{"id":809,"date":"2017-10-14T19:57:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T11:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.haguepublishing.com\/?p=809"},"modified":"2017-10-14T19:57:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T11:57:44","slug":"7-steps-to-easier-editing-revisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haguepublishing.com\/blog\/7-steps-to-easier-editing-revisions\/","title":{"rendered":"7 steps to easier editing revisions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PersonYou’ve just got your Word file back from the editor. You open the file and blanch at the number of changes they’ve recommended. Certainly you can just accept them all – but don’t. It’s your book and we editors don’t always get it right.<\/p>\n

Based on\u00a0Lisa Poisso’s much more detailed post, however, the following 7 steps will speed up the process of moving to the final version.<\/p>\n

Before you begin, remember that you really can\u2019t go wrong if you save early and often. Keep saving regularly as you go so that if you make a big mistake (easy to do in the era of global search and replace), you can step back to a recent version.<\/p>\n

7 steps to easier editing revisions<\/h2>\n
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  1. read your editorial report<\/li>\n
  2. get ready for your first read-through\n
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    1. learn how to use Word\u2019s Track Changes. For help on this see \u00a0Track Changes video tutorial<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. save your edited document with a new name. Use a descriptive file name for your new file that includes the title, editing status, revision status, and date: GirlLineEditedRev1_0613<\/li>\n
    3. turn off the Revisions Pane.<\/li>\n
    4. change the colour of the edits. Set Insertions to Teal and Deletions to Grey \u2013 25%. Then set Moved From to Grey \u2013 25% and Moved To to Teal (this makes the grey deletions fade away and the teal insertions pop out).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    5. deal with your editor\u2019s comments on a first pass through the manuscript<\/li>\n
    6. on the second pass\n
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      1. Reject any edits you do not want to keep (i.e. things you want left as you originally wrote them)<\/li>\n
      2. revise edits your editor has made that you\u2019d like a different way<\/li>\n
      3. skip over the corrections and edits you like and want to keep. Simply pass them by with no action.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      4. accept All on the rest of the edits<\/li>\n
      5. check for remaining comments and edits<\/li>\n
      6. get a fresh set of eyes on the manuscript to proofread it before you publish.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        For more information, with step by step guides, visit at Lisa Poisso’s original post.<\/p>\n

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        The author’s survival guide to Track Changes<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n