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Old 02-04-2009, 03:19 PM   #130
Alisa
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
Word is probably unsuitable for that. But the correct approach is to convert what you get from the author to a format that can be used to automatically create all other formats. That was what I hinted at when I mentioned that SGML was designed for this task.
Yes but it's likely what you will get the manuscript in. You'll have an easier time converting if it doesn't have any odd formatting.

As for editing, I often do that on paper, too. Then I put the changes back into the electronic copy.
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