RE: Localisation and tools

[hedley_finger@xxxxxxxxxxx]

Verner:

> Verner, I am assuming that you are looking for tools to organize and
track
> files and changes rather than to translate the documents themselves.  We
use
> Microsoft Visual Source Safe to do this.  The Engineering department uses
> VSS as our standard repository system for both code and documents.  We in
> Tech Pubs also use it for Frame files because it is available.  We also
use
> it for all files that are translated.  I have no idea how much VSS costs,
> but I expect that you can find this information on the Microsoft web
site.

If your software developers are using Microsoft Visual Studio or .NET
development environments, VSS is included on the distribution CDs.  Your
site licence would probably let you install additional copies on the tech
writers' computers for little or no extra cost.

Regards,
Hedley

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