[bksvol-discuss] Re: Book Renewal
- From: "Martha Rafter" <mlhr@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:10:34 -0400
Hi Folks,
Amen to this! I think I go one step further than ann. I keep every one
of my working files as I go, simply adding a number after my working title.
Example is, using Ann's title, Juror 1.rtf, Juror 2.rtf, Juror 3.rtf, etc.
That way if I mess up, I still have most of my work saved to go back to. It
only takes a minute to delete my working copies once I get that wonderful
'accepted into the collection' e-mail.
Marty
-----Original Message-----
From: Ann Parsons
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 8:21 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book Renewal
Hi all,
Absolutely and totally true! Mayrie, if you're revamping the manual,
then please, please, please include this in the section for proofers.
what I do is whenever I start a book, I immediately go to "save-as, and
save the book as the book's title, keeping the original file that has
my name on it, e.g. "Juror_Ann_Parsons.rtf". I title the working copy
"Juror.rtf". That way I know which is who, so to speak. When the book
is approved, I delete the original file and keep the revised one.
This is an extremely practical way to do things because I know myself.
I have had the joyous privilege of doing something in Word that
completely destroyed the file I was working on, making it only fit for
trashing. If I hadn't kept the original file, I'd be up a creek with
no paddle. I've also had the experience of deleting something I should
not have deleted. The original has always been there to save my bacon.
Therefore, I highly recommend this practice for no matter what you are
doing when editing. Choose a working file, then once you're done
editing, the file becomes the new good file and you can delete the original.
This is good for programmers and editors and any time you're dealing
with stuff like this. Make a working copy! Make a working copy! Make
a working copy! I could repeat this ten more times, but it would get
boring.
Ann P.
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