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Eliot West Editorial

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efficiently processing feedback in Track Changes and Comments

8/5/2025

 
If you send your work to me or another editor, you’ll probably end up dancing with Microsoft Word’s Track Changes and Comments features—or their equivalents in some other word processor. Even if you just ask friends or classmates to read your draft, chances are high you’ll eventually run into this particular mode of giving and receiving feedback.
 
I’m sure everybody can muddle through! But you’ll be happier and less overwhelmed armed with some strategies for processing this kind of input. (You might even end up with a better, more polished manuscript.) And that’s what this post is for.

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