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how to show document changes

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LittleMissMaya (Programmer)

26 Apr 12 9:53

I have a revision history index page I will use to formally note any revisions for the rest of the team. I'm curious as to what others do - do you also put the "track changes" on the actual changes or highilight them some other way?

pmstudentdotcom (IS/IT--Management)

11 May 12 10:54

We store documentation in subversion for working docs. TortoiseSVN has a diff feature that generates a 'tracked changes' version.

Either way, I don't recommend having "track changes" on. It makes things confusing. You can always use the compare feature in Word to generate your own diff between two versions of the same word document.

Josh Nankivel
pmStudent.com

LittleMissMaya (Programmer)

17 May 12 11:38

call me stupid but I didn't realize Word had that compare feature. That is much better - thank you!

johnherman (MIS)

21 May 12 11:06

I also keep a revision history log in the front of the document. The revision history notes the sections and major changes and the date they were done. Sometimes the reason they were done. Here's a sample below.
Version 1.6 08/28/2008 Changes for consistency with PPM
Version 1.7 12/10/2008 Modify section 5.5 adding Production Database Changes
Version 2.0 2/9/2009 Modify for changes in procedures required by Dimensions (Starbase replacement) in Section 5.
Version 2.01 2/10/2009 Clarifications in verbiage for Section 5
Version 2.10 3/11/2009 Clarify section 5.2, add and change reviewers and approvers, add disclaimer for PLCS UAT Process
Version 3.0 7/23/2010 Changes in section 5.4 to reflect changes in Testing process. Changes to reflect ITSM rather than HEAT in section 5.5, changed CCR to RFC in many places, changed reviewers and approvers in Appendix D

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