But when she says that her devotion to Word is a function of her being “a copy editor and thus prone to fussy opinions about fonts and formatting and all such things” - it is to laugh. For one thing, she shows just how informed she is about these matters by referring to “the unfamiliar, bizarro-world file format RTF” - a format created by Microsoft. It’s become so commonplace for people to hate Word that a counterintuitive Slate post praising it was long overdue, but even by Slate standards Heather Schwedel has done a poor job. And there’s a straightforward reason for that: in order to work on revisions for a forthcoming book, I’ve been using Microsoft Word. Make sure the style is set to the one you just modified, such as APA 6th Bibliography.My family will tell you that I’ve been difficult to be around for the past few days - grumpy, impatient.