RE: Tracking changes in outside documentation?

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Geoff Hart wrote: 

> <<How should we ask them to mark the changes made in the 
> documentation?>>
<snip> 
> If the original documents were reasonably stable, and the 
> revised versions are likely to be minor patches plus whole 
> new added sections, you might be able to automate the process 
> using Word. Copy the original and new Frame text into two 
> Word documents, save them, then use the "Compare documents" 
> feature (Tools-->Revision Tracking--  >Compare Documents, at 
> least in older versions). This will highlight the changes and 
> make them easier to see. Does Frame provide a comparable feature?

Yes, you can do this in Frame. Open the older FM doc first, and then the
new one. Click File > Utilities > Compare Documents. You can create a
summary doc only that lists the changes, or also create a composite doc
that merges the two versions, marking what's been inserted and deleted
with condition tags and change bars. Click Options to modify the default
comparison options. 

You can do comparisons of entire books, too. With the focus on the newer
book, click File > Utilities > Compare Books. I haven't done book
comparisons, so I can't vouch for that one. But the file comparisons
work well except for some issues with table changes (IIRC, the whole
table is marked changed if anything in it changes). 

HTH!
Richard


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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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