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How does one submit to reviewers on Amazon?

Both Google Docs and Open Office include very good word processors, but I found that they require some manual reformatting if you want to eventually move the files to MS Word, which an editor/publisher would almost certainly require. Apparently, they don't save in exactly the same format that Word uses. No surprise, really, since they're complex files. In my case, I used only a few simple styles, but still couldn't get it to come across cleanly into Word. It wasn't a huge task but then I had only completed half of my first draft.

I don't know if Open Office has track changes and inline comments like Word, but they are invaluable eventually. I now use inline comments to flag stuff I want to revisit later, rather than interrupting my work to do immediate fixes. I use track changes to go back and forth with my editor. The last time I used Google Docs (about two years ago), it didn't have track changes or comments.

Dirk

Actually, I was the twit who stuck a large firecracker in the barrel of my brother's toy gun and held it while it went off. That really hurt! My brother probably wondered why he couldn't find his gun after that. I'll have to tell him.

Dirk

My mother made french fries that way when I was about four, emphasis on "fries." I remember to this day how impressed I was that she knew to throw the lid over the flaming pan. Have used that acquired skill several times in my life.

Dirk

I'll defer to Vern, although I'd still very much like a wider Submit button.

Sol, can the technology you're using for the inline reviews handle placing the cursor in the comment box, so that we can start typing as soon as the box opens? Saves a click per comment (winks at Vern).

X-lines are great, by the way, in case I haven't said that enough.

Dirk

At the risk of incurring Vern's wrath twice, I was just using the new feature to read reviews given to another author (as opposed to those received by me). In all those cases, the x-line tab should definitely be the default. I can't imagine a reason why someone would want the other view, having to click on each inline. Unless there's an issue with tablets or phones that requires it to be otherwise... It's more than just one mouse click per review; I open the review and begin to scroll down looking for comments, then when I see them, I realize I have to scroll back up to switch to the x-line tab, then scroll back down to continue where I left off.

Besides, if you change the default, I might shut up for a while and go away. :-)

Dirk

Can you at least warn us if we're about to leave an inline review for someone who can't read it? I understand that it might be a draw for someone to start paying if they see a bunch of inline reviews they can't read for free, but I read new authors' works intentionally to get them hooked on the site by giving them as much useful feedback as I can. From what I've seen from other authors, they do the same thing, going the extra mile.

If I get halfway through a detailed inline review before realizing that they might not be able to read it (that's happened to me several times), then I either need to abandon the review, or continue and hope they see it. So far, I've received no reply from the authors, even though I've asked them to let me know if they saw it. Part of the problem is that many of us don't use regular reviews anymore, so I don't even think about using one, especially since there's only the Leave Inline Review button at the top of the posting view.

Either way, thanks for the great new feature!
Dirk

Also, when I add a response comment inline from within the x-line tab, it doesn't show on the page unless I reload it.

Dirk

No luck. Ctrl-F5 did not nothing.

Does x-line work on inline reviews already received in the past (before x-line functionality was added), or will it only work for inline reviews received from here on?

Thanks
Dirk