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Subject:Re: Not allowed to change templates? From:Karen Kay <karen -at- WORDWRITE -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 4 May 1998 14:08:25 -0700
Tracy Boyington said:
> I would compare how long it takes to put text in the necessary formats
> using the existing tags to how long it takes using the formats you
> created, then multiply by the number of times these new formats would be
> used in a document and show how much time (and therefore money!) would
> be saved by using your new tags.
But who would you show this to? There seems to be no editorial review
board in place to approve changes, or to interpret tags. (Which I
think is stupid and shows mighty unrealistic planning on someone's
part: templates always change.)
