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Measure Elements of a PDF

Measure Elements of a PDF

For quality control, there are times a designer or proofreader needs to measure elements of a PDF. You can do this with the measurement tool

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Change the Look of Marks  on a PDF

Change the Look of Marks on a PDF

Of course there are 4 ways to change the properties of almost any mark you make on a PDF. Some methods are easier to access,

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Hack for a Rapid Alts Check on PDFs

Hack for a Rapid Alts Check on PDFs

Cut your time and boost your accuracy with this trick for comparing dead copy changes to live copy. Make sure all the changes were correctly

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PC on a Stick

PC on a Stick

I tried it so you don’t have to. Well, in this case, you might want to. A PC on a stick, as I call it, is a fully functioning computer in a thumb drive.

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Compile Markup & Reviews into a Single PDF

Compile Markup & Reviews into a Single PDF

Compiling everyone’s feedback into a single document was a tedious, time consuming, and error prone task. Until now.

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Anonymize Metadata in PDF Markup

Anonymize Metadata in PDF Markup

Don’t want the team knowing you worked all night marking up the PDF page proofs? Reset the time stamp on select markup in the free Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.

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Plain Language Checklist for Clear (Not Simplistic) Communication

Plain Language Checklist for Clear (Not Simplistic) Communication

Funny enough, plain language editing is barely about the words.

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Troubleshooting PDF Markup

Troubleshooting PDF Markup

This demo shows the tools editors need in the free Acrobat Reader to mark up corrections to page proofs or anything else in PDF form.

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PDF Markup Basics for Proofreaders & Copyeditors

PDF Markup Basics for Proofreaders & Copyeditors

This demo shows the tools editors need in the free Acrobat Reader to mark up corrections to page proofs or anything else in PDF form.

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Word Tips Now Have Their Own Blog

Word Tips Now Have Their Own Blog

Word-Wrangling Wednesday tips now have their own blog.

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