professionals feared that the introduction of digital editing software would put an end to copyediting careers. copy editors are still employed and needed for heavy editing, such as fact-checking and content organization, which software is not yet able to do. with grammar software and journalists who can edit, copy editors are seen as a luxury in publishing. the potential for a company to use editing software may also require the copy editor to only perform heavy editing and querying. though the steps for copyediting are the same, the execution is what has been changed due to the introduction of digital environments.