Notes on the checks behind the tools.
Why two counters disagree, when tidying a paragraph edits it, and how to read a comparison without trusting it further than it goes.
Six minutes
What a word count can and cannot tell you
Two counters, two answers, both technically correct. Why the rules differ and which one a publisher will accept.
Five minutes
How reading-time estimates work
The assumption behind “4 min read”, and why a careful reader of technical prose will beat it every time.
Six minutes
When cleanup helps, and when it costs you
Line breaks carry meaning in poetry, addresses and code. How to tidy spacing without editing the document.
Five minutes
A careful way to compare two drafts
A short routine for finding the one changed date among a paragraph of reformatting.
Four minutes
Case conversion is formatting, not editing
What sentence and title case actually do, and the four kinds of word they will ruin.
Six minutes
A small Markdown routine for clean structure
Headings, lists and tables that survive the trip into somebody else's publishing platform.