Using PDF Mark-up Effectively (series 1) – Saturday 19 March & Tuesday 22 March 2022

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19/03/2022 13:00 - 19/03/2022 15:30 (UTC+10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
 Venue: online via Zoom

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Event Description

Using PDF mark-up effectively – Saturday 19 March & Tuesday 22 March 2022

Date: Saturday 19 March & Tuesday 22 March 2022
Time:  1:00 pm to 3:30 pm Saturday and Q&A 7:00 to 8:00pm on the following Tuesday

Cost: Members & reciprocal/affiliate organisations (IPEd, CIEP, Editors Canada, PEG, Writers Vic., ANZSI & ATSC) $105; non-members $157.50; Student members  $63
Venue: Online via Zoom; Zoom links for both sessions will be sent in the confirmation booking email immediately upon the completion of registration

    LOCAL START TIMES
    NZ: 3:00pm NZDT; 9:00pm NZDT
    NORFOLK ISLAND: 2:00pm NFT; 8:00pm NFT
    TAS/ACT/VIC/NSW: 1:00pm AEDT; 7:00pm AEDT
    SA: 12:30pm ACDT; 6:30pm ACDT

    QLD: 12:00pm AEST; 6:00pm AEST

    NT: 11:30am ACST; 5:30pm ACST

    WA: 10:00am AWST; 4:00pm AWST

Bookings Close: 5pm AEDT, Thursday 10 March 2022

In many branches of publishing, hard-copy mark-up is starting to become the exception rather than the norm. This course will teach you how to master on-screen mark-up, using the Comment tools in Adobe Acrobat, whether you’re annotating PDFs yourself or taking in changes from somebody else’s marked-up PDF.

In this workshop, aimed at beginner to mid-level PDF users, you will receive a 2½-hour guided introduction to the Acrobat functions most commonly used in proofing, including the mark-up tools and filtering options. You will also be given tips on best practice, including:

  •  using keyboard shortcuts,
  •  minimising the number of comments in a document,
  • making sure corrections are easily detected and unambiguous,
  • distinguishing instructional text from replacement text. 

There will be interactive activities, where we mark up some sample text and images as a group, and where we discuss a pre-prepared piece of marked-up copy. Three days after the main session, we will reconvene to share our experiences in a 1-hour Q&A session.

Prerequisites: a working internet connection and a computer running the latest version of Acrobat Reader or the full Adobe Acrobat plus the free Zoom app. (NB: The free Acrobat Reader application includes full access to the on-screen mark-up tools; you no longer need Acrobat Pro for this.)

Feedback from previous courses

‘A really useful and informative workshop.’

‘Excellent insights and tips for a professional approach to pdf editing.’

Presenter

Kevin O’Brien is an editor with 20 years of professional experience, at companies including LexisNexis (London), Mainstream Publishing (Edinburgh), Penguin Random House (Sydney) and Scribe Publications (Melbourne). He is currently managing editor at Affirm Press, Melbourne. He teaches on-screen editing and proofreading skills for a range of organisations, including IPEd, the University of Sydney, UTS, and individual publishing houses. 

This event WILL NOT be recorded


IPEd acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the unceded lands throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations peoples today.

Venue Details

online via Zoom
MELBOURNE, VIC, 3000, AUSTRALIA

Organiser Information

Jane Fitzpatrick
edvic.profdev@iped-editors.org

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