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Subject:Re: Word 2007 headings with outline numbering From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:17:25 -0800
Personally I use Word *only* for documents that will or may have to be
edited by people other than tech writers.
Otherwise, I use FrameMaker to make sure they can't..
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:31 PM, beelia <beelia -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> After you've finished it, you can keep them from breaking styles and
> numbering by password-protecting it.
>
> But that probably defeats the reason for using it in the first place. As
> Scott mentioned, it will inevitably be passed around because so many people
> "sort of" know how to use it. It's an obvious and probably necessary choice
> for collaboration, so it's bound to produce a mess until the "last hand"
> fixes it. ...
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