RE: Workflow

["Stevens, Ananda \(GE Healthcare\)" <Karen.Stevens@xxxxxx>]

Dan, what version of Acrobat are you looking at?  

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Gee, why couldn't it be a  saved version (under a different name) of the
version you're responsible for.
If that review copy version gets butchered, it has no effect on the
original version. Comparing the two versions provides an easy way to
identify all reviewer comments. 
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Been there, done that with Frame 5.5.x and ClearCase as source/version
control. We had a couple of engineers who 0had some familiarity with
Frame. Frame's "compare documents" feature left something to be desired.
I don't think it has changed significantly since then. We tried this
once and reverted to a paper workflow. 

> How, for example, can a reviewer clearly indicate in a PDF copy that a
paragraph, phrase or sentence should be moved, 
Here's what I've done: 
Use the highlight tool to indicate the text to be moved. Add a note or
two indicating where the item should be moved to (one note at the
origin, one note at the destination). 

> or clearly indicate that something inside a graphic needs to be
changed or moved?
The current version has graphics tools for annotation: arrow, rectangle,
oval, line, polyline, dimensioning, cloud, and callout. I think the
callout plus some combo of the others would do the job.

> Forcing reviewers to use Acrobar severely limits their ability to
pinpoint individual words or phrases, 
I've used the tools on individual letters in some cases. 

> the limited markup capabilities of Acrobat. 
I'm curious -- what other markup capabilities are you looking for??

Thanks,
Ananda

K. Ananda Stevens
GE Healthcare
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