On Wed, 5 Nov 2008, Les Denham wrote:
But when I got the edited document back, in ODT format, all of my colleague's additions were marked as hyperlinks to a non-existent target, and were in a blue instead of black, and used a different font. One item in an unedited Enumerate environment had the number underlined. He had no idea why these changes in appearance happened.
Les, One problem with processed words is as you noted: folks get wrapped around the axle tweaking appearance while ignoring content. We've read of these problems when collaborating on writing with others. Has anyone considered writing drafts in plain text and saving all formatting until everyone agrees on the content? Heretical, I know, but practical and will probably save all of you a bunch of time. My partner and I do this all the time: I use emacs and he uses vim, but we have no problems agreeing on content. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity Credibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863
