Re: I know why Word is a four letter word

[John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com>]

When I collaborate with a group (rarely more than 3 people), I send them a
Word version with Change Tracking turned on. When I get their input back
(never as much as I'd like), I review their changes and incorporate or not
incorporate into my master copy with change tracking on. I may also submit
their change to someone else to validate it...the submitted could be wrong
and just because someone sends a change, it doesn't mean it is a valid
change. It may also show that a change is needed, but the way they
submitted to me.

On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 9:33 AM Will Husa <will -dot- husa -at- 4techwriter -dot- com> wrote:

> On the subject of document collaboration, I let the document float around
> to all the reviewers to collect their responses. I know from experience
> that the document will absorb some level of corruption along the way.
> That's Word. To reduce the corruption, I pull out my original version and
> manually add the changes before publishing the official version.
>
>
>
> Will Husa sent this message from his Verizon wireless device
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: John Posada <jposada99 -at- gmail -dot- com>
> Date: 11/20/19 11:57 AM (GMT-06:00)
> To: Tech Writers <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> Subject: I know why Word is a four letter word
>
> Hi, guys...after being an FM user for more than 5 years, I feel I'm having
> to learn Word (v2016) all over again.
>
> For the last 3 days, I've been wrestling with styles. In effect, my issue
> is, when I define a style, I want it to stay defined exactly how I defined
> it. I don't want to have it indent on me,  If I define a bullet with a .25
> indent, I want it to STAY indented .25 and not change on me. If I make a
> line a bullet, I don't want the whole F'ing document to turn bullet.
>
> I WISH I could make this place an FM shop, but there is just too much
> document collaboration needed here and even I can't see the overall
> advantage.
>
> Thanks guys.
>
> --
> John Posada
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Visit TechWhirl for the latest on content technology, content strategy and
> content development | https://techwhirl.com
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as will -dot- husa -at- 4techwriter -dot- com -dot- 
>
> To unsubscribe send a blank email to
> techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>
>
> Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
> http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and
> info.
>
> Looking for articles on Technical Communications?  Head over to our online
> magazine at http://techwhirl.com
>
> Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions?  Search our public
> email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives
>


-- 
John Posada
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Visit TechWhirl for the latest on content technology, content strategy and content development | https://techwhirl.com

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to
techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com


Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and info.

Looking for articles on Technical Communications?  Head over to our online magazine at http://techwhirl.com

Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions?  Search our public email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives