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> <snip>Is there any tool that allows
> you to do something that mimics hand-editing on an electronic file?
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> Word's Track Changes feature is pretty good, but there are people I know
> who are much more comfortable with the standard editing marks. And Track
> Changes isn't always useful -- for example, if I want to move something to
> another location, Track Changes shows it deleted in one spot and added in
> another, but doesn't show the inherent connection between the two bits of
> text.
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I use the Track Changes feature exclusively with most of my clients
(researchers writing papers). I always include a query document, which I
use
to make comments and queries, but also to explain edits made in the text
when
those edits might not make immediate sense.
It's a workaround, but these people aren't even interested in using a
template
for their docs (sigh)!
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Frederique Courard-Hauri FCH Communications
fch -at- fchcomm -dot- com http://www.fchcomm.com
