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Thread ID: 65864	2006-02-02 19:16:00	Version control in word documents	Lizard (2409)	Press F1

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426426	2006-02-02 19:16:00	I write a lot of reports at work, and they get constantly edited and reviewed by both myself and management. I started to think that some form of version control in the footer (esp. for printed copies) would be useful for keeping track of documents for my records. I envisaged something very simple like starting with version 1.0, with the number incrementing by 0.1 every time the document was saved. I could manually adjust the number each time, but it's time consuming and could easily be overlooked. Is there an automated way to do this? Cheers Lizard	Lizard (2409)
426427	2006-02-02 21:05:00	There's a number of document management systems, but their price can be stellar. I've worked on / set up a few, but the price has been in the five or six figures. An easy way to manage a document is to create a network share, and insist everyone making changes save to a new file name, such as yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm filename.doc 2006-02-03 09-05 Acme magic paint.doc A Word macro could be created to automate this process.	kingdragonfly (309)
426428	2006-02-02 23:08:00	Have you looked at the Track Changes feature in Word's tools?	FoxyMX (5)
426429	2006-02-03 01:59:00	"version control" ...? I first gave Google "version control free windows". These systems might be a bit overkill., but maybe ... Then I thought a bit and tried "version control word". Guess what, It seems that there is some form of version control in Word2000, at least.	Graham L (2)
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