lawyers, technical writers and others. PerfectIt has official partnerships with The Chicago Manual of Style and the Microsoft Writing Style Guide to enforce both styles directly in Microsoft Word.
Key Features and Functionalities
PerfectIt is designed for the copyediting stage of document production. It helps to clean up documents by checking for consistency and house style. It checks for:
- Hyphenation, spelling and capitalization consistency.
- Consistent formatting, punctuation, and capitalization of lists and bullets.
- Acronyms and their definitions.
- Consistency of heading capitalization.
- Correct ordering and consistent labelling of tables, boxes and figures.
- Compliance with house style rules (including partnerships with The Chicago Manual of Style and the Microsoft Writing Style Guide).
Customization Capabilities
You can customize almost all of PerfectIt’s checking to enforce house style rules. Customization options include checks for:
- Hyphenation
- Spelling
- Capitalization
- En dashes
- Presentation of numbers in sentences
- Bullet capitalization
- Bullet punctuation
- Capitalization of headings
- Use of non-breaking spaces
- Presentation of SI units
- Acronyms and their definitions
You can combine your own customizations with the rules of certain style manuals, including UN Style, WHO Style, GPO Style, EU Style, and others.
Deployment and Usage
PerfectIt is a Word add-in. It’s available as a COM add-in (deployed via MSI) or via the Microsoft Store.
Pricing Model
PerfectIt is an annual subscription. Pricing starts at $109 per user per year.