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I've done some onscreen editing for 20 years and the vast majority of
all my editing (and writing, for that matter) has been done onscreen for
at least the last decade. At my present job, we don't have a fully
electronic workflow -- our dyed-in-the-wool engineers still deliver
paper mark-ups, for the most part -- but once it gets to my desk, the
paper path stops.
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Behalf Of Jeannine Klein
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Subject: Online vs paper-based editing
Do most of you edit on the computer screen or on a paper printout? And
is the answer different depending on whether the material you're editing
was written by you or by someone else? (I know the answer changes for
me.) Also, do you know of any studies on the question? (I can't find
anything in the STC archives.)
I ask because I have taken over a professional editing course at the
local state university and one of the topics is the relative frequency
of electronic vs paper-based editing.The current course reading is about
10 years old and heavily weighted in favor of paper-based editing. My
own experience in the corporate world is weighted in favor of online
editing, although not so heavily. The disparity was difficult to handle
this past semester; I'd like to resolve it, if only through anecdotal
evidence from this group. Of course, published research would be even
better.
I apologize in advance if this question is too far off-topic, but I'm
sure this group has a wealth of experience in this area.
Jeannine Klein
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