formatting
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Some journals are experimenting with artificial intelligence to screen submissions or flag common problems, like issues with document formatting.
From Slate • May 3, 2026
In a moment of self reflection, ChatGPT admits to feeling “like an editor who stayed up too late formatting the memo.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
It automates a series of steps within the spreadsheet, so that those instructions can be done with one click - for example formatting the data in a particular style or making calculations.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2026
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt downplayed the reported inaccuracies on Thursday, attributing them to "formatting issues" and saying that the report would be updated.
From Salon • May 29, 2025
She wasn’t using a word-processing program of any kind—in fact, she was bypassing much of the operating system—and whatever formatting was imposing itself on the words, it wasn’t hers.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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