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Subject:Re: New Poll Question From:"Marsha G. Kamish" <mgkamish -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> Date:Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:25:01 -0800 (PST)
Docs are basic Office docs. Nothing outrageous. Auditing can be simple - checking in/out, being able to see who edited/printed, etc., being able to revert to a previous version.
Thanks to everyone for their suggestions so far!
Marsha Kamish Veazey
Technical Writer
Katy, TX
"Oh, bother," said the Borg. "We've assimilated Pooh."
--- On Mon, 11/30/09, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote:
From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
Subject: Re: New Poll Question
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 6:29 PM
What format(s) are the documents and what kind of auditing do you need
beyond the version history?
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Marsha G. Kamish <mgkamish -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
>
> No. We want a system like LiveLink or SharePoint that offers security, audit trails, and version control. Are there any TWs out there with a small company that uses a product that will do these things?
>
>
> --- On Mon, 11/30/09, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote:
> What do you want to do, exactly? Scan a lot of paper documents so you
> can toss them?
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