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Subject:Re: in search for better tools From:quills -at- airmail -dot- net To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:22:22 -0600
It has been my experience that there is NEVER a down time or slow time
where you can do the switch. You need develop your DTD, create your EDD,
create your conversion templates, and do them on an ad hoc basis from
the most used documents to the least. Testing your conversion on least
used documents works best. It's a cost of doing business. Just like if
you changed your tool to something totally different. You bite the
bullet and do it.
Scott
On 12/8/09 9:51 AM, Combs, Richard wrote:
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> As for structure, nothing you said suggests a need for that. Personally, I'd stick with what I had for now -- it should be easily up to the task -- and start looking into the possibility of upgrading at a convenient (i.e., not busy) time in the future.
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