![]() Basically, my impressions of the whole document inform all the comments in the document, so I’m likely to be changing things around rather than just leaving the edits from my first impressions. I may make a comment, then after reading more, think better of it and delete or modify that comment. I may notice something halfway through and then check if the same problem occurred earlier. When editing, I work through the document from top to bottom. You can change to Suggesting mode in the top right corner of your screen, assuming that you’re editing on a computer. (Ironically, the “Editing” mode is inappropriate for editors, since it will just change the text without clarifying where you made the changes.) The Suggesting mode is equivalent to Microsoft Word’s “Track Changes,” since it shows added text in a different color and deleted text with strike-throughs. Since I want the writer to see where I’ve made edits, I use Google Docs’ “Suggesting” mode. In Google, though, editing is “live.” And that can be a problem. I get your document, use track changes to edit it, and then send it back. In Microsoft Word, if you use the default settings, this is easy. I also write a sort of cover letter - an edit memo - describing the general issues with the document and how best to deal with them. ![]() What you can expect from me is not just word edits, but comments explaining why I made the choices I did, raising questions, or showing troublesome patterns you may have slipped into (for example, did you use the word “leverage” 24 times in a 2000-word document?). I edit documents in Microsoft Word or Google Docs.
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