Editing Texts Electronically

After reading a little on editing texts electronically, I still don't have that firm of a grasp on it. However, I think, from what I gathered, that what I've done in my workshop classes is a type of electronic editing. As an alternative to the red pen to paper method, I like to use the "comments" function on Word when I review my peers' drafts. It's a neat little innovation that allows me to put a little bubble next to something I want to comment on. For example, I can put next to the 23rd repeat of the word excellent "You might want to use your thesaurus after the 15th time you use this word, as great of a word it might be." I might also make comments of a somewhat more professional tone.

That's pretty much the extent of my experience with electronic editing. The only other editing I do is when I modify my Facebook profile, which is hardly a sophisticated work of creative nonfiction. The extent of my editing usually reaches to changing one of my interests from "cheap wine" to "good wine," or finding a new witty line for my "About Me" section such as "I always wear more than the minimum amount of flair," or "I specialize in one-liners, so don't hold the bar too high for the second line." I guess that could be a different kind of editing in itself, almost like an electronic editing of myself? Wow... deep for a class-related blog. :)

For the video "of the next couple of days," I thought I'd put another old Nickelodeon show. This one was so ahead of its time, it needs no introduction. Enjoy.