atw: Re: Document conglomeration ideas?
- From: Jean Hollis Weber <jean@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Australian Technical Writers List <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 14:42:25 +1000
Elizabeth Fullerton wrote,
>I'm working on a doc that has to be sent out to a number of different
>parties for editing/commenting. This will happen simultaneously, so I
>will receive back a number of different versions of the doc, with
>different changes tracked.
>
>Does Word (2002/XP) have a facility to merge a number of docs with
>change tracking, so that I can just push a button, select the docs I
>want merged,
Yes.
>and then sit back and receive a single, beautiful doc, with
>change tracking from all parties accurately displayed in a bug-free
>manner?
Accurate and bug-free? No. Depends a lot on whether there is any overlap in
the changes that different reviewers made. Also whether everybody is using
the same version of Word; if not, beware of interesting effects.
Regards, Jean
Jean Hollis Weber
jean@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Technical Editors' Eyrie http://www.jeanweber.com/
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