Taking a philosophical turn on the editing and proofreading thing today. The Mechanics There are all kinds of tools that editors use to find inconsistencies in word usage or capitalization, punctuation, etc. that make a proofreading pass, for example, go faster. Since most of these tools are not available for the Mac operating system (the […]
Tech Tips: Creating Custom PDF Stamps in iAnnotate
I’ve mentioned using PDF stamps for proofreading and index editing before. While you can import proofreading stamp sets — here’s an old post about that — I like to make my own, especially for editing my indexes. Indexers who mark up page proofs prior to entering terms in their indexing software may also find it useful […]
