I have had a number of occasions recently to do multi-person collaboration usually live during a conference call, and I have to say that if you want to do that Google Docs is the tool of choice and MSO doesn't come up to the mark.
On 3 October 2012 21:24, Jay Lozier <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/03/2012 02:23 PM, Doug wrote: > > On 10/03/2012 01:20 PM, Jay Lozier wrote: > > > > /snip/ > >> One commenter noted that most SOHO users do not need the > >> collaboration features in MSO (or any office suite). Also, I am not > >> sure that many of the collaboration features are used extensively in > >> large organizations.sides. > > I guess I don't understand something here. Almost 20 years ago, I > > wrote user manuals for equipment I designed, and had the software > > engineer modify them as required for the user programming > > requirements. (This was for burglar-alarm systems.) there was no problem > > using the MS software that existed then--it would mark modifications > > with red underlines or something similar. I'd just send the copy over > > the network to my software person, and she would do whatever was > > necessary, and send the copy back for me to check it and release it. > > No special "collaboration" software, but we certainly collaborated. > > What's the big deal? > > > > --doug (Retired RF Engineer) > > > > Doug, > > MSO has some tools designed for real-time collaborative document > production that allow distributed groups to work on the same document > and track each person's edits, etc. I have not used these features; > primarily because I never needed to use them. Thus I do not know how > well they work. The implicit assumption is that all users can have > simultaneous access to the same document version. > > Some the editing features such as track all changes are sometimes useful > for a large document. What you are describing is not what MS is trying > to push. Often what is needed for collaboration is what you are > describing: create, edit, revise, (edit, revise), release. > > -- > Jay Lozier > [email protected] > > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
