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Subject:Re: Enabling Web-based PDF reviews From:"Suzette Leeming" <suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com> To:beverly_robinson -at- datacard -dot- com Date:Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:10:29 -0500
I tried the method of using a network drive first, then I had one of our IT
guys set up a WebDAV enabled server. Then I found out that it wasn't going
to work the way I thought it would - with users having only Reader on their
computers.
I had been doing email reviews and we all love that, but when there is a
team involved, there is tremendous benefit in being able to see everyone
else's comments.
If Acrobat 9 will do this (I am currently using 7), we will rush out and buy
it. We're not about to purchase Acrobat for everyone though - this whole
thing depends on our users having Reader only.
Suzette Leeming
Stouffville, Ontario
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:43 AM, <beverly_robinson -at- datacard -dot- com> wrote:
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> We are in the middle of a test of Acrobat 9's "shared review" feature (the
> PDF is on a network drive, not strictly a Web-based review). I have to
> second Paul Nagai's comments about counter-intuitive behaviors, and that is
> compounded by lack of big-picture help topics. Our reviewers lost some
> comments and had to re-enter them, which erodes confidence in the system.
> That said, they still like the idea of being able to see and respond to
> each others' comments (now that we know how to make sure comments are
> saved).
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> This test is with a group of software developers; the next one we do will
> be with hardware developers and we're interested to see if the reactions
> differ.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Beverly
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