Working remotely has really made it clear that not a single one of my coworkers knows how to properly use the comment features in Acrobat. #AmEditing
We ALWAYS do proofreads on paper, so this new all-electronic workflow is obviously an adjustment. I'm used to marking up PDFs, but I think doing some training as a group would have been a good idea.
Lots of sticky notes, but also crossing out text and then making comments about how to change it rather than just typing in the change, like crossing out a misspelled word and then saying "Merriam-Webster prefers the spelling _____."
https://twitter.com/The_GrammarGeek/status/1243319722315255809
Another thing that working remotely has made clear is that we have absolutely no system for assigning proofreads. We're all just basically shouting into the void on Slack asking things like "Can anyone proofread these reports for me by the end of the day Tuesday?"
When we were all in the office and proofreading on paper, you'd just get a printout and then go to someone's office and say, "Hey, can you do this?" And if they couldn't, you'd ask someone else. But it's a lot easier to ignore requests in a group Slack message.
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