Well, you're right there – the Compare tool seems to do an excellent job of identifying changes between files. The only snag is, that's not what I need to do at the moment: I need to use the out-of-the-DITA-box status attribute to apply different styles to WebHelp (and possibly pdf) output.
I suspect this is going to mean rolling my sleeves up and trying to get somewhere with XSLT :-} On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Hussein Shafie <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/05/2015 10:36 AM, Niels Grundtvig Nielsen wrote: > >> Getting into the swing of things using DITA for deliverables here, and >> now we've reached the stage where the first document needs an upate. >> This prompts the question "what do you suggest for implementing track >> changes": should I use <ph> elements with attributes and tweak the >> stylesheet so I can mark added and deleted text, >> > > Personally, I would never do this given the fact we have the Compare tool: > > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/help/comparePane_primer.html > > > > or is there some more elegant approach? >> >> > Tutorial (including a screencast): > > "Reviewing changes using the Compare tool" -- http://www.xmlmind.com/ > xmleditor/_tutorial/review_changes/index.html > > OK, it's not change tracking per se (à la MS-Word), but it implements a > similar functionality and it works flawlessly whatever the number and the > complexity of the changes. I mean the author of a document will never miss > a change made by a reviewer. > > So my advice is: please give this feature a *serious* try. It will do the > job and you'll like it. > > >
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