Re: [Framers] version numbering and document control
Try something like this: Year.version number As in: 2021.1, 2021.2, 2021.3, etc. Or use a letter as well, as in: 2021.A, 2021.B, 2021.C, etc. If you need more than 26 versions in a year, double the letters: 2021.AA, 2021.BB, 2021.CC, etc. On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 12:09 PM Lise Bible wrote: > Hello, Framers, > Historically (I inherited this system) the manuals for my company have > listed the month and year as the revision. And that has worked ok, except > when more than one update needed to happen within a month. And my boss > wants me to switch to a numbered revision system. > > But what has me stymied is, what number do I start with? It doesn't really > make sense to me to start at 1 because some of these manuals are now 10 > years old and have had multiple revisions/updates. > > Any advice? > > (My boss also wants me to implement some kind of document control system, a > la what we do with engineering drawings in Autodesk Vault but that's a > secondary step and one I have not figured out yet. He has said he wants to > put manuals in Vault like the drawings are, and I'm still not sure how well > that would work. I could see maybe uploading pdfs, but I'm thinking doing > this with the frame files would get messy.) > > Thanks, > Lise > -- > *Save the earth.* It's the only planet with chocolate. > ___ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
Re: [Framers] version numbering and document control
I would endorse Mike's suggestion, however, I would go further based on a couple of factors... --Your email mentioned "more than one update...with a month", so could there be more than one released update per month? --Are updating the entire book version, chapter versions, or only affected pages? If the date of the update is important, you might want to switch to the international date code: 20210213 or 2021.02.13. (Presumedly, you will not have more than one release per day!) --If book version, you could use a global variable in the header or footer. --If chapter versions, you could create a variable per chapter. --If affected pages, you could add an separate flow to your master pages and enter in the date code in the new flow. Set the style to start on the next page so you can return through the pages quickly. Unfortunately, you (most likely) would need to mark pages that simply had text-flow changes. In addition to the above, you use change bars to indicate edited or added text. Just clear them out at a given point in time, such as every month. That would help the readers focus on the actual changes. Adding a date code could start immediately--I don't think too many readers would get confused by a date of release in the footer. Initially, I would add the date code to every page with a note that pages without a date code should be considered "out of date". David Creamer IDEAS Training __ Message: 5 Subject: Re: [Framers] version numbering and document control It seems like the easy solution would be simply to replace month and year with year and an incremented number: 2021-1, 2021-2, 2021-3 ... 2022-1, etc. If you're worried about confusion with the old system, maybe wait to the beginning of the next year to start the change. Mike Wickham On 2/12/2021 11:08 AM, Lise Bible wrote: > Hello, Framers, > Historically (I inherited this system) the manuals for my company have > listed the month and year as the revision. And that has worked ok, except > when more than one update needed to happen within a month. And my boss > wants me to switch to a numbered revision system. > > But what has me stymied is, what number do I start with? It doesn't really > make sense to me to start at 1 because some of these manuals are now 10 > years old and have had multiple revisions/updates. > > Any advice? > > (My boss also wants me to implement some kind of document control system, a > la what we do with engineering drawings in Autodesk Vault but that's a > secondary step and one I have not figured out yet. He has said he wants to > put manuals in Vault like the drawings are, and I'm still not sure how well > that would work. I could see maybe uploading pdfs, but I'm thinking doing > this with the frame files would get messy.) > > Thanks, > Lise ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
Re: [Framers] version numbering and document control
It seems like the easy solution would be simply to replace month and year with year and an incremented number: 2021-1, 2021-2, 2021-3 ... 2022-1, etc. If you're worried about confusion with the old system, maybe wait to the beginning of the next year to start the change. Mike Wickham On 2/12/2021 11:08 AM, Lise Bible wrote: Hello, Framers, Historically (I inherited this system) the manuals for my company have listed the month and year as the revision. And that has worked ok, except when more than one update needed to happen within a month. And my boss wants me to switch to a numbered revision system. But what has me stymied is, what number do I start with? It doesn't really make sense to me to start at 1 because some of these manuals are now 10 years old and have had multiple revisions/updates. Any advice? (My boss also wants me to implement some kind of document control system, a la what we do with engineering drawings in Autodesk Vault but that's a secondary step and one I have not figured out yet. He has said he wants to put manuals in Vault like the drawings are, and I'm still not sure how well that would work. I could see maybe uploading pdfs, but I'm thinking doing this with the frame files would get messy.) Thanks, Lise ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
Re: [Framers] version numbering and document control
You could implement a numbering system that had multiple fields. Something like --. And whether or not you go back to the very old docs to retroactively apply a version number, the current/new ones will look logical. And the itself could be a multi-part thing: -. -Monique On 2/12/21 9:08 AM, Lise Bible wrote: what has me stymied is, what number do I start with? It doesn't really make sense to me to start at 1 because some of these manuals are now 10 years old and have had multiple revisions/updates. ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
Re: [Framers] version numbering and document control
Hi Lise, I recommend that the first version of a manual be Revision 0. I also recommend placing both a PDF of the manual and a zip of the directories of the source files into your database. By source files, I mean the FrameMaker files used to create the PDF of the manual and the artwork files that are used in those FrameMaker files and, if the artwork file used in the FrameMaker file is a not the source artwork file, then also include a directory of the source artwork files, if available. The exception to this might be a vector diagram (PDF or EPS) from an AutoCAD file - especially if the AutoCAD source file has files brought in by reference. Regards, Judith Wallace On Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 9:08 AM Lise Bible wrote: > Hello, Framers, > Historically (I inherited this system) the manuals for my company have > listed the month and year as the revision. And that has worked ok, except > when more than one update needed to happen within a month. And my boss > wants me to switch to a numbered revision system. > > But what has me stymied is, what number do I start with? It doesn't really > make sense to me to start at 1 because some of these manuals are now 10 > years old and have had multiple revisions/updates. > > Any advice? > > (My boss also wants me to implement some kind of document control system, a > la what we do with engineering drawings in Autodesk Vault but that's a > secondary step and one I have not figured out yet. He has said he wants to > put manuals in Vault like the drawings are, and I'm still not sure how well > that would work. I could see maybe uploading pdfs, but I'm thinking doing > this with the frame files would get messy.) > > Thanks, > Lise > -- > *Save the earth.* It's the only planet with chocolate. > ___ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
[Framers] version numbering and document control
Hello, Framers, Historically (I inherited this system) the manuals for my company have listed the month and year as the revision. And that has worked ok, except when more than one update needed to happen within a month. And my boss wants me to switch to a numbered revision system. But what has me stymied is, what number do I start with? It doesn't really make sense to me to start at 1 because some of these manuals are now 10 years old and have had multiple revisions/updates. Any advice? (My boss also wants me to implement some kind of document control system, a la what we do with engineering drawings in Autodesk Vault but that's a secondary step and one I have not figured out yet. He has said he wants to put manuals in Vault like the drawings are, and I'm still not sure how well that would work. I could see maybe uploading pdfs, but I'm thinking doing this with the frame files would get messy.) Thanks, Lise -- *Save the earth.* It's the only planet with chocolate. ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
Has anyone used Subversion for FrameMaker "document control"?
Scott and Syed I have been using SVN/TortoiseSVN for some time now, and curiously enough, it handles binary files well and seems to keep changes to them rather than add separate issues of changed files. However SVN has no knowledge of how to interpret the binary text files into text from most applications, but with FrameMaker, that is no problem as FM has its own comparison tool My ten months experience says four thumbs up. Only take time to carefully organize your file structure before you begin any serious work with the SVN. HTH, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson 2009/9/27 : > As long as you use binary files you will not be able to get differenced > files. Subversion is similar to CVS. > > It handles text files very well and will difference them, just like CVS. > > If you don't use text files, and all of your FM files are binary, then > you will maintain a separate copy of each. Thus no space savings. > > Scott > > > Syed.Hosain at aeris.net wrote: > >> >> It would be good to have a system that maintains the differences for me >> and minimizes the number of duplicate files. >> >> >> >> As it happens, we are considering changing to use Subversion for our >> source code control system (see www.collabnet.com >> <http://www.collabnet.com> ?for more info) in our software development >> group ... the earlier RCS stuff did not work well for me for FrameMaker >> documents. >> >> >> >> Hence my questions: >> >> >> >> 1. ? ? ? Has anyone ever used Subversion for FrameMaker "document >> control" (to maintain multiple versions of documents) purposes? >> >> 2. ? ? ? How well does it handle "non-text" FrameMaker binary files >> (like .book and .fm files)? >> >> 3. ? ? ? How much did you like or dislike it? >> >> 4. ? ? ? Would you recommend something else (instead of subversion) for >> this purpose? >> >> >> > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as bodvar at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/bodvar%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- "Life is not only a game--it is also a dance on roses." --Fleksnes (Rolv Wesenlund)
Has anyone used Subversion for FrameMaker "document control"?
Thanks, guys! Sounds like I will investigate it and see how it goes. I am hoping to piggy-back on the efforts of the software folks who are looking at it too. However ... any other recommendations too for what I am trying to do? Regards, Z -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Bodvar Bjorgvinsson Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 4:13 PM To: quills at airmail.net Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Has anyone used Subversion for FrameMaker "document control"? Scott and Syed I have been using SVN/TortoiseSVN for some time now, and curiously enough, it handles binary files well and seems to keep changes to them rather than add separate issues of changed files. However SVN has no knowledge of how to interpret the binary text files into text from most applications, but with FrameMaker, that is no problem as FM has its own comparison tool My ten months experience says four thumbs up. Only take time to carefully organize your file structure before you begin any serious work with the SVN. HTH, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson 2009/9/27 : > As long as you use binary files you will not be able to get differenced > files. Subversion is similar to CVS. > > It handles text files very well and will difference them, just like CVS. > > If you don't use text files, and all of your FM files are binary, then > you will maintain a separate copy of each. Thus no space savings. > > Scott > > > Syed.Hosain at aeris.net wrote: > >> >> It would be good to have a system that maintains the differences for me >> and minimizes the number of duplicate files. >> >> >> >> As it happens, we are considering changing to use Subversion for our >> source code control system (see www.collabnet.com >> <http://www.collabnet.com> ?for more info) in our software development >> group ... the earlier RCS stuff did not work well for me for FrameMaker >> documents. >> >> >> >> Hence my questions: >> >> >> >> 1. ? ? ? Has anyone ever used Subversion for FrameMaker "document >> control" (to maintain multiple versions of documents) purposes? >> >> 2. ? ? ? How well does it handle "non-text" FrameMaker binary files >> (like .book and .fm files)? >> >> 3. ? ? ? How much did you like or dislike it? >> >> 4. ? ? ? Would you recommend something else (instead of subversion) for >> this purpose? >> >> >> > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as bodvar at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/bodvar%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- "Life is not only a game--it is also a dance on roses." --Fleksnes (Rolv Wesenlund) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as Syed.Hosain at aeris.net. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/syed.hosain%40aeris.net Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Has anyone used Subversion for FrameMaker document control?
As long as you use binary files you will not be able to get differenced files. Subversion is similar to CVS. It handles text files very well and will difference them, just like CVS. If you don't use text files, and all of your FM files are binary, then you will maintain a separate copy of each. Thus no space savings. Scott syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: It would be good to have a system that maintains the differences for me and minimizes the number of duplicate files. As it happens, we are considering changing to use Subversion for our source code control system (see www.collabnet.com http://www.collabnet.com for more info) in our software development group ... the earlier RCS stuff did not work well for me for FrameMaker documents. Hence my questions: 1. Has anyone ever used Subversion for FrameMaker document control (to maintain multiple versions of documents) purposes? 2. How well does it handle non-text FrameMaker binary files (like .book and .fm files)? 3. How much did you like or dislike it? 4. Would you recommend something else (instead of subversion) for this purpose? ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Has anyone used Subversion for FrameMaker document control?
Scott and Syed I have been using SVN/TortoiseSVN for some time now, and curiously enough, it handles binary files well and seems to keep changes to them rather than add separate issues of changed files. However SVN has no knowledge of how to interpret the binary text files into text from most applications, but with FrameMaker, that is no problem as FM has its own comparison tool My ten months experience says four thumbs up. Only take time to carefully organize your file structure before you begin any serious work with the SVN. HTH, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson 2009/9/27 qui...@airmail.net: As long as you use binary files you will not be able to get differenced files. Subversion is similar to CVS. It handles text files very well and will difference them, just like CVS. If you don't use text files, and all of your FM files are binary, then you will maintain a separate copy of each. Thus no space savings. Scott syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: It would be good to have a system that maintains the differences for me and minimizes the number of duplicate files. As it happens, we are considering changing to use Subversion for our source code control system (see www.collabnet.com http://www.collabnet.com for more info) in our software development group ... the earlier RCS stuff did not work well for me for FrameMaker documents. Hence my questions: 1. Has anyone ever used Subversion for FrameMaker document control (to maintain multiple versions of documents) purposes? 2. How well does it handle non-text FrameMaker binary files (like .book and .fm files)? 3. How much did you like or dislike it? 4. Would you recommend something else (instead of subversion) for this purpose? ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as bod...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/bodvar%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Life is not only a game--it is also a dance on roses. --Fleksnes (Rolv Wesenlund) ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Has anyone used Subversion for FrameMaker document control?
I largely agree with Bodvar's comments. One of the development groups I work with keeps all the FrameMaker files in an SVN repository and it has largely been trouble-free. The only problems have come when users have failed to check for locks before starting to edit a file or have failed to lock a file while they are working on it. Most of us use the SyncroSVN client, which does not display locks by default--you have to direct the client to check for locks before you start to edit, and not everybody remembers to do this every time. -Fred Ridder Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:12:40 + Subject: Re: Has anyone used Subversion for FrameMaker document control? From: bod...@gmail.com To: qui...@airmail.net CC: framers@lists.frameusers.com Scott and Syed I have been using SVN/TortoiseSVN for some time now, and curiously enough, it handles binary files well and seems to keep changes to them rather than add separate issues of changed files. However SVN has no knowledge of how to interpret the binary text files into text from most applications, but with FrameMaker, that is no problem as FM has its own comparison tool My ten months experience says four thumbs up. Only take time to carefully organize your file structure before you begin any serious work with the SVN. HTH, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Has anyone used Subversion for FrameMaker "document control"?
As long as you use binary files you will not be able to get differenced files. Subversion is similar to CVS. It handles text files very well and will difference them, just like CVS. If you don't use text files, and all of your FM files are binary, then you will maintain a separate copy of each. Thus no space savings. Scott Syed.Hosain at aeris.net wrote: > > It would be good to have a system that maintains the differences for me > and minimizes the number of duplicate files. > > > > As it happens, we are considering changing to use Subversion for our > source code control system (see www.collabnet.com > <http://www.collabnet.com> for more info) in our software development > group ... the earlier RCS stuff did not work well for me for FrameMaker > documents. > > > > Hence my questions: > > > > 1. Has anyone ever used Subversion for FrameMaker "document > control" (to maintain multiple versions of documents) purposes? > > 2. How well does it handle "non-text" FrameMaker binary files > (like .book and .fm files)? > > 3. How much did you like or dislike it? > > 4. Would you recommend something else (instead of subversion) for > this purpose? > > >
Has anyone used Subversion for FrameMaker "document control"?
I largely agree with Bodvar's comments. One of the development groups I work with keeps all the FrameMaker files in an SVN repository and it has largely been trouble-free. The only problems have come when users have failed to check for locks before starting to edit a file or have failed to lock a file while they are working on it. Most of us use the SyncroSVN client, which does not display locks by default--you have to direct the client to check for locks before you start to edit, and not everybody remembers to do this every time. -Fred Ridder > Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:12:40 + > Subject: Re: Has anyone used Subversion for FrameMaker "document control"? > From: bodvar at gmail.com > To: quills at airmail.net > CC: framers at lists.frameusers.com > > Scott and Syed > > I have been using SVN/TortoiseSVN for some time now, and curiously > enough, it handles binary files well and seems to keep changes to them > rather than add separate issues of changed files. However SVN has no > knowledge of how to interpret the binary text files into text from > most applications, but with FrameMaker, that is no problem as FM has > its own comparison tool > > My ten months experience says four thumbs up. Only take time to > carefully organize your file structure before you begin any serious > work with the SVN. > > HTH, > > Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Has anyone used Subversion for FrameMaker "document control"?
(Trying this again since my first two did not going through ... more than a few days now.) Hi, all. I often update specifications and documents (all get a new version number, etc.). Currently, I maintain these in separate folders for each version of a given spec. Basically, one folder contains the .book and all the .fm and image and other files necessary to generate the PDF for particular version of the document. But this can easily get out of hand ... one of my documents is at version 22.7 for example, over the years! There are many duplicate image and .fm files as a result of this - whatever does not change from version to version. It would be good to have a system that maintains the differences for me and minimizes the number of duplicate files. As it happens, we are considering changing to use Subversion for our source code control system (see www.collabnet.com <http://www.collabnet.com> for more info) in our software development group ... the earlier RCS stuff did not work well for me for FrameMaker documents. Hence my questions: 1. Has anyone ever used Subversion for FrameMaker "document control" (to maintain multiple versions of documents) purposes? 2. How well does it handle "non-text" FrameMaker binary files (like .book and .fm files)? 3. How much did you like or dislike it? 4. Would you recommend something else (instead of subversion) for this purpose? Z
Document control
Hey I'm full of questions today! The question du jour (du minute?) is about document control. Does anyone have any advice they'd like to share about developing a system for keeping track of who is currently working on a document, who has worked on a document, and who has made what changes? What I've done in the past (with Word) is have people put their initials at the end of the file name so we could all see at a glance who was currently working on the document. At my current job, we have a Project file to keep track of who is working on what. Our engineering staff uses some kind of card that people initial when the document changes hands, so that's an option also. But none of these solutions really speaks to the drafting stage, where the document changes hands quite a lot before it is ready to be reviewed. Anyhow, I was hoping one or more of you might have suggestions. Thanks! Deirdre ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Document control
Hey I'm full of questions today! The question du jour (du minute?) is about document control. Does anyone have any advice they'd like to share about developing a system for keeping track of who is currently working on a document, who has worked on a document, and who has made what changes? What I've done in the past (with Word) is have people put their initials at the end of the file name so we could all see at a glance who was currently working on the document. At my current job, we have a Project file to keep track of who is working on what. Our engineering staff uses some kind of card that people initial when the document changes hands, so that's an option also. But none of these solutions really speaks to the drafting stage, where the document changes hands quite a lot before it is ready to be reviewed. Anyhow, I was hoping one or more of you might have suggestions. Thanks! Deirdre
Document control
You need to use version control software like CVS or subversion. Then you submit all source files to a network directory visible to all Tech Writers. Then each TW has to checkout the file in order to work on it and check it back in when finished. All you have to do is look in the version control software and it displays who the doc is checked out to. Gillian -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Deirdre Reagan Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:49 PM To: Frame Users Subject: Document control Hey I'm full of questions today! The question du jour (du minute?) is about document control. Does anyone have any advice they'd like to share about developing a system for keeping track of who is currently working on a document, who has worked on a document, and who has made what changes? What I've done in the past (with Word) is have people put their initials at the end of the file name so we could all see at a glance who was currently working on the document. At my current job, we have a Project file to keep track of who is working on what. Our engineering staff uses some kind of card that people initial when the document changes hands, so that's an option also. But none of these solutions really speaks to the drafting stage, where the document changes hands quite a lot before it is ready to be reviewed. Anyhow, I was hoping one or more of you might have suggestions. Thanks! Deirdre ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as gflato at nanometrics.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/gflato%40nanometrics .com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Document Control on a budget
Hi Sharon, You can go in for CVS which is an open source version control tool. HTH Debashish On 4/21/06, Sharon Smithe wrote: > > Hi, all. > > If you have almost no budget to work with, what are the document > control options that you can use with FrameMaker? > > We have FrameMaker files stored and shared on a network drive (Windows > OS). We'd like to have check in/check out and revision > history/tracking. Is there anything out there in the > free/opensource/inexpensive realm that you can recommend? > > Thank you, > Sharon > slsmithe - gmail - com > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as dghosh at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dghosh%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Document Control on a budget
Hi Sharon, You can go in for CVS which is an open source version control tool. HTH Debashish On 4/21/06, Sharon Smithe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, all. If you have almost no budget to work with, what are the document control options that you can use with FrameMaker? We have FrameMaker files stored and shared on a network drive (Windows OS). We'd like to have check in/check out and revision history/tracking. Is there anything out there in the free/opensource/inexpensive realm that you can recommend? Thank you, Sharon slsmithe - gmail - com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dghosh%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Document Control on a budget
Hi, all. If you have almost no budget to work with, what are the document control options that you can use with FrameMaker? We have FrameMaker files stored and shared on a network drive (Windows OS). We'd like to have check in/check out and revision history/tracking. Is there anything out there in the free/opensource/inexpensive realm that you can recommend? Thank you, Sharon slsmithe - gmail - com
