In Word, I think that works if you're in Review mode.
Says the woman who still edits on paper ...
Also, yay!
This girl at school? She told me that gelatin is made from ground-up cow's feet and that every time you eat Jell-O there's some cow out there limping around without any feet. But I told her that I'm sure the cow is dead before they cut its feet off, right?
Dawn ,'Never Leave Me'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Amy - Feb 09, 2011 7:31:50 am PST #4013 of 6690
Because books.
Gudanov - Feb 09, 2011 7:32:58 am PST #4014 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
Word can do that with 'track changes' as can Open Office though I don't know how off-hand.
In Word 2007 you can also compare two documents which I actually prefer to tracking changes.
tommyrot - Feb 09, 2011 7:35:49 am PST #4015 of 6690
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
as can Open Office though I don't know how off-hand.
I'll have to look into that when I get home. I like Word, but I'd love it if Open Office met all my needs.
hippocampus - Feb 09, 2011 7:35:52 am PST #4016 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
Certainly Tommy! Plan is to send out a couple Friday pm.
I use Word, and a lovely Mac widget called Circus Ponies Notebook. Because I like to play with stickers and annotate.
Gudanov - Feb 09, 2011 7:39:08 am PST #4017 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I've done change tracking with Open Office so I know it's there, but I recall it not being especially intuitive.
-t - Feb 09, 2011 7:42:17 am PST #4018 of 6690
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'll read a story or two if you send them my way, Sox. Profile addy is good, or we can work something out Dropbox-wise.
Gudanov - Feb 09, 2011 7:44:17 am PST #4019 of 6690
Coding and Sleeping
I've put up the first few paragraphs of the rough draft of my new project 'Cog' (YA Steampunk-ish fantasy) if anyone is curious.
Starting a new novel is fun.
hippocampus - Feb 09, 2011 7:46:05 am PST #4020 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
cool -t, thank you!
tommyrot - Feb 09, 2011 7:48:07 am PST #4021 of 6690
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So how does this work? If someone reads someone else's work, do they return some comments? Or is it better to mark up the document with comments?
hippocampus - Feb 09, 2011 7:52:58 am PST #4022 of 6690
not your mom's socks.
I think, for now I'll send out pdfs or .docs, whichever is easiest for readers - and you can send back comments whichever way is easiest. Since this is my first time doing this in a long long while, I'm hoping I don't overburden/underinform/and generally don't annoy.