[kwlug-disc] changes to .doc file from oowriter not tagged in word?

Robert P. J. Day rpjday at crashcourse.ca
Mon Jan 11 14:30:24 EST 2010


On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Chris Frey wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 01:46:14PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > i'm currently doing a mess of technical editing of word files,
>
> My sympathies...
>
>
> >   i don't see how any of these changes could be overlooked since
> > -- at least in oowriter -- they're abundantly obvious.  has anyone
> > run into this?  i'm stil waiting to hear back about some specific
> > examples i can look at in the files i returned.
>
> Is it possible to turn the marked-up version into a PDF?  Maybe that
> would be a more reliable way of showing your edits.

  i just heard back and the other editor now admits that, yes, the
changes are visible.  i still have no idea what the problem is, since
i don't run word and can't reproduce what he's seeing.  but if he now
suggests that things are good, i'll leave it at that.

rday
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