tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post4731115694448546024..comments2023-07-01T11:09:28.113-04:00Comments on Land on Demand Editing Proofreading Indexing: copyediting and designczarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848336357897046488noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-17996993507053033842008-10-25T12:22:00.000-04:002008-10-25T12:22:00.000-04:00Wendy: Thanks for checking in. When using Track Ch...<B>Wendy</B>: Thanks for checking in. When using Track Changes, I always turn off the view so I can't see what's happening. It's impossible, in my mind, to edit accurately with the changes feature on where you can see it.<BR/><BR/>A freelance editor I know -- actually the one who started me off almost 20 years ago -- wrote me a few weeks back because all the footnotes in her document were screwing up, not renumbering, skipping numbers, numbers no longer matching up. I asked her if the track changes feature was on . . . and that was the problem. She said she'd scratched her head for an hour before writing me, had looked through manuals and such, and no manual anywhere mentioned the effect that tracking changes can have on the auto-numbering footnote function. I'd say the effect is akin to giving a hyper six-year-old a few jiggers of grain alcohol with his Juicy Juice. I'd been through that hell a few times before I figured out what was going on. It's not pretty.<BR/><BR/>I hope you'll come back, or if you know any other editors, send 'em here. I enjoy the feedback.czarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10887869458750797012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-61343723570339397282008-10-25T11:47:00.000-04:002008-10-25T11:47:00.000-04:00Hi Bob! Moi told me to check you out. I once copye...Hi Bob! Moi told me to check you out. I once copyedited a couple of chapters of a law textbook. I'd never used track changes before that--and I never will again. You have my admiration.VintagePurseGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726788265397970796noreply@blogger.com