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Subject:Re: Collaborative Documentation Review Process From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 7 Dec 2009 10:55:10 -0800
I don't think SharePoint has any reviewing features. You can use it to
let reviiewers check a PDF (or Word doc) out and in and track
versions.
The original Acrobat commenting feature was very awkward and a pain to
use. They've improved it a lot.
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Craig Haiss <craighaiss -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> Yes, Acrobat is great for such reviews. I really appreciate the multiple formats it offers for viewing and printing review comments.
>
> Document management software is also nice; you can upload the review PDF, create workflows to help track the review process, and take advantage of version control to separate one or more review PDFs from the final version of the document.
>
> Perhaps SharePoint offers similar features, I'm not sure.
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