From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan L Tyree Subject: Re: Organizing and taming hectic Academia work (faculty viewpoint)? Tips or a good guides sought after :) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:15:01 +1000 Message-ID: <5580ADF5.6040402@gmail.com> References: <7e093509.51e.14ddb300091.Coremail.chxp_moon@163.com> <161f0a5020b2f36c40a1e82a8af79089.squirrel@webmail.hafro.is> <87616obey5.fsf@bobnewell.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52097) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z503n-0006Gd-VH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:14:31 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z503j-0006Xb-Ep for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:14:27 -0400 Received: from mail-pa0-x233.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::233]:34684) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z503j-0006Wf-8D for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2015 19:14:23 -0400 Received: by pacgb13 with SMTP id gb13so21590347pac.1 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:14:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.1] (202.63.32.163.static.rev.eftel.com. [202.63.32.163]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id oa14sm2511455pdb.47.2015.06.16.16.14.20 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:14:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87616obey5.fsf@bobnewell.net> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 16/06/15 11:49, Bob Newell wrote: > "Julian Burgos" writes: > >> b) I write the manuscript in org-mode. Then I send the org-mode file to >> my coauthor. Because the org-mode file is just a text file, my coauthor >> can use Word to edit it. I ask him/her *not* to use "track changes" and >> to save the edited version also as a text file. Then, when I receive it I >> use ediff in emacs to compare both documents and incorporate the edits I >> want. > Simple is best, and I wish I had thought of this simple idea before I > took an 87,000 word novel that I wrote in org-mode, output as ODT, > converted to DOCX, and then sent to an editor. I got back all the track > changes stuff and even worse, margin notes, and punctuation (like quotes > and ellipses) changed over to Word-ish characters. > > It wasn't utterly useless but it created a lot of extra work, which > still isn't over. Next time I'll do as per above, tell her to just edit > the thing directly, write her notes in-line, and keep it as pure ASCII. > > I really believe she thinks I was going to use Word to publish the > novel. Failure to communicate on my part. I could say lack of judgment > on her part but that's unfair; in her world, most everyone uses Word at > some stage in the process. > I used this method when working with an editor on the last edition of my book on banking law: almost 300,000 words. I had a few special constructs that I asked her not to meddle with, and she put editors notes in-line. It worked a treat although the publisher actually required Word files at the end. Cheers, Alan -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 sip:typhoon@iptel.org