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As a writer, I've been guilty of not catching stuff on the first pass. I don't know a writer who hasn't. BUT, boys and girls, by the time it gets to Pages, you have two choices -- live with it, or make a very, very controlled change that does NOT WALK THE PAGES. This means you can add or remove text IF AND ONLY IF (logical IFF) you end up with the same number of characters on the page. Try re-writing step-by-step instructions without changing the word/character count sometime. It's a fun exercise, I assure you. And I ONLY did it because the mistake (mine and the TE for not catching it) was both egregious and would lead the user down a path that would have really bad results, not just a simple failure.
OTOH, I've also found errors introduced by the proofreader/copyeditor after I had last seen it, and been forced to insist on reverting to the correct content. This is rare with good publishing houses, but can happen, especially with technical content. (Microsoft Press used to be one of the very best, before they closed it, laid off all their editorial staff, and moved all content development to Pearson. On them I won't comment, except to say that I decided not to write any more books.)
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