How to... use Edit Points

Edit Points

What are Edit Points?

Edit Points are little windows which can contain comments from those reviewing your work. Using them in an item you want a thorough review on is highly recommended. Some people find them cold and clinical in the assessment of their work, but it is that reason which makes them invaluable.

To see Edit Points at work: go, play, fiddle about, and leave some in this example:

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The Badd Spelor  [E] Why I believe in the power of terrible spelling by Acme

How do I use Edit Points?

To add your own Edit Points in your own work follow these simple instructions:

Every account here at WDC can use Edit Points. The higher the account the more items you can include them in. See "Compare Free and Paid Membership Benefits"  for details

Go to the item you want to place Edit Points in, and click Edit

Scroll down past the first four sections until you come to Section 5

There are four options for where you want to place your Edit Points:

Line Breaks * Sentences * Most Punctuation * Right Aligned After Breaks

Select the one which suits your item the best by clicking it - Line Breaks work well in short stories, and Sentences work well with poetry; the choice is yours
Once your page regenerates, click the item's save and view option

Now those reviewing you can leave data!

Viewing Edit Point Data

The email system at WDC will inform you when you have received new Edit Point Data.

When you look at the main page of your item, you will see the option to View EP Data

Click this link and any comments which have been left will appear in red ink inside your text

By clicking the item's edit option on the tool bar, you can open a new window to your item to incorporate the suggestions as you would any review.

Once finished with. Each Edit Point has the choice of whether you clear the data or not.

Once you are happy with your item you can turn the Edit Point system off by re-editing and selecting the OFF option in the Edit Point Control Area in Section 5

Save and view and your item should be back to normal

Write ON!