RE: Workflow

["John Bell (VA)" <John.R.Bell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

waynefb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> We're having a workflow brainstorming session at work and from it we
came away with limited solutions. I'm curious if anybody else has their
reviewers directly edit frame documents, or how people are doing
reviews. We have several people which need to review documents and they
are located in several locations across the globe. The current idea is
to use CVS and have them checkout the Frame document, mark it up and
check it back in (we would control the commit process). But, I'm not
sure how well this will work with multiple reviewers looking at the same
document at the same time. While PDF might still be an option, nobody is
thrilled with that option since it is a very tedious process for
everybody involved. 

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We use Acrobat for our technical and managerial reviews, but our editors
work directly with the Frame files. We've had only minor complaints from
our reviewers about using Acrobat, and these complaints have been
largely addressed by Acrobat 7. It is much more "reviewer-friendly" than
previous versions. However, we did send a list of desired changes to
Adobe because it does have some functionality gaps.

Our editing group is experienced in Frame and they do their edits
directly in the Frame files. They make a backup copy first, then make
their edits, and then do a compare between original and edited. We
writers then look at the compare files and see if there are any edits we
disagree with. Usually we accept all edits, so this process goes very
smoothly. The editors point out that it is faster to make a change
yourself than to try and explain to someone what needs to be changed and
where it is.

--- John Bell


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