[pammrick]

In editing do I work in "hard copy?" What is it?

[Tony Jollans]

Hard copy is a physical - rather than an electronic - medium; like a tablet
of stone.

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Enjoy,
Tony

"pammrick" Oregon Coast wrote in message
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In editing do I work in "hard copy?" What is it?

[grammatim[_2_]]

"Hard copy" means the document on paper. Most editing is done on-
screen these days, but since files can get corrupted, or saved without
renaming, it's always a good idea to have an author's hard copy on
hand for reference.

(Apparently pdf's are now easily altered, which kind of defeats the
purpose of pdf's, so they might not be an adequate substitute for a
paper copy of a ms.)

On Mar 21, 3:18*am, "Tony Jollans" My forename at my surname dot com
wrote:
Hard copy is a physical - rather than an electronic - medium; like a tablet
of stone.

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Enjoy,
Tony

"pammrick" Oregon Coast wrote in message

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In editing do I work in "hard copy?" What is it?-

[Peter A]

In article 72a578d4-175b-4972-b046-0eeb856bb780
@z38g2000hsc.googlegroups.com, says...
"Hard copy" means the document on paper. Most editing is done on-
screen these days, but since files can get corrupted, or saved without
renaming, it's always a good idea to have an author's hard copy on
hand for reference.



For what it's worth, a lot of professional writers and editors, myself
included, find it difficult to edit on-screen. Working from a printed
copy is a lot more accurate, although certainly less efficient.

--
Peter Aitken
Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers
www.tech-word.com

[grammatim[_2_]]

There are publishers that still let you do that? University of Chicago
Press, Ohio State UP, Walter de Gruyter, and the one where I used to
be an employee (which was responsible for my switch from Mac/
FrameMaker [Word for the easy stuff, or stuff that had to be shared]
to PC/Word) don't!

On Mar 21, 10:40*am, Peter A wrote:
In article 72a578d4-175b-4972-b046-0eeb856bb780
@z38g2000hsc.googlegroups.com, says...

"Hard copy" means the document on paper. Most editing is done on-
screen these days, but since files can get corrupted, or saved without
renaming, it's always a good idea to have an author's hard copy on
hand for reference.

For what it's worth, a lot of professional writers and editors, myself
included, find it difficult to edit on-screen. Working from a printed
copy is a lot more accurate, although certainly less efficient.

--
Peter Aitken
Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writerswww.tech-word.com

[Peter A]

In article 91a16064-dbb5-475f-85c6-
,
says...
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.word.docmanagement

There are publishers that still let you do that? University of Chicago
Press, Ohio State UP, Walter de Gruyter, and the one where I used to
be an employee (which was responsible for my switch from Mac/
FrameMaker [Word for the easy stuff, or stuff that had to be shared]
to PC/Word) don't!


Well no, duh! You have to transfer your paper edits to the electronic
file.

--
Peter Aitken
Author, MS Word for Medical and Technical Writers
www.tech-word.com