I’m looking forward to the Mid- and South-Atlantic chapter meeting tomorrow in Alexandria, VA. Carol Roberts is going to be talking about her editing technique.

This should be an interesting discussion. I’m always working to minimize editing because it can be an incredibly time-consuming, but necessary, part of indexing.

My approach to “editing” has been “try to avoid it”. I’ve approached it in several ways:

• Careful “incremental” editing at the end of each day’s work.
• I  use SKY Index Pro’s autocomplete to assist in vocabulary control–love it!
• Careful labeling of entries that need editing as I work–to be reconsidered at the end of the session or when inspiration for the correct phrase occurs later.
• Frequently working with grouped entries that are quick to run through a spell check.

I’ve upgraded to SKY Index Pro 8 and I think the new layout with the Index Pane right with the data entry pane is going to cut some more time off editing. I’m sure I’ll come home from this meeting with more ways to minimize time spent on editing, too.