Reviewers (WAS: Re: Using Word for drafts?)

[Allen Schaaf <soundbyte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My solution to the reviewers issue is to tell them in a cover letter that 
"...this draft is for content and if you see typographical, stylistic, or 
grammatical mistakes, please note them and thank you.  But please 
concentrate your energies on the content you know about because I might 
have gotten it wrong."

This seems to send them in the right direction.  And those who love to show 
others will concentrate on content to see if, indeed, you have gotten it 
wrong.  They just glow with pride.

It's no skin off my nose to make a better manual and if I can give someone 
a little cheap pleasure in the process, that's great.

Allen Schaaf



At 09:05 AM 6/3/02, David Neeley wrote:
>Of course, if *no* reviewer notes you "forgot to italicize the title of 
>boox X" and *you* don't notice it, the results can be somewhat embarrassing!
>
>David
>
>
>------------original message---------------
>
> > *  If the draft authors want final formatting control, they are in the
> > wrong profession. Cogent comments about table formatting relative to data
> > presentation is useful, but 30 tech reviewers  telling you that you forgot
> > to italicize the title of book X (and ignoring gross errors of fact) are
> > not.
>
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