One of my former employers used it as a way to let readers know how information had changed because the document was very long and very technical (installing enterprise-level software). I'm not sure how much it helped overall, but at least if, say, what was required of the customer to have for hardware or already-installed software had changed, they had an alert to pay extra attention to that. Or if how outside-party software had to be configured to work with our software changed, they'd have an alert on that, too.
We used change bars in the text itself, but that didn't tell customers HOW things had changed, only that they had. The revision history told them how, which told them what to pay attention to. On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 11:50 AM <ian.proudf...@itp-x.co.uk> wrote: > Rick, > Revision history is often more of a regulatory requirement than a > nice-to-have feature. If there are no external rules that say you must have > it, then what purpose would it serve? Maybe just to show that the document > does get updated from time-to-time? > > Ian Proudfoot > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Framers <framers-bounces+ian.proudfoot= > itp-x.co...@lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Richard Melanson > Sent: 26 November 2019 16:20 > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. < > framers@lists.frameusers.com> > Subject: [Framers] Question About Revision History. > > Somewhat off topic, what does everyone think about not having a revision > history in user manuals. My company has decided they do not want this in > any customer facing docs. > > Thank you for your replies. > > Rick > > Richard Melanson > Technical Writer|HighRes Biosolutions > T:781.932.1912x1160|rmelan...@highresbio.com > www.highresbio.com > > This e-mail message may contain confidential information and may not be > used by anyone but the intended recipient. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any use or dissemination of this > message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, > please notify HighRes Biosolutions immediately by reply email. Then delete > this message from your system. Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage > at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > -- Lin Sims _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com