RE: Online vs paper-based editing

["Lauren" <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu>]

I edit on paper with a red pen.  It is easier for me to see and share my
document changes.  I can mark revisions online, but I won't have my notes
about why I made changes and I won't have notations, like "stet," to
indicate that I had considered a change but decided against it.  I am also a
pack rat while documenting and I keep a stack of hardcopies with edits until
the documentation project is done, in the event that I need to backtrack or
review past changes.  Once I get a sign-off on the project, the pile of
hardcopies goes in the shredder.  Or rather, that big blue secure waste
container for off-site shredding.

Lauren
 

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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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