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How to Find Freelance Editing Work
i can haz edit? An editor just told me she’s desperate for work and striking out in the freelance world.
Editing Strategies: Checklists
Every now and then, someone asks me if there is a method to my editing. Do I go from “big
How to Start a Style Sheet
A style sheet is a record of style choices made as the editor works on a document. They are usually
Using the PDF Markup Comments List: One User’s Experience
I am very pleased to release the first guest post on this blog, by my colleague Dawn Hunter, a freelance editor and
Productivity Rates in Editing
How long will it take to edit this? The question of how long an edit will take comes up a
Create a Checklist of Your PDF Mark-up in 2 Clicks
In my previous post of this series, I showed you how to use the “text edits” tool to mark up
Edit Tools for Marking up PDFs in Acrobat
In the previous post of this series, I discussed drawing tools, changing properties, and using text boxes to mark up
Key Mark-Up Techniques for Proofreading PDFs
Last post, I discussed using a stylus* or custom stamps to mark-up changes to PDF page proofs. In this post,
Basic PDF Mark-Up for Copy Editors and Proofreaders
There’s a new post for Adobe Acrobat (Reader) DC. [Update Jan 10, 2013: added demo video using Acrobat Reader XI.]