Re: Collaborative Documentation Review Process

[Suzette Leeming <suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com>]

The process you're considering is the one we use.

There are more options for adding text than Adobe's sticky notes. You can
actually attach a document to the review copy of the file. That comes in
handy when adding a lot of information, or wanting to add/change a diagram,
etc.

The main benefit of this process is that all of the reviewers can see what
others have added/changed. I've had a couple of situation where someone
commented on someone else's comment - and clarified incorrect information.
To me, this is invaluable.

I don't work in Word, so I would rather not go there.

Suzette Leeming
Technical Writer
Stouffville, Ontario

On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Missy Smith <techpubsmistress -at- live -dot- com>wrote:

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> What software and process do you use for collaborative documentation
> review?
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> Currently we are looking into using SharePoint as a repository for
> documents set for review. We would publish a .pdf of the document and use
> Adobe Acrobat Pro for comments and markup.
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> One of our reviewers commented that Acrobat "sticky notes" can be difficult
> to use when a reviewer wants to submit large amounts of data for inclusion
> in a document. Some formatting can be difficult to convey also. This
> reviewer also commented on how they liked Word commenting because you could
> get a fnal copy view that is much easier to read than Acrobat's comments
> list and markup symbols.
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> I am charged with coming up with a new process. What do you do?
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> Thanks,
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> Missy
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