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Another thing to make Subs happy
Jimi X Started conversation Sep 19, 2000
You could avoid complaining bitterly to all who will listen that a Subeditor has butchered your entry.
The In-House Editorial Team reviews entries edited by Subs and if they would see a chop job, they would fix probably take the time to fix it. Putting links at the end of Edited Guides to the 'Original' version of the entry is sort of like saying, 'Look everyone. This entry was perfect before some heavy-handed Subeditor got a hold of it!'
That isn't a Good Thing.
Just a bit of free advice.
- X
Another thing to make Subs happy
Lonnytunes - Winter Is Here Posted Sep 19, 2000
When spell-checking your article it is best to avoid Word. It is not compatible with GuideXL - apostrophes, colons etc are not recognised.
It is better to use an email spell-check programme.
Another thing to make Subs happy
Fragilis - h2g2 Cured My Tabular Obsession Posted Sep 20, 2000
Thanks for piping up, guys. You would know best of all what makes you happy.
Looneytunes, your idea for spellchecking works pretty well.
You can also do what I do. Instead of spell checking the code for the entry, I preview the entry and then copy the entry's text as it displays on my screen into Word or a similar program. I may have to remove a few extraneous paragraph breaks to get it to check my grammar properly, but it works great!
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