Better diff tool that change bars?

[jopakent at comcast.net]

I generally do what Steve suggests. I run the compare utility on the old book versus the new book. Then I collect all of the newly created files (file1cmp.fm, file2cmp.fm, etc.) and create a new book with them. I use the existing graphics, TOC, and index files and then PDF the whole mess for the reviewers.

Works pretty well, although sometimes there are a lot of phantom changes caused by name changes to linked graphics and the like. I've developed some search techniques that show the change bars, insert, and delete conditions and when my reviewers want a "better" road map of the actual changes, I to that extra scrubbing as well.

Regards

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J. Paul Kent
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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Steve Rickaby <srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk>
> At 11:35 -0400 18/4/07, Molly Keegan wrote:
> >
> >I am wondering how others keep track of changes made to their books.  I am
> >the only technical writer at my company, and we have a rigorous system of
> >reviews such that people are looking at the manuals who don't edit/read them
> >regularly.  Those engineers who have been doing reviews on the manuals have
> >complained about not having a good diff tool for Frame.  They don't seem
> >satisfied with the tools available within Frame.  What do the rest of you
> >do?  Thanks!
> 
> Use the diff tool in Frame ;-) (File -> Utilities -> Compare documents)
> 
> -- 
> Steve
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