tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33557474.post2796852075463798682..comments2023-10-14T09:26:04.780-05:00Comments on Yvonne Perry: Carolyn and Yvonne Have Answered Your Questions About Editing!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15528955027208100034noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33557474.post-45593116369886418842009-01-15T16:17:00.000-06:002009-01-15T16:17:00.000-06:00January 15, 2009 Nashville, TNThis frigid morning ...January 15, 2009 <BR/>Nashville, TN<BR/><BR/>This frigid morning was a perfect time to stay indoors and listen to your pod cast about editing. <BR/><BR/>Hello Carolyn, you don’t know me, but Yvonne does. I am part of her editing team. <BR/><BR/>I enjoyed the pod cast and took notes along the way. I have a few tips and thoughts to share with both of you that came up, but first wanted to thank you for the unexpected fringe benefit of the pod cast. The comfort, ease, humor, and camaraderie (notice that serial killer—I mean comma) you share is delightful. It touched the listener like a topical breeze and made the experience uniquely enjoyable, informative, and feminine. <BR/><BR/>Here are a few comments and observations about the pod cast.<BR/><BR/>1. This is a particular bane to me, too—proper capitalization in headlines. The example I believe you were looking for in Chicago, Yvonne, is (in the latest edition) 8.167 which says “. . . (3) Lowercase prepositions, regardless of length, except when they are stressed (through in A River Runs Through It), are used adverbially or adjectivally (up in Look Up, down in Turn Down, on in The On Button, etc.” There’s more, but this seemed to apply to what you were both saying.<BR/><BR/>2. Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog came to me as a gift. I love the first sentence: “Diagramming sentences is one of those lost skills, like darning socks or playing the sackbut, that no one seems to miss.” Did you reach for the dictionary to look up “sackbut” too?<BR/><BR/>3. Carolyn, I chuckled at your objection to saying signage instead of signs. You think signage is bad? Try environmental graphics. I worked for a graphic design firm in Austin where I first heard (then used) both terms referring to signs. Who knew there was so much detail in their design, production, fabrication, and installation? When you see it from the inside, the word sign probably is too simple.<BR/><BR/>4. About finding and replacing the two (or more) spaces between sentences with one? There is a way you can tell exactly where all of the errant spaces are. I always edit like this, and as a courtesy to my clients and a layout/design person, remove all of the extra spaces. The paragraph symbol that is to the left of the zoom box on your toolbar will show you spaces and paragraphs. Click it once and you’ll see how computer savvy or not your author is at a glance. Click it again and the feature goes away.<BR/><BR/>5. Carolyn, I also think about your comment about the Web address being underlined (and hope I heard and interpreted this issue correctly). Word automatically underlines those www dot things, but you can right click on it and select Remove Hyperlink and it will go away. <BR/><BR/>That’s enough prattling from me; we’ve all got work to do. I don’t tell Yvonne often enough how much I admire and appreciate her for all the networking and work she does to help others. It’s a joy working with her and knowing her, and now you, Carolyn. <BR/><BR/>Thank you both again.<BR/><BR/>Barbara MilbournAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528955027208100034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33557474.post-12557991031310983312009-01-14T17:01:00.000-06:002009-01-14T17:01:00.000-06:00Thanks for taking the time to answer our questions...Thanks for taking the time to answer our questions!<BR/><BR/>www.allynevans@blogspot.comAllyn Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836010593995404252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33557474.post-85795467350769296882009-01-14T09:00:00.000-06:002009-01-14T09:00:00.000-06:00Thank you, Carolyn for being such a joy to chat wi...Thank you, Carolyn for being such a joy to chat with. Our time flew past and there was so much more we could have covered. We'll have to do this again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528955027208100034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33557474.post-25204397055159723672009-01-14T05:24:00.000-06:002009-01-14T05:24:00.000-06:00I had not known why they were called m dash and n ...I had not known why they were called m dash and n dash!Tanjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05868159655910235958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33557474.post-73873039960202211662009-01-13T22:17:00.000-06:002009-01-13T22:17:00.000-06:00Yvonne, I really had fun doing this with you. You...Yvonne, I really had fun doing this with you. You are a wonderful interviewer, so organized. You come highly recommended--by me. (-:<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>Carolyn Howard-Johnson<BR/>www.thefrugaleditor.blogspot.com<BR/>Website: www.howtodoitfrugally.comCarolyn Howard-Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15041591136206289558noreply@blogger.com