# PerfectIt Reviews **Vendor:** Intelligent Editing **Category:** [Proofreading Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/proofreading) **Average Rating:** 4.8/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 164 ## About PerfectIt PerfectIt is the leading proofreading software for professional editors, medical writers, proposal managers, lawyers, technical writers and more. PerfectIt finds mistakes that no spelling or grammar checkers can find. It improves consistency, ensures quality, saves time and helps to enforce house styles. PerfectIt lets you control every change, right from MS Word, giving you the assurance that your documents are the best they can be. ## PerfectIt Reviews ### 1. An amazing tool... if only it were more reliable and fully supported Mac users! **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alicia R. | Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 06, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt is a spectacular tool for editors that saves incalculable hours and helps ensure consistency... but lately it seems to miss a lot of things (quotation marks that don't get closed come to mind). Even so, I use the proram faithfully, and the CMOS integration is a marvelous bonus. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** Sadly, the full value of PerfectIt isn't available to Mac users, as its robust customization features don't work on Macs. The tool also tends to hang up/spin/crash, meaning standard scans can take far longer than they should. And there are some weird glitches, like it stopping on things like "Mr." (with the period) to inform you that "Mr." takes a period in American English. Despite the frustration that accompanies those drawbacks, I wouldn't think of canceling my subscription. I just wish the developers would focus on giving Mac users an experience that comes close to that enjoyed on PCs. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** It provides a consistency check and keeps me from having to spend hours focusing on minutiae (so I can instead focus on other minutiae that can't be standardized as easily). ### 2. Best proofreading tool for our articles on medical technology **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bhavesh N. | Senior Operations Executive, Hospital & Health Care, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 18, 2023 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** Perfeclt is really helpful when it comes to proofread our articles on medical technology which our editors publish every week on linkedin. The tool maintains consistency throughout the write up and also the support team is very much co-operative. Now, we do not spend much time on re-checking the sentence framing or if there is any grammatical error. Also, the pricing structure is very budget friendly for small sized companies. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** There is nothing much, I don't like about perfectlt. Sometimes the large sized documents take much time to rectify the errors. Also, few of the times it's intutive technology has predicted the sentences in a different direction which can be fixed. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** Very much helpful to proofread the documents and saves lot of time in editing which has resulted in improved productivity of editors. Inconsistencies in the documents are very well captured and rectified resulting in publication of errror free and reader friendly articles. ### 3. A major timesaver for documentation and product reviews **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vincent H. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 19, 2023 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** I'm someone that spends far too many hours creating techical documentation and product reviews. PerfectIt is now an invaluable part of my documentation toolkit and workflow. It helps ensure consistency across my documents and catches errors that are often very easy to otherwise miss. I've found it also helps reduce the amount of time set aside to proof reading when I send my work out for review. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** Nothing to dislike really. It's priced well, easy to install and regular updates are made. What's not to like?! Has helped save a lot of time and effort on my side., **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** Find any inconsistencies in the document that I may have missed, and helps avoid having to re-read and correct multiple times which is a real time saver, helping to reduce frustration! ### 4. PerfectIt: One word, or two? **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** KJN . | Freelance editor and book publishing consultant, Writing and Editing, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 05, 2023 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** Allow me answer that question by sharing my first experience with PerfectIt. SETTING: A (pre-COVID) session of the Bay Area Editors’ Forum EVENT: “Introduction to [the marvels of] PerfectIt” SCREENSHOT: A bullet list of text CONTEXT: Daniel Heuman demonstrating how PerfectIt will identify if there are errors or inconsistencies anywhere within a document, including details like inconsistent capitalization and closing punctuation in bullet lists SOUND BITE: The audible gasp as the crowd realizes how much time this would save (and the discomfiture it would prevent) Someone who isn’t an editor or proofreader might not immediately see the benefit of PerfectIt, but let me tell you … just WOW. It catches stuff we should have caught ourselves, and are chagrined to learn we missed. It catches stuff we’re not even embarrassed to have missed, like a stray or absent hyphen in a VERY long proper name that appears multiple times. It catches stuff we’re humbled to realize we never would have caught, like lesser-known tidbits in the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)—which are offered with the CMOS* item number and the precise text of the rule for further reference (and memorization). (*Note that the abbreviation was defined before being used alone.) That’s all just what’s in PerfectIt already. But you can also implement into the program the house style of your employer, your main contract client, etc. That feature is a huge bonus if you work with a number of different clients who have different preferences for small details—and so each time you turn to a different gig you need to reacquaint yourself with that client’s preferences (ten vs. 10 | em-dash [—] vs. spaced en-dash [ – ] | ellipsis character […] vs. three unspaced periods […] vs. three periods w/ nonbreaking spaces [.°.°.] | E.°B. White vs. E.B. White vs. Egad White). You can create a style in PerfectIt for each client, and then let PerfectIt remind you what that client prefers. And it should be emphasized: the PerfectIt process isn’t about running the software, grabbing a snack, having it change stuff unbeknownst to us, and then blindly submitting the document. The process involves having inconsistencies identified for us—at which point we make a conscious decision about which option to choose. And of all the things it’s programmed to catch, my favorite is common typos (General Manger | general pubic | Turdish vs. Kurdish vs. Turkish). BTW: I ran PerfectIt on this review before submitting it just to see what it would find; apparently “screenshot” is one word, not two. So, yeah—I love PerfectIt. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** Admittedly it takes some time to tweak the style sheet for each different client. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt helps me to submit excellent work. ### 5. PerfectIt is an indispensable editing tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Boriana M. | Medical Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 18, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** • PerfectIt has many valuable features. I truly depend on its abbreviations check while editing medical manuscripts. I run PerfectIt at the final stage of my work. It checks the consistent presentation of abbreviations, ensures that every abbreviation is defined only once at first presentation, in only one way, and is only used if it appears more than once. I love that I get flagged for possible errors, and I can choose and decide how to address them (i.e., abbreviations should be defined in the abstract and main text). PerfectIt is an excellent timesaving tool for catching inconsistencies in hyphenation and numbers. I love that I can review each potential inconsistency and make changes on a case-by-case basis. • Its feature of checking table punctuation and capitalization is quite helpful for identifying errors that escape even a trained eye. • I love its final clean-up feature, when PerfectIt converts multiple spaces to one, removes spaces after paragraphs and cuts spaces before punctuation. • PerfectIt is very user-friendly and allows you to work and make decisions on your edit while running the program. • I am thrilled to count on it, and the more I use it, the more I love it as I discover its potential. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I am a Mac user, and so far, only a Cloud version of the program is available for Mac. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt helps me improve the quality of my editing in reduced time. ### 6. An absolute must-have for my proofreading business **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sarah B. | Proofreader & Copyeditor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** I've used PerfectIt ever since it was recommended to me by a fellow editor when I started my business around four years ago. Now I wouldn't be without it! It's a great tool that helps me get through the more mechanical side of editing and proofreading efficiently. I use it at the beginning and end of each project - for longer manuscripts, in particular, it's brilliant at flagging all sorts of inconsistencies that would likely be missed by the human eye alone, such as inconsistent hyphenation, list formatting, spelling, and many more. It can also be tweaked to the specifics of your document requirements, so you can choose your style and even which checks you want to run. A fabulous time-saver! **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I can't think of anything I dislike. The software is easy to use, and I've never experienced any major issues using it on my PC. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** The checks for the more repetitive tasks, such as checking consistency in punctuation and spelling and for issues such as extra spaces, make me a more efficient editor and allows me to spend more time tackling the bigger issues in my client's manuscripts. ### 7. PerfectIt is downloadable, user-friendly and customisable - I love it **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anne D. | Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 07, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** I am an editor and PerfectIt is in my MS Word menu. I just have to click on it to start its consistency-checking programme. With one click, I can change the style or language I want, without having to go online (as I do with Grammarly). I can save changes or variations under a new style name. It tells me what is happening while it is running the checks I set up - and it runs an amazing variety of checks. It allows me to approve or reject everything and see where each item is in the document. It can handle interruptions and changes in the middle of its checking. I run PerfectIt to check every document before I start editing and again before I submit the document to my clients. The final checks have saved me from embarrassing errors several times. The useful reports on abbreviations and comments make me look very efficient when I include them with the edited document for my clients. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I have not found anything to dislike about PerfectIt. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am an editor and consistency is very important to me but I am only human: Without PerfectIt, some inconsistencies slip by me. After running PerfectIt, I can be confident that I am sending my clients excellent work. ### 8. PerfectIt is ABSOLUTELY fantastic. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael W. | legal advisor/founder, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 18, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** As someone who spends most of my working days knee-deep in contracts, PerfectIt has been an invaluable part of my workflow since the first day I installed it. It helps me to ensure consistency in my documents and catch errors that are often very easy to miss when being proof-read by people. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I wish that PerfectIt had a grammar-checking feature similar to Grammarly Pro built-in. I use both products to ensure the cleanest possible proofreading and highest quality. I also would love to see the Chicago Style Guide as a standard feature rather than an add-on. I'd also love to see the software use a machine-learning algorithm to learn my personal style based on my choices over time (but now I'm asking a whole lot). **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** Since I began using PerfectIt, the number of errors and inconsistencies in our contracts is truly limited to only a few minor issues. Coupling it with Grammarly Pro is a one-two punch that really takes the quality of work product over the top. ### 9. PerfectIt is an incredible time saver for editors **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Diana L. | Proprietor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** When I'm copyediting a book, I always start by running PerfectIt: it shows me where issues are and lets me start building a style sheet quickly. It can be running in the background while I'm doing other tasks. I use it again at the end of the job to clean up loose ends, easily eliminate extra characters and spaces, etc. The recent integration with Chicago Manual of style is a huge plus: I'm generally using Chicago style but can easily make exceptions via the program. There's so much about an editor's work that can never be automated, and that's the part we should be able to focus on. PerfectIt makes that possible. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I'm a Mac user, and so far only a Cloud version of the program is available for Mac, which lacks a few features and crashes now and then. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** See above: helping me focus on what's most important in my work. ### 10. An essential tool for copyeditors **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Marieke K. | Copyeditor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 05, 2023 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt automates certain checks/changes that copyeditors have to carry out (such as ensuring consistency in capitalization and hyphenation). This frees up the copyeditor's mind to focus on the more complex tasks that cannot be automated (such as ensuring concise language) and ensures that no instances are missed. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** Because I am using a Mac I cannot benefit from the full functionality of PerfectIt, as I'm limited to the Cloud version. However, it still is an essential, indispensable tool that I couldn't live without! **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt saves time and catches errors that I missed, thus leading to a higher hourly rate and fewer missed errors. I work more efficiently and effectively because of it. ### 11. Indispensable for editing long texts **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 19, 2023 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt allows editors to focus on the content and meaning of a given text and is especially useful when dealing with longer texts. It runs automated checks on all the inconsistencies that would require hours to eliminate: abbreviations/acronyms and their expansions, (standardised) spelling, table and heading numbering, spacing and much much more. It simplifies navigation and viewing of these elements across long documents. It can be customised to each text's requirements: either by using the existing preloaded styles (EU, UK, etc.) or by modifying these at many levels to accomodate variations. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** A thesaurus fuction that can be customised would be great. The ability to have words highlighted in a colour other than grey would be useful, to distinguish this from Word’s highlighting colour. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt eliminates more errors than I would be able to, improving the quality of the edit. Its styles can be updated to reflect current standards and preferences. ### 12. PerfectIt is an invaluable tool for my editing business. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Saxony G. | Owner/Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt is extremely user-friendly and since they added the Chicago Manual of Style option, it has become one of my go-to tools to use. The fact that it will also show you which rule it is using to flag each selection is a huge benefit. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** There aren't many downsides that I have found while using this program. The biggest one for me is more of a nuisance than anything else. As a romance editor, I have many words in my manuscripts that get flagged as possible word choice errors that truly aren't. I wish I could have it ignore certain words that get flagged nearly every time I run this check. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt helps to catch any last little inconsistencies that are missed in my authors' manuscripts and helps to ensure a happy client every time. It is truly an amazing tool. ### 13. Excellent editing tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Signe J. | Owner & Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** I've been using PerfectIt for 3 or 4 years now, and I can't imagine ever going back to editing without it -- it has become an indispensable part of my process. It does a great job of spotting inconsistencies in a text, especially book-length manuscripts. The customizable style sheets are invaluable, and so is the CMOS add-on option. Beyond its functionality, customer service is exceptional and the software is very affordable. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I don't have a single complaint about PerfectIt -- which is incredibly rare. (That said, I'm on Windows; I've heard it's not as reliable/useful for Mac -- but I can't personally attest to that.) **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt has made me feel more confident in my edits. As a human being, things do occasionally slip past me -- but PerfectIt does a great job of catching the few things I miss. ### 14. PerfectIt is a useful timesaving tool for proofreading **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Robin James S. | Coeditor-in-chief and international medical faculty consultant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 29, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt ensures error-free documents. It checks for consistency within documents and can be adjusted to suit various styles (e.g., Chicago Manual of Style) and English language preferences, for example, US American or British English. It saves time and catches errors that even the most experienced editors will occasionally miss because we are only human and have lapses in concentration. It is less "clunky" than more time-consuming and awkward alternatives. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I cannot find a perpetual license, and the inbuilt Chicago Manual of Style is apparently only accessible if you also have purchased an online subscription to the Chicago Manual of Style. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt helps me to ensure error-free documents for publication in medical journals. It offers editorial discretion before making changes and saves time on final proofreading. ### 15. PerfectIt is a wonderful tool for editors **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shirley R. | Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 07, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** I've used PerfectIt for a few years, and it is an indispensable part of my work process as a professional copyeditor. It's especially great for catching consistency issues and helping me double-check that I've not missed anything. I particularly like how easily it can integrate with my Chicago Manual of Style subscription for an added layer of checks. It's also easy to use in general, and I've found the support team to be very responsive and helpful to any questions. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** It's a minor issue, but it would be nice to have a way to use Word comments in the middle of using PerfectIt. It's easy enough to make notes on my own, though, so it's not a big deal. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt has been a wonderful timesaver for me and helps me flag more potential issues for my clients. I also feel more confident in delivering files to clients after I've used Perfectit. ### 16. Don't regret not running a final check for a perfect document. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lani-Elaine C. | Contributing Think Tank Volunteer, Think Tanks, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 06, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** IMO, the most helpful feature of PerfectIt is the thoroughness with which it double-checks multiple formatting and writing styles at once allowing you to consider which option to choose. As a technical writer/editor, it is impossible to compare everything and ensure one style was used while the remainder of the document differed. This software does that for you. It is preferable to run the checks within the file itself rather than uploading everything into a cloud for later revisions. It is the perfect tool for anyone who writes to have it at their disposal. Incorporating your customized style guide or a universal one such as Chicago and creating a table of changes made while also tracking additional changes is an added bonus. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** The least helpful feature about PerfectIt is that you can’t add it to other software such as PowerPoint. To ensure slides have the same uniformity you have to copy and paste from Word to the other software after you have checked it through PerfectIt. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt has benefited me while working on my MA because I didn’t have time to ensure every comma or apostrophe matched throughout a document. The tracking list of any change made is most helpful and a nice touch to ensure what editing decisions were made if a document goes through more than one editor or writer. ### 17. Running PerfectIt is an essential step for every project **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sheryl R. | Copyeditor, Publishing, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 17, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt with the Chicago Manual of Style module is my most valuable digital tool. As a freelance fiction and nonfiction copyeditor, I rely on PerfectIt to bring consistency and eliminate errors on every project. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I wish I could see changes being tracked and more easily add Comments in Word while running PerfectIt. Sometimes a Word file will freeze as I'm running PerfectIt. (This could be an MS Word issue.) **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt draws my attention to CMOS-related decisions in copyediting. It's the only took I know that does that besides my own mind, and I'm grateful for the help. ### 18. Straightforward and quick tool for checking consistency! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Translation and Localization | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt is a straightforward tool and the best one for checking consistency quickly. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt was developed for the English language. I wish I could also use it for other languages, such as Arabic and Spanish. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt runs many kinds of checks in a very short time. I have PerfectIt installed as part of my MS Word menu. I translate many scientific manuscripts into English, so in one click, I run PerfectIt after I complete my translation. PerfectIt highlights all the inconsistencies, such as hyphenation, spelling variations, and capitalization. It tells me how many times I have used each variation and where each one is, so I can select which one I prefer. It is very helpful for abbreviations and acronyms, mainly because it tells me if the abbreviation was defined the first time mentioned, so I can correct it if there is any mistake. It gives a professional look to my MS Word documents. ### 19. Competent Time Saver! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cathy O. | Editor-in-Chief, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** I love the comparison features for words that sound alike but are spelled differently, and the feature that removes all of the extra spaces! Hands down, this software is superior to all others now that they have the ability to connect with Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS). **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I love everything about this software. If I could change anything, I'd add a button that makes it easier to check for one functionality. I know the feature is there but I would like for it to be easier to locate. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** Now that the software connects to the Chicago Manual of Style, it saves me that extra step of looking something up, or, provides a clue so that I may narrow my search quicker and make syntax discernments on the spot. ### 20. A Great Time Saver **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sarabjeet G. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 09, 2023 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** By handling essential housekeeping tasks related to copyediting, PerfectIt helps me focus on language-related matters. Its style sheet feature is a sheer delight. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** Wish it could help more with subtle issues of grammar and syntax. However, it does its core job well, regardless of the size of the document. So, there's nothing much to dislike. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** It weeds out inconsistencies in spelling, hyphenation, and capitalization. It also checks and fixes inconsistencies relating to abbreviations, which could otherwise be challenging to keep track of. ### 21. Breakthrough for Quality in Regulatory Writing **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bernd S. | Regulatory Writing Expert, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** As a Regulatory Writing Expert with more than 20 years of authoring 100+-page regulatory documents for the biopharmaceutical industry, I love improving the formal quality of my deliverables in British and American English. PerfectIt is an easy-to-use app that catches any inconsistencies in large and complex documents. PerfectIt goes far beyond spell-checking. Virtually all aspects of formatting and hyphenation are also covered. I have been using PerfectIt for more than five years and cannot imagine delivering any document to my clients without having it checked with PerfectIt. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I do not dislike anything about PerfectIt. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt improves the formal quality of my regulatory writing documents. ### 22. Catches consistency errors I tend to miss **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tracy T. | Writer and Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 28, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** I use PerfectIt as my final check before returning work to a client. It acts as a third set of eyes and checks for common errors that I might miss, especially in longer documents. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I don't have any complaints. Some features don't apply to the work I review, like commonly confused words or tables. I would like to be able to customize it for phrases my clients capitalize or to search for words I need to capitalize. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use PerfectIt to catch open-ended punctuation (like missing quotation marks in novels) or consistency errors (also in novels). I feel more confident in the final product I deliver when I use PerfectIt. ### 23. PerfectIt Improves Business Documentation **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Telecommunications | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 06, 2023 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt lets me use different styles to fit the format necessary to target a specific audience. It catches those formatting errors often overlooked when focusing specifically on the content. This gives me the added edge essential to ensure the completeness and conciseness of all written information. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I honestly cannot think of any downsides with this add-in. I have been a long-time subscriber and will continue to be throughout my professional career. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** When reviewing functional and technical specifications for clients, whether for process improvement activities or technical designs, PerfectIt aids in capturing current best practices in documentation format and grammatical corrections, it gives me peace of mind to focus on the content allowing my “train of thought” to continue without breaking to review structure. ### 24. A must have tool for efficient editors! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Linda R. | Nonfiction Editor & Writer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** That it allows me to use my editing time efficiently. Running PerfectIt is one step in my editing processes. It helps me clean up a document (i.e., remove unnecessary spaces, check consistency of hyphenation and spelling before I even being reading it) so that by the time I'm ready to focus on editing, a lot of the minor things have already been taken care of, and they are not a distraction. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** Nothing, I have zero complaints! I don't use all the style guides, but the ones I do use are extremely thorough. And whenever I've had any technical difficulties, there is always a YouTube video I can reference or write to the company to request help. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps me take care of the minor and time-consuming issues a document may have (i.e., extra spaces, inconsistent hyphenation, spelling consistency) so I can pay attention to the big issues like sentence structure, grammar, voice, style and tone. ### 25. Best Consistency Check **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 07, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** I am a book editor and always use PerfectIt at the start of a project while skimming through the chapters and assessing the scope of editing needed. Its consistency check is extremely helpful and saves me so much time that I would have had to spend painstakingly checking for inconsistent spellings, word breaks, and the like. I can quickly get a sense of potential problem areas and start a style sheet. I haven't had a chance to use the new integration with CMS feature, but it looks like it will be a great tool. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I have not found anything I dislike so far. Of the features that are applicable to my situation, they are all easy to use and navigate. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps me correct errors and inconsistencies in book manuscripts. It helps me easily enforce our house style. ### 26. Saves time, effort and energy **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Robert P. | Hebrew and Greek document and manuscript researcher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 29, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** So many tedious formatting operations can be checked and corrected in such a short time. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I am not aware of any dislikes in my use - because the value-for-time-spent is so high. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** I wrote oodles of LARGE documents in the years before PerfectIt was available and I had to spend a significant amount of time trying to standardize them (or get someone else to do it - which was still a time cost). Since PerfectIt, I happily make the changes myself because I don't have to refer to a formatting standards manual/list. I can look at the highlighted text and make a change consistent across the document and/or focus on editing the content as needed a consequence of what PerfectIt found. So, time saved and better quality output without the pain of having to mentally focus on the formatting itself (risking missing useful content improvements around the formatting). ### 27. Invaluable software for copy-editors and proofreaders **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lindsay C. | Copy-editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 24, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** All of the basic consistency checks that PerfectIt allows me to run are extremely helpful, along with the fact that I can tailor them to what is needed for the document being worked on. The feature that allows you to run checks with different styles is also helpful when working with clients with varying approaches. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** There is nothing I can think of that I particularly dislike about PerfectIT. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have been using PerfectIt for several years now, and I find it invaluable as an extra tool to use as part of the service I provide as a freelance copy-editor and proofreader. It gives me extra confidence to know that if I have accidentally missed an inconsistency in the document I’m working on, PerfectIt will pick it up, so that I can give an even more polished product back to my clients. It’s the one piece of specialist writing-related software that I really wouldn’t want to be without. ### 28. PerfectIt is an extremely valuable and adaptable tool - I couldn't do without it. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jenny C. | Freelance Proofreader and Copy-editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 23, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt is my favourite tool for copyediting or proofreading in Word. I use it at the start of every job, whether it's a short document or longer project. In just a few minutes, it takes care of many repetitive and normally time-consuming tasks such as establishing consistency of spelling and hyphenation and checking abbreviations, giving me a rapid overview of some of the potential issues in the document before I start reading it in detail. After using PerfectIt for many years mainly to check consistency and US or UK spelling, I realized it was even more useful to set up detailed style sheets for each individual client, where appropriate, thus automating even more of the editorial process and allowing me to focus more on the meaning of the content. I would hate to be without it! **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** The only downside I can think of is that when used purely as a consistency checker, it will not pick up potential errors that are consistent! However, this is rarely a big issue, and can be overcome by using or customizing style sheets, to tell PerfectIt exactly what you want it to pick up. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** When I started my editorial business my editing/proofreading speed was relatively slow, a side effect of the perfectionism that encouraged me to start in the first place. PerfectIt has helped to speed up my editing process and reduce errors, enabling me to do a better job for my clients as well as making my freelance work more profitable. ### 29. Valuable tool for editors **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Claire N. | Editor and translator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 09, 2023 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** I am a big fan of PerfectIt and use it for most of my editing work. The longer the document, the more it comes into its own. It catches inconsistencies and is quick and straightforward to use. I also like the option of setting up personalised style sheets. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** There's nothing not to like! It's a no-brainer for editors like me. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** I view it as a third pair of eyes to catch anything I might have missed. ### 30. PerfectIt is an indispensable tool for translators and a real time-saver **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jayne C. | Translator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 19, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** As a translator, I work for various clients, mainly international organisations, each with their own in-house style, and the customised style sheets my clients provide save me from having to constantly consult their style manuals. In addition to being very good at catching inconsistencies, PerfectIt also ensures my documents meet all my clients’ specific style requirements. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I haven't really experienced any problems with PerfectIt. It's easy to use and good value for money. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** It finds mistakes that no other tools catch, ensuring quality and improving consistency, especially with long documents. ### 31. A highly effective and efficient tool that saves time **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Richard G. | Writer and Researcher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 03, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt goes far beyond the editing and checking tools integrated within commonly-used word processors. It does behave like AI and can detect when a term such as climate-change mitigation needs hyphenating and when climate change does not, giving the writer the choice of amending a phrase or leaving it as it is. PerfectIt also analyses every feature of a document for consistency, such as alternate spellings, tabulation, lists, how the writer uses upper and lower-case letters, and much more. Moreover, if a writer or editor uses a style guide, PerfectIt allows them to customise PerfectIt to automate the checking. Of course, the spell-checker in Word can be customised to do this, but not to the extent that PerfectIt can. Whether I am writing or editing a document, I always start with the generic spell-checker in Word and finish with PerfectIt. This software integrates seamlessly with Word and is now a core tool for my quality control procedures. It has saved so much time that it has paid for itself many times. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** One caveat is that longer complex documents require a lot of processing power, meaning that checking can take time. However, this only happens with intricate compositions and older or lightly-powered computers. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt is like having a robot proofreader. It makes editing documents especially easy and is an effective quality-control tool for all my work. Put simply, it improves quality and saves time. ### 32. Loving PerfectIt **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Carolyn J. | Editor and Project Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 18, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt helps me to edit with thoroughness and consistency, by prompting me to check/confirm a huge range of possible errors. It is fully customizable, so I can check texts in UK or US English and create bespoke style sheets for individual projects. I can choose the range of checks it carries out and I am always fully in control of what is changed, or not changed, during PerfectIt's run. It is a terrific tool for a professional editor like me. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** Honestly there is no downside to the software that I have ever found. One tiny point is that while it's running its checks, I can't add notes/comments to the text and have to make a separate note if there's something I realize I want to come back to outside of the PerfectIt check itself, but that's all. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** Consistency and thoroughness is key for professional editorial work, and PerfectIt is an amazing tool that reinforces my own professional skills - no human, however experienced and capable, is capable of perfection, and the software prompts me to consider every point and think about whether an edit is needed or not for consistency and correctness. ### 33. Must-have backstop for professional editing **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David W. | Principal, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** I've worked with some of the best sub-editors in the business, and they're obsessive about consistency and about catching little mistakes. I'm good. But PerfectIt moves me closer to the standard of the very best: it catches precisely the kind of mistakes that most human sub-editors are most likely to miss. It's also notably easier to use than competitive tools that I've assessed. Please note that G2 solicited this review. But I was happy to give it, something I don't often do. I spent a while testing PerfectIt and a couple of rivals; I figure other people might as well benefit from that. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** There's pretty much nothing I dislike. An earlier version crashed once, on a very long (100+ pages) Word document. But the program seems to be under very active development and good quality-control, because that has never happened again. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** I run an editing business. PerfectIt raises the level of quality-control I can impose on a document without sending it out to an expensive professional for checking. Quality up, costs down. ### 34. A super helpful editing tool that saves time and makes life easier **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Courtney A. | Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** My favorite thing about PerfectIt is the customization of it. I do a lot of work in fantasy/science fiction editing and it's great to be able to customize the tool to each unique book. The recent integration of the Chicago Manual of Style has also been awesome and super handy. It isn't a replacement for editors or editing, but it's a very useful tool that complements my editing process and saves me a lot of time by fixing many of the small nitpicky technical things. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** Honestly, I don't dislike anything. It can be a little difficult to figure out how to set everything up, but there are a good amount of resources out there to help with that. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** For me, it saves time and mental energy by highlighting and helping me fix all the small technical nitpicky things, and lets me focus on the actual content of the work instead of making sure all word variations are spelled the same or the same standards for numerals are used, etc. I work mostly in fiction so it just helps tidy things up and saves me at least a few hours on every project. ### 35. The best investment for editors and writers **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Katherine P. | Owner/Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt allows me to create and adapt style sheets to ensure my file follows the chosen style guide. It has a number of checks for proper use of acronyms, which come up a lot in my editing. I also use it for fiction. Because it analyzes the manuscript you are working on, it can tell you if names and terms, even made-up names, are treated consistently. I have used PerfectIt for five years and it has been a reliable checker that makes me look like an eagle-eyed editor. Writers would do well to add it to their arsenal of tools. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** There is one check I never use: the series comma. This test brings up every instance of a possible need for the series comma -- that is, every instance of a conjunction -- which is not helpful when dealing with a 250-page manuscript. But all I have to do is uncheck the box and the program doesn't run that test. Easy peasy. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt catches my mistakes before I turn documents in to my clients. PerfectIt saves me so much time, and I feel confident my editing is the best it can be. Consistency is key to a good edit and PefectIt gets me much closer to that goal. ### 36. PerfectIt for Expert Witnesses **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John C. | Chief Technology Officer of Carney Forensics, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 10, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** As a lawyer who is also a Rule 702 expert witness, I strive to write the best declarations and affidavits I can. PerfectIt helps me do that as I proof my final drafts. It makes a big difference and spots consistency problems I never knew existed. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt has many functions I never need in my somewhat simple expert witness reports. So I am skipping over tables or contents and so many other things in Microsoft Word. I wish I could disable them permanently. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** My clients are lawyers. Many of them use PerfectIt and many of them are perfectionists when it comes to legal writing. PerfectIt enables me to step up my game without spending too much time or money. ### 37. Essential for big projects **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amy B. | Translator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 25, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt really takes a lot of the mental load off of the editing process. I'm always amazed at what it finds in a long document even after I have gone through it painstakingly. The software really pulls its weight in finding minor inconsistencies that might not make or break a text but that always improve quality overall. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** Customizing the software can be a bit of a learning curve, and because of that I haven't really used this aspect of the tool. I wish it were a bit easier to make simple, custom style sheets. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt gives me the reassurance that I haven't missed anything in a document, and that is a load off of my mind. The software helps reduce cognitive load for the editing process, leaving you to work on more stylistic aspects instead of rote mechanical aspects of editing. ### 38. Many problems surfacing of late. **Rating:** 0.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 02, 2023 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** Saves time by picking up inconsistencies **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** It's complicated if you're not tech savvy **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** Inconsistencies in documents. ### 39. PerfectIt helps ensure quality and professionalism. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bradley D. | Data Coordinator, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 13, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** I work for an educational institution and am responsible for copyediting all institutional documents, including various manuals of two hundred-plus pages. I have used PerfectIt since 2014. What I like most about PerfectIt is its ability to check for consistency in capitalization, punctuation, hyphens, and lists. I also love the seamless integration of The Chicago Manual of Style. It saves me a considerable amount of time. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I really can't think of anything I dislike about PerfectIt. It is a very useful, intuitive, and solid tool for editing. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt helps ensure consistency in large documents. Industry-specific terminology, American versus British English spelling, and compliance with CMOS style are issues that PerfectIt helps me with most. ### 40. Excellent tool for all copy-editors and proofreaders **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Helen B. | Freelance proofreader, copy-editor and translator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 17, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** Before I heard of it I had to try to use Word macros to clean up the texts I work on and found them tricky and time-consuming. PerfectIt does all the basic checks I need and can be customised for each client or style. I haven't even dipped more than a toe into what it can do, as there is so much! **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** Everything it does is great. I wish I understood all the more intricate elements in the customising boxes, but the only real improvement I can think of is turning smart quotes into curly and vice versa! **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** It saves me time and effort every time I am editing or proofreading in Word, by automating things I may have had to do one by one in the past, and it has regular updates. This speeds up my work and boosts my performance. ### 41. Great tool for editing text **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Phillip B. | Freelance English Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 13, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** The accuracy of the changes and speed of implementation is excellent. I also appreciate the custom checks we can create. This really helps my specific use case. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** Although changes are accurate, a check will sometimes be missed and requires a second pass of the reviews. I would appreciate a function to include already built notes added to changes as a Word comment. Not really a problem, but more quality-of-life feature. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps to cut down my editing time, as I have confidence the changes made are accurate and will not place unwanted errors in the text I am editing. It also helps improve edits I may have made in error. ### 42. Incredibly useful and fun tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Writing and Editing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 12, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt surprised me. Deeply skeptical of editing software that purported to assist my already thorough hunt for inconsistencies, I resisted it for a while. When I finally decided to try it, I began to be regularly astonished at the tiny errors it found that I had missed. I now happily rely on it with every project to “perfect” my edited documents, and I also have fun using it in the process. In fact, my favorite part of editing a document is polishing it with a run through PerfectIt. It’s incredibly fast, and I appreciate that it doesn’t critique the writing – it only finds instances where rules are not followed consistently. I am thrilled with the Chicago Manual of Style check and how it helps quickly pinpoint the specific style points behind suggested changes. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt seems to overzealously “find” instances of a missing serial comma. I dislike how it corrects hyphenated words, so I make those changes manually. And as of yet, there is no APA Style check. There is an option to create a custom style sheet based on APA Style, but I never seem to have the time to figure out how to do it. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** When I have spent hours and days working on a project, I get to a point where I cannot "see" any more errors. PerfectIt does the hard work for me by reviewing it one last time and giving me confidence that the project is complete. ### 43. Excellent help for writers and editors **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lillie A. | Writer and editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 14, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt saves a lot of time in editing, and it helps with consistency. When there are options in spelling or punctuation, it's hard to remember by page 300 which spelling was used on page 3. Having PerfectIt point out discrepancies is very helpful. The discrepancy may be intentional, such as dad beginning with lower-case when the text reads "her dad" but being capitalized when the character addresses her father as "Dad." However, PerfectIt makes you look at each incidence to ensure it is correct. Now that the Chicago Manual of Style is included, PerfectIt is even better. It saves the time and effort of logging into CMOS to check something, and anything that saves an editor time is good for the editor and the client. As an editor, I can focus on the actual content of the manuscript and let PerfectIt do much of the work in checking spelling, punctuation, grammar, and style. Authors will find PerfectIt very valuable in preparing manuscripts for self-publication or submission to agents and publishers. Even if an author plans to hire a professional editor, she can save money by running PerfectIt before sending the manuscript to the editor, thus reducing the time required for the editor and the cost for the author. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** I haven't found any downsides. I'm sure there is something that could make it better because nothing is perfect. But right now I don't know what to recommend. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** With PerfectIt, I can edit a manuscript in less time, so I can charge the client less money. It is certainly helpful to the client to have a lower price, and it helps be more competitive in the marketplace. ### 44. A fantastic consistency checker for editors and writers **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lydia W. | Copy-editor and Proofreader, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 18, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** I have been using PerfectIt for several years and cannot now imagine copy-editing without it. It's a hugely helpful tool to run at the beginning of a project to highlight issues that need attention during the main edit, and I always run it again at the end to catch anything I may have missed. I greatly appreciate the fact that I can customise style sheets for different clients so that I can be sure I'm following the right style guide for each, whatever its foibles. It's worth every penny! **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** Very occasionally it will freeze when checking a particularly long or complex document, but dividing the checks into smaller chunks normally helps to overcome this, and the customer support team is helpful and prompt to respond if needed. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** Consistency checking in Word during editing ### 45. Best Editing Bang For The Buck **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ken G. | Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 13, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** As a Microsoft Word user, PerfectIt is the best proofing and grammar solution I've found. I proof and edit columns and articles all day long, and have tried other services such as Grammarly. However, PerfectIt goes WAY beyond Grammarly, Word's own built-in routines and other such apps. It's a comprehensive, one-stop shop for both style, grammar, accuracy and consistency. PerfectIt's ability to detect mis-matched abbreviations, for example, and quickly fix them is an outstanding feature. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** The only real downsides, as a Mac user, is that we have to use the 'cloud-based' version while Windows PC users have an actual module inside of Word itself. However, that is a small quibble as it still works in the same manner. I would also like to see PerfectIt available as a system-wide service in all apps that use text, such as Mail, Messages and other word processors such as Pages or TextEdit. Again, this is more of a "that would be nice" than a deal-breaker. **Recommendations to others considering PerfectIt:** If you primarily use Microsoft Word for most or all of your writing and editing, look no further **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt helps me to meet my deadlines while keeping me relatively sane in the process ;) I also recommend it to my wife's writing students who cannot afford an editor or proofreader of their own. ### 46. Can’t work without it **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Taylor D. | Attorney, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 04, 2023 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt adds polish to my legal writing as it catches even the smallest of errors. It gives me the opportunity to present my best the very first time. When first impressions count, I rely on PerfectIt to make sure my writing looks it's best and communicates exactly what I mean. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** The AI could be better. It's always improving but I still have to make sure it's getting it right. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am a solo attorney. I don't have the luxury of someone else reviewing my work. I use PerfectIt as one software to check my work. ### 47. Couldn't be without PerfectIt now! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anne G. | Publisher, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 06, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** I was so glad to discover PerfectIt when it was recommended to me on an editing course. As a small indie publisher, PerfectIt is my second pair of eyes. I use it to help with editing fiction - sometimes in documents of up to 120k words. I use it as my first sweep of a document to tidy it up and catch any inconsistencies before I begin line-by-line editing. I use it again at the end to catch the inevitable errors that creep into the editing process before we proceed to typesetting. I couldn't be without it now! **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** Off the top of my head, I can't think of any downsides - other than I'm aware that I'm probably not using all the features and capabilities of the programme and am just using it 'as is' - but that works for me. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a small indie publishing company, we do all editing and proofreading in-house to save on costs. PerfectIt ensures we catch any inconsistencies that might not be caught by our busy, multi-tasking editor! ### 48. Required for any professional editor! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rachel S. | Learning Content Designer, Writer, Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** I can use the US, UK, and CAD styles depending on the client, but it also highlights inconsistencies and lets me decide. It doesn't waste my time with grammar checks. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** The only downside for me is that as a Mac user, I can only use the online cloud version, which isn't quite as robust or as quick as the Windows version--but it's still worth it! **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** PerfectIt is like having a second set of eyes, an extra pass or another round of editing -- something editorial schedules and budgets don't allow for much anymore. ### 49. Amazing Product for Anyone Needing to Edit **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jason W. | Professor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 02, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** I've been using PerfectIt for a few years now. I was almost going to stop using it but then they came out with the integration with the Chicago Style Manual and it became a definite must-keep for me. I use the software all the time. The WORD integration makes ensuring documents are consistent si one of the most important features of this great software product. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** Although I am thankful that PerfectIt has Chicago integration, I also wish they had better style sheets for other commonly used style manuals like the MLA and APA. As someone who primarily writes professionally in APA, it would be nice if this feature was available. **Recommendations to others considering PerfectIt:** If you spend any amount of time editing documents professionally, I would highly recommend it. **What problems is PerfectIt solving and how is that benefiting you?** As both a nonfiction and fiction author/editor, I find PerfectIt an ideal software to help me edit a wide range of documents. Admittedly, I've definitely been using it primarily for fiction, but I do run nonfiction works through the software regularly. ### 50. A lifesaver if you work with a style manual **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Timothy B. | Translator and editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 01, 2022 **What do you like best about PerfectIt?** PerfectIt will make your work more consistent when used out of the box, but it comes into its own when you start using style sheets. I work with many institutional clients, all with different style rules. Without PerfectIt, I'd have to spend so much longer checking the style manuals. Does your client insist that you write "Côte d'Ivoire"? Not a problem. Just tell PerfectIt to flag "Ivory Coast" and "Cote d'Ivoire" (with no accent) every time they come up and they'll be flagged. Do you have one client that requires numbers 0-9 to be written as words and another that requires words all the way up to 19? Not a problem. Just set the correct rule for each client. I've run my checks on documents edited by some of the top revisers in institutions, and it has spotted things that they hadn't spotted. If you can learn the basics of using wildcards you can create some particularly powerful rules. For instance, one client sends me texts that often have notes under figures and graphs that start with the word "Note:". The note should end with a full stop, but they often forget. Not a problem. I just add the following wildcard rules, which looks for "Note:" at the start of a line, followed another line break without a full stop before it: ^13Note\:[!\.^13]@^13. I highly recommend PerfectIt to any author, translator or editor. **What do you dislike about PerfectIt?** It still has some bugs. For instance, I added some comments to the rules in "Settings", but now it won't let me add any more, and I can't even remove one in which I mistyped something. 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