On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:00:09 +0100 Helge Hafting <helge.haft...@hist.no> wrote:
> On 14. feb. 2012 13:04, Eric Weir wrote: > > > > On Feb 14, 2012, at 2:01 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > [...] > >> with TeX), or MS Word documents for journals and proceedings. I > >> have experienced that some of these journals and proceedings were > >> in fact produced with TeX in the end, but even then they have not > >> accepted TeX file as input from me, simply because the editors and > >> reviewers don't know how to deal with that format. > > > > How do you deal with this? > > I sent my editor/proofreader a PDF. She printed it and mailed back > the printed pages, with every change indicated in pen. > > Basically, the oldfashioned way that works with everything: hand- and > typewritten manuscripts, as well as stuff written in mysterious > unknown software. :-) > > Editors have a whole system of notation for this sort of work. Quick > for them to write, and it is easy to understand without training. > Slashes over stuff to remove, arrows for moving, alternative > words/spelling in the margin . . . > > Not having the editor edit my text directly was an advantage. Editors > make mistakes too, especially when they don't know all the jargon. > This way, I did not have to watch for such errors. I simply avoided > them when implementing the changes, and told them why on the next > iteration. > > Helge Hafting Hi Helge, There are two downsides to marking up paper in red ink: 1) The paper can get lost 2) No room for queries and responses 2) There is no historical record of queries, responses, and changes #1 can be easily fixed by scanning, so it's no problem. #2 can be fixed by referencing numbered queries, but it's a lot more work for the editor and, depending on how much context the editor puts in, a little or a lot more work for the writer. #3 could conceivably be fixed by numbering the papers with red ink, but it's a poor solution. The benefits you state for red ink on paper are certainly true, so it's a tradeoff of benefits one must evaluate before deciding whether to go red pen on paper. SteveT
