Re: A question for authors: Are there word doc formats that can be versioned (i.e. SVN) and worked on collaboratively?
Mark Levison <mark-r0EpITdELjZWk0Htik3J/[email protected]>
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On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Shawn A. Van Ness <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > If you're looking for an edit-merge-commit style of workflow.. Word 2007 has a "Combine Revisions from Multiple Authors" feature. > > http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102341321033.aspx#Combining > > The UI to load the 2 docs into the compare/combine view is a little cumbersome... not sure if there's a cmd line way to bring up the 2 docs. > -S Interesting have you made it work? Are there any major pitfalls? The geek in me likes svn and versioning our docs but this maybe more practical. Combined with Dropbox et al and we can overwrite each others work at a moments notice. I love it :-) Cheers Mark *Mark Levison* | Founder and Consultant - TheAgileConsortium<http://theagileconsortium.com/>| Agile Editor @ InfoQ <http://www.infoq.com/about.jsp> Blog <http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/> | Twitter<http://twitter.com/mlevison>| Office: (613) 761-9821 Recent Entries: Agile Mailing Lists a Survey<http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/2009/06/agile-mailing-lists.html%20>, Do You Suspect You Have a Less than Productive Person on Your Team?<http://www.notesfromatooluser.com/2009/01/do-you-suspect-you-have-a-less-than-productive-person-on-your-team.html>