Better diff tool that change bars?

[Molly Keegan]

Hi All,

 

I am wondering how others keep track of changes made to their books.  I am
the only technical writer at my company, and we have a rigorous system of
reviews such that people are looking at the manuals who don't edit/read them
regularly.  Those engineers who have been doing reviews on the manuals have
complained about not having a good diff tool for Frame.  They don't seem
satisfied with the tools available within Frame.  What do the rest of you
do?  Thanks!

 

Molly Keegan 

 

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Re: Better diff tool that change bars?

[Steve Rickaby]

At 11:35 -0400 18/4/07, Molly Keegan wrote:

I am wondering how others keep track of changes made to their books.  I am
the only technical writer at my company, and we have a rigorous system of
reviews such that people are looking at the manuals who don't edit/read them
regularly.  Those engineers who have been doing reviews on the manuals have
complained about not having a good diff tool for Frame.  They don't seem
satisfied with the tools available within Frame.  What do the rest of you
do?  Thanks!

Use the diff tool in Frame ;-) (File - Utilities - Compare documents)

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Re: Better diff tool that change bars?

[jopakent]

I generally do what Steve suggests. I run the compare utility on the old book 
versus the new book. Then I collect all of the newly created files 
(file1cmp.fm, file2cmp.fm, etc.) and create a new book with them. I use the 
existing graphics, TOC, and index files and then PDF the whole mess for the 
reviewers.

Works pretty well, although sometimes there are a lot of phantom changes caused 
by name changes to linked graphics and the like. I've developed some search 
techniques that show the change bars, insert, and delete conditions and when my 
reviewers want a better road map of the actual changes, I to that extra 
scrubbing as well.

Regards

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206-383-0539

 -- Original message --
From: Steve Rickaby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 At 11:35 -0400 18/4/07, Molly Keegan wrote:
 
 I am wondering how others keep track of changes made to their books.  I am
 the only technical writer at my company, and we have a rigorous system of
 reviews such that people are looking at the manuals who don't edit/read them
 regularly.  Those engineers who have been doing reviews on the manuals have
 complained about not having a good diff tool for Frame.  They don't seem
 satisfied with the tools available within Frame.  What do the rest of you
 do?  Thanks!
 
 Use the diff tool in Frame ;-) (File - Utilities - Compare documents)
 
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 Steve
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Re: Better diff tool that change bars?

[Peter Gold]

Hi, Molly:

If you're circulating your documents as PDFs, take a look at Acrobat's 
review-cycle feature, and also the document comparison feature that has 
several levels of granularity. Acrobat 8 can enable PDF documents for 
comments by users who view the documents with Reader 8 or Reader 7, so 
users don't need full Acrobat.


HTH

Regards,

Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices

At 11:35 -0400 18/4/07, Molly Keegan wrote:
  

I am wondering how others keep track of changes made to their books.  I am
the only technical writer at my company, and we have a rigorous system of
reviews such that people are looking at the manuals who don't edit/read them
regularly.  Those engineers who have been doing reviews on the manuals have
complained about not having a good diff tool for Frame.  They don't seem
satisfied with the tools available within Frame.  What do the rest of you
do?  Thanks!


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Re: Better diff tool that change bars?

[John Posada]

Acrobat 8 can enable PDF documents

Acrobat 7 also


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Better diff tool that change bars?

[Molly Keegan]

Hi All,



I am wondering how others keep track of changes made to their books.  I am
the only technical writer at my company, and we have a rigorous system of
reviews such that people are looking at the manuals who don't edit/read them
regularly.  Those engineers who have been doing reviews on the manuals have
complained about not having a good diff tool for Frame.  They don't seem
satisfied with the tools available within Frame.  What do the rest of you
do?  Thanks!



Molly Keegan 

Better diff tool that change bars?

[Steve Rickaby]

At 11:35 -0400 18/4/07, Molly Keegan wrote:
>
>I am wondering how others keep track of changes made to their books.  I am
>the only technical writer at my company, and we have a rigorous system of
>reviews such that people are looking at the manuals who don't edit/read them
>regularly.  Those engineers who have been doing reviews on the manuals have
>complained about not having a good diff tool for Frame.  They don't seem
>satisfied with the tools available within Frame.  What do the rest of you
>do?  Thanks!

Use the diff tool in Frame ;-) (File -> Utilities -> Compare documents)

-- 
Steve

Better diff tool that change bars?

[jopak...@comcast.net]

I generally do what Steve suggests. I run the compare utility on the old book 
versus the new book. Then I collect all of the newly created files 
(file1cmp.fm, file2cmp.fm, etc.) and create a new book with them. I use the 
existing graphics, TOC, and index files and then PDF the whole mess for the 
reviewers.

Works pretty well, although sometimes there are a lot of phantom changes caused 
by name changes to linked graphics and the like. I've developed some search 
techniques that show the change bars, insert, and delete conditions and when my 
reviewers want a "better" road map of the actual changes, I to that extra 
scrubbing as well.

Regards

--
J. Paul Kent
206-383-0539

 -- Original message --
From: Steve Rickaby 
> At 11:35 -0400 18/4/07, Molly Keegan wrote:
> >
> >I am wondering how others keep track of changes made to their books.  I am
> >the only technical writer at my company, and we have a rigorous system of
> >reviews such that people are looking at the manuals who don't edit/read them
> >regularly.  Those engineers who have been doing reviews on the manuals have
> >complained about not having a good diff tool for Frame.  They don't seem
> >satisfied with the tools available within Frame.  What do the rest of you
> >do?  Thanks!
> 
> Use the diff tool in Frame ;-) (File -> Utilities -> Compare documents)
> 
> -- 
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Better diff tool that change bars?

[Peter Gold]

Hi, Molly:

If you're circulating your documents as PDFs, take a look at Acrobat's 
review-cycle feature, and also the document comparison feature that has 
several levels of granularity. Acrobat 8 can enable PDF documents for 
comments by users who view the documents with Reader 8 or Reader 7, so 
users don't need full Acrobat.

HTH

Regards,

Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
> At 11:35 -0400 18/4/07, Molly Keegan wrote:
>   
>> I am wondering how others keep track of changes made to their books.  I am
>> the only technical writer at my company, and we have a rigorous system of
>> reviews such that people are looking at the manuals who don't edit/read them
>> regularly.  Those engineers who have been doing reviews on the manuals have
>> complained about not having a good diff tool for Frame.  They don't seem
>> satisfied with the tools available within Frame.  What do the rest of you
>> do?  Thanks!

Better diff tool that change bars?

[John Posada]

>Acrobat 8 can enable PDF documents

Acrobat 7 also


John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

"They say everyone needs goals. Mine is to live forever.
So far, so good."