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Nongeeks haven't been living with this. They (mostly lawyers) use document management version control systems like iManage ( https://imanage.com/product/documen
by yspeak 6y ago
Nongeeks haven't been living with this. They (mostly lawyers) use document management version control systems like iManage ( https://imanage.com/product/document-email-management/ https://imanage.com/product/document-email-management/) and professional comparison software like Workshare Compare https://www.litera.com/products/legal/workshare-compare/ https://www.litera.com/products/legal/workshare-compare/ (orders of magnitude better than tracked changes in Word though Word has gotten better over the years).
- toyg 6y agoThis is the sort of answer I was hoping for. Workshare-Compare looks pretty cool (if not cheap).
- daveslash 6y agoI second this. Medical, Aerospace, and Government, and other engineering also use these systems. Start looking at official documents -- you'll often see something in the footer like, in tiny font, that looks like 23-14453 Rev 8 -- that's usually a Document ID number and the revision number. With my company, whenever we want to Rev a document (make changes and create a new revision), we make the changes with Word's "Track Changes" turned on, which produces what we call "Redlines" -- a Diff between that version and the previous version. We check that into our Doc Control along side the document without the Redlines. This doesn't really help when comparing Version 3 with Version 8, but as others have pointed out -- you can use Word's "Compare" if you really need to do that. Part of my company uses SAP for their doc control, part of my company uses MasterControl. I hate hate hate SAP. I have a few bones to pick with Master Control, but overall, it's tolerable. If you'd like to chat more about how this process works in the workplace, you can find me on twitter @failbridge or on reddit as /u/daveslash