TechWriting Suggestion Request
Need suggestions for tools or (preferably) methods to track revisions made to software documentation, most of which are driven by biweekly updates.
Environment is Windows XP with MS Word 2002 and 2007. (I've not yet upgraded to 2007, but eventually we all will.)
Most folks in the office barely manage to turn on Track Changes, and almost nobody has their user info set correctly to track authors when they do. This is correctable with training, I know. They also, SOMETIMES, remember to add a comment in the Revision History section of the doc, but I'm looking for a solution/method that will also track all changes, not just show Last Updated By, a few vague revision comments and markup showing changes since last approval.
Am I going to have to wait until we convert everything into wiki, or is there an interim solution?
(note: suggestions that involve "stop using microsoft" are probably going to be rather valueless.)
Environment is Windows XP with MS Word 2002 and 2007. (I've not yet upgraded to 2007, but eventually we all will.)
Most folks in the office barely manage to turn on Track Changes, and almost nobody has their user info set correctly to track authors when they do. This is correctable with training, I know. They also, SOMETIMES, remember to add a comment in the Revision History section of the doc, but I'm looking for a solution/method that will also track all changes, not just show Last Updated By, a few vague revision comments and markup showing changes since last approval.
Am I going to have to wait until we convert everything into wiki, or is there an interim solution?
(note: suggestions that involve "stop using microsoft" are probably going to be rather valueless.)