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<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve been following this conversation with interest. I will add to the mix that I’ve been a professional writer and editor since the late 1980s. Over the years, I’ve found most workplaces and practitioners have transitioned from hardcopy
editing to digital editing. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The most common practice I now find (and use myself) for non-production and pre-production documents (assuming something is going to print) is revising Word documents directly with changes tracked and some additional digital comments tucked
in, with a cover email explaining global insights or taking up more substantive concerns. Our scientists at my current position tend to compose in LaTeX and edit together in Overleaf (so that is worth thinking about in a technical writing course), but the
administrative and writing staff work in Word with share files in Box or Google Drive or a similar solution. So do the writers/editors of the trade magazine for which I’ve copy edited.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I do have at least one senior colleague who still prints out documents to make manual edits, finding she is able to read print with more exacting care. Certainly, there are others who prefer that mode for this and other reasons. Since students
benefit from being given a wide range of diverse experiences in learning any complex epistemic performance like writing and editing, I believe that continuing to give students the experience of hardcopy editing is beneficial. I would not emphasize it / make
it the primary mode, but I still believe it’s good for students to have a brief experience of this foundational practice (including for its potential for slowing editors down and having them attend to what is explicitly on the page).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am curious to know what accessibility issues each practice raises for editors with various disability concerns. That is worth addressing / thinking about as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All the best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kelly<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Kelly Searsmith, </span></b><span style="color:black">BA (English & Psych.), MA (English), PhD</span><span style="color:black"> (English), & EdM (Higher Ed);
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> Illini Certified Research Administrator</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Technical Research Writer,</span></b><span style="color:black">
<b>Dept. of Physics, The Grainger College of Engineering</b></span><b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Doctoral Student in Higher Ed Studies, Dept of Ed Policy, Organization, and Leadership, College of Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E74B5"> </span><span style="color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Member, National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> Chair, Professional Development Committee, NCURA Region IV, 2022-2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Member, American Education Research Association (AERA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Member, Association on Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Member, College Autism Network (CAN)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">290Y Loomis Laboratory of Physics, 1110 W Green St., MC 704<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Urbana, IL 61801-3003<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">(217) 300-5336<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://physics.illinois.edu/people/directory/profile/kellydm" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">Physics Illinois</span></a><span style="color:black"> /
</span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-searsmith-15112b14/"><span style="color:black">LinkedIn</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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