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:
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> If you're looking for an edit-merge-commit style of workflow..  Word 2007
has a "Combine Revisions from Multiple Authors" feature.
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> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102341321033.aspx#Combining
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> 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

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