RE: how long does "fixing" a document take

["Rick Bishop" <rickbishop -at- austin -dot- rr -dot- com>]

This has recently come up where I work, too. Does anyone know of any
'authoritative' resources that refer to an industry standard? I've found
anecdotal incidents of from 5 hrs/page to 2 hrs/page. I've been using 40-60
minutes/page for typical document drafted by a non-writer, usually an
engineer, programmer, project manager, etc.
Thanks!
Rick

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Subject: Re: how long does "fixing" a document take

Carrie Baker wrote:
>
> All in all, I am fixing the English, adding formatting, (headings,
> numbers whatever is required), and making sure the whole thing makes
> sense and works.
>
> This seems to be taking me a long time. How long do you think
> something like this should take??

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