With documentation for a product that has a shelf life of 10-20 years, it's a good idea to notify the customer of a revision because old versions of PDFs always surface when you least expect it, and to no good end.
On Tue, Nov 26, 2019 at 12:23 PM Lin Sims <ljsims...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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