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I’m a lawyer who uses Word’s track changes as an integral component of my work. I haven’t seen a single meaningful improvement in that feature in 20 years. Righ
by nihonde 7y ago
I’m a lawyer who uses Word’s track changes as an integral component of my work. I haven’t seen a single meaningful improvement in that feature in 20 years. Right down to the fact that I have to open “compare...” from within a document, but then have to go hunt the same document down in the file system to set it as the original. Don’t get me started on every other reason that Word has failed to innovate on this front.
The solution is to dump Office and use text files, if you can get away with it.
- hcurtiss 7y agoWhat’s wild to me is that a third-party product, Workshare Compare, actually does a better job of this than Microsoft does with its own product. Workshare is used widely in the AmLaw 100.
- juped 7y agoSome lawtech has value added over stock Office 365 - but not often. I'm very skeptical.
- nihonde 7y agoAlso a garbage product IMO. The distance from something like git to Workshare is measured in light years.
- hcurtiss 7y agoI use Workshare several times a day, every day. Most transactional attorneys do. I find it works well for its intended purpose.
- juped 7y agoUse Office 365 (i.e., save your document to onedrive or a sharepoint library) - that's where the version control takes place.