Don't worry, Greg -- the regulars here don't use a web interface, just a
newsreader, so it doesn't come through formatted no matter what. And the
capacity to edit has been removed by Microsoft because it caused chaos in
some threads.
But I know what you're pointing out.
It would seem that "Accept all changes" was not clicked on the file that
went to the designer. The additional words were retained in the Word file;
it isn't a Quark XPress error (and I'm not aware of a Word 2008 bug in
this
regard, but I'll hold off with that assertion since I haven't moved to
Word
2008; somebody else may comment on that).
Some of this may interest you: I work on strategic plans that go to and
from
many collaborators -- somewhat like an editor's workflow. I *never* trust
Track Changes on the principal electronic do***ent, because of the
potential
for corruption or errors related to having more than one layer of changes,
changes within tables, automatic numbering, deleted paragraph marks, and
footnotes. I've described my practices on pages 67-71 of some notes on the
way I use Word for the Mac, titled "Bend Word to Your Will", which are
available as a free download from the Word MVPs' website
(http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html).
[Note: "Bend Word to your will" is designed to be used electronically and
most subjects are self-contained dictionary-style entries. If you decide
to
read more widely than the item I've referred to, it's im****tant to read
the
front end of the do***ent -- especially pages 3 and 5 -- so you can select
some Word settings that will allow you to use the do***ent effectively.]
Instead I choose Tools menu => Track Changes => Compare do***ents and send
the compared do***ent as well as a copy of the principal do***ent. My own
principal do***ent remains pristine. The procedure when I get a copy back
is
described on page 68.
Among other things, the situation you describe never occurs. And even
resolving botched spacing takes more time than is needed to do the
do***ent
comparison.
Cheers,
Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the Americas and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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On 7/5/08 5:48 AM, in article 59b4cffc.0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"greggsewell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <greggsewell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Frustrating. Apparently I cannot use angled brackets in a post (that's
html,
> right?), so my example is incorrect.
>
> And for some reason, I'm not allowed to edit my post. (Wonder why?)
>
> Here it is again, this time with underscores instead of angled brackets:
>
> Example
> ----------------------
> Original: John were going town.
>
> Changes (deletions in square brackets; additions between underscores):
John
> [were] _was_ going _to_ town.
>
> After finalizing changes: John was going to town.
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