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Subject:Re: File name conventions From:nancy -dot- morgan -at- kaz-group -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 2 Nov 2004 19:15:59 -0700
I agree,
I have used Version Control before and it was great. However, in this
current situation I don't have that option (at least at this point in
time).
FYI - I don't actually stick to the 8.3 rule (unless using old versions of
HDK :-) but it is something that came up in the discussions.
I do use version numbers on my own docs (depending on the document). I
have been asked to remove the version number so that links don't have to
be updated. Also, (and yes proper version control software would probably
fix this) I have other writers (non-tech writers) who will need to be
convinced.
What if you used the versioning then, when posting/publishing the
documents, you remove the version number from the filename (ensuring that
the Document Properties are up-to-date and contain the correct version
number. I suppose my way of looking at this is that when we implement the
Document Conrol system, we can take advantage of the version number in the
doc. properties.
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