geoffj – I didn’t know that Word could open (and convert) PDFs. I’ll try it now.
*loading Word 2013*
IA – There’s two options, send them an annotated copy of the manuscript or type in the comments in the comments box. The original manuscript (sent as pdf) doesn’t have the lines of text numbered, so it’s not easy to define my comments w.r.t. the original document. It’d be easier if they sent a .docx file.
*Word 2013 is converting the PDF to .docx*
Doesn’t look great on word. The line numbers have appeared but aren’t consistent. I’ll count the lines, mark them and then write the comments as separate text comments. Slow, but overall less fuss.