Rose O’Rua is delighted to announce the launch of her first book:

ENLIGHTENMENT The Union Barnes & Noble Launch – Mother’s Day Sale Price $1.33 (€1.11) from 6th May to 15th May. Now available on Amazon worldwide. Handy Links:  Amazon.com,  Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.ca ‘I waited. And with the first breath of possibility, I jumped. Sink or Swim.’By responding to an SOS, Mary Ashe could save her own soul, as well as …

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Rules for using DASH: An endash (–) is used to connect numbers or to connect elements of a compound adjective:  1868–1878, Dublin–Cork trains. The emdash (—) is twice as long as the endash.  It is used to: 1.  Indicate a break in thought or sentence structure 2.  Introduce a phrase added for emphasis, definition, or …

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HOW TO find your current document in the Binder. USEFUL if you lost track of where the document that appears in the main editor, is in the Binder.  This happens when you click through search results or navigate with the history buttons. DO BY:   1.  Click in your document in the main editor. 2.  …

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Rules for numbers and numerals: In technical documents use the numeral:  15,  99, 20%, 5 trials, 123 million. In nontechnical documents spell out whole numbers less that 101: fifteen, ninety-nine, one hundred, 101, 250, 5,000 —except for percentages, years and dates, page numbers and chapter numbers: 20 percent, 2021, 14 January, page 3, chapter 10.

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HOW TO split a document (chapter) into two. USEFUL if you want to split a long chapter into two smaller chapters. DO BY:   1.  Putting the cursor at the point in your chapter where you want to end one chapter and start the next. 2.  From the main menu select, Document > Split > …

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Rules for capitalisation of geographical names: Coordinates and imaginary boundaries are lowercased: prime meridian, equator. Distinct areas of globe are capitalised:  Arctic Circle, Tropic of Capricorn. Proper place names, nicknames, historical place names are capitalised:  Ireland, Northwest Passage, European Union.