Document Management Software

[smurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Dear Framers,

I need your help and recommendations. I've been asked
to come up with recommendations for doc management
software for our company -- in a hurry!
I've been comparing products I heard about HERE...
including the following:

RevisionMaster
QVCS (http://www/qumasoft.com)
AuthorAssistant

Can anyone give me any feedback on these products,
or recommend any additional ones that you are crazy about?
I've taken a good look at RevisionMaster, and like
it, however, one of the other writers pointed out
the low price of QVCS ($25 per license).
However, I know of no one with
any experience with it. AuthorAssistant appears to
be aimed at FrameMaker specifically, and while we do
have FM docs we also have Word and other docs, including
graphics, etc. It is also a lot more expensive. Note:
I won't be able to sell management on an expensive system.
They think we should do it by putting "readme" files in
each of the hundreds of document folders.... enough said.

We have about 8 writers here and a zillion documents
going through all phases of QA, beta, etc., and I am
here to turn the miserable MS Word docs into FM docs and
liberate everyone... but without doc management, it is
going to be a nightmare.

I welcome your thoughts... with thanks!

Please respond to me directly; I will summarize to the list(s).

Steve Murphy
Senior Documentation Specialist
Adobe Certified Expert/FrameMaker, Acrobat
SOFTWORKS, Inc.
5845 Richmond Highway
Alexandria, VA  22303 USA
(703) 317-8879
smurphy@softworkscc.com




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