Anything you can take a screen shot of can be marked up as a PDF. Here is a quick demo showing how to mark up
Category: Acrobat PDF
EAC 2014 — editors’ conference report
Thanks to social media, I got insights from sessions I couldn’t clone myself to be in, and took notes and benefitted from others’ notes in
Intro to Advanced Acrobatics
This handout is from my presentation at the EAC 2014 conference. Get a printable PDF version here. Mark up any file you can print to/save
How to Get a Word Count from a Live Multi-page Website
Sometimes the cart is pushing the horse, and a client wants a quote on copy editing a live (or about to go live) website. Getting
On-screen editing courses May and June
I am rushing to upload the course materials for the PDF mark-up course that starts Tuesday. Yesterday I posted the draft course syllabus. I’m considering
Create a Word file from a PDF
You might need to convert a PDF back to text to get a word count, to create the next addition when source files have been
Customize page numbers on a PDF using Adobe Acrobat 9, X, or XI
(There are new instructions on using Acrobat DC.) When your file doesn’t start on page 1, it is helpful to have the PDF show you
How to sign and initial a PDF realty contract and print it out
How to add a signature to a PDF and print it out. Also how to add text and initials too. My series on how to
Keyboard shortcuts for proofreading PDFs
Editing a PDF? List of keyboard shortcuts for Acrobat 8, 9, X Acrobat XI PDF XChange
On-screen editing course starts Oct 30th, online
In fall 2012, I taught teaching 3 classes related to editing: marketing for the freelance editor, half-day seminar in Ottawa editing in the educational market,