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Revision sins...
Jan. 27th, 2014 10:46 amA document set I am working on right now contains a fairly diverse collection of revisions, by which I mean the following:
A large number of revisions consist of text highlighted in (at least) two colors. What amazes me is how said colors were arrived at, because not only do they not appear among the Theme Colors that are displayed when you click on the font color selection tool in Word's Font ribbon menu, but they also do not appear in the hexagon of "standard" colors that pops up when you click on More Colors.... This requires the conscientious among us to visit to the "custom" tab of the colors dialog box and enter separate values for levels of red, green, and blue (this, after having replicated most of these steps with the original text highlighted to determine what those values are in the first place). In short, I would find it a mighty challenge to make this process any more laborious.
Next, there are a handful of revisions done in (gasp!) revision mode, although the rationale behind a couple of them are a little hard to fathom, such as the following example:
Next, I see a couple of revisions done "by hand," by first applying the strikethrough effect to the text intended to be deleted and then adding new text right next to it.
Finally, I see text that has been highlighted in yellow (with said highlighting explained using text in revision mode).
All of which turned a half hour of work into something much, much greater.
If I didn't have two screens to work on, this kind of work would be a complete nightmare, I kid you not.
Cheers...
P.S. I forgot to include one other revision: one that was not marked in any manner, but caught by the Microsoft Word "Compare" feature. Ye gods.
A large number of revisions consist of text highlighted in (at least) two colors. What amazes me is how said colors were arrived at, because not only do they not appear among the Theme Colors that are displayed when you click on the font color selection tool in Word's Font ribbon menu, but they also do not appear in the hexagon of "standard" colors that pops up when you click on More Colors.... This requires the conscientious among us to visit to the "custom" tab of the colors dialog box and enter separate values for levels of red, green, and blue (this, after having replicated most of these steps with the original text highlighted to determine what those values are in the first place). In short, I would find it a mighty challenge to make this process any more laborious.
Next, there are a handful of revisions done in (gasp!) revision mode, although the rationale behind a couple of them are a little hard to fathom, such as the following example:
Contractor shall supplyStill, it is not my place to question why, and in order to head off questions as to why I failed to include said correction in the edited text (to be fair, questions never raised by this client, but other clients have raised them), I dutifully highlight the requisite text, and then delete and paste it (with Track changes active) to create the desired effect.one (1)one(1) metal door...
Next, I see a couple of revisions done "by hand," by first applying the strikethrough effect to the text intended to be deleted and then adding new text right next to it.
Finally, I see text that has been highlighted in yellow (with said highlighting explained using text in revision mode).
All of which turned a half hour of work into something much, much greater.
If I didn't have two screens to work on, this kind of work would be a complete nightmare, I kid you not.
Cheers...
P.S. I forgot to include one other revision: one that was not marked in any manner, but caught by the Microsoft Word "Compare" feature. Ye gods.
