Spell check and grammar suggestions

I have a 1,200-word article due to the editor on Thursday at 5pm. Send the draft to me for a final read and flag every spelling mistake and grammar issue that would make the copy fail our style check; don’t change tone. Highlight each questionable sentence and add a one-line explanation of the error so I can accept or reject the fix quickly.

Before I hand this draft to the campus newsletter team, make it easy for an editor to accept. Surface the three most frequent error patterns up top, show the five sentences with the worst grammar, and propose corrected variants that preserve my voice. Also mark any names, places, or jargon that could be misspelled so an editor can fact-check fast.

I ran spellcheck and it highlighted a lot of passive voice. The editor wants active voice but I worry rewriting will break the author’s tone and introduce errors; I can’t ask the author for more time. What are the likely priorities an editor will accept, and which passive sentences should I change first to minimize risk?

Every week I lose hours to last-minute grammar fixes that force the layout team to reflow copy. Where am I repeatedly wasting time — drafting without a preflight, relying on one reviewer, or not using consistent style rules — and what one habit change will cut those rework hours in half?