master pages and multiple revisions

[Alan Litchfield]

This is what I would be inclined to do, what Martin suggested. It  
strikes me as pointless having more master pages than the final  
document page count, when instead you can simply type the date the  
page was edited.

 From your post I think you want any edits on the page to be reflected  
in the date on which it was edited, not just edits to specific  
paragraph styles. Is it true that you want to have this function  
automated too?

What I would do that is different to what has been suggested is to  
manually add the date to the affected page and then cross reference  
that in the revision table cell. Of course then you would the problem  
that new content will extend the page count and the edit dates may  
refer to changes that were made to content that have subsequently  
moved on and no longer on that page. Which then raises another  
question, what constitutes a change to content?

Cheers
Alan

On 2/07/2008, at 5:37 AM, martin.smith at golehtek.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> An alternative would be to create a dedicated, named flow on the
> master page with auto-connect turned off. This would result in a text
> field on each page that you could use to enter the issue or revision
> date.
>
> However, some potential issues come to mind. Whether you use a master
> page or a text flow to track the dates, it is unlikely that the text
> will stay in sync with the master page. As you add new text to the
> document, the text will flow through as many pages as necessary to
> format the document.
>
> An alternative might be to auto-number your highest level headings and
> include a table in the front matter that tracks revisions to the major
> sections in the document.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Martin
>
> Quoting Deirdre Reagan <deirdre.reagan at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi All!
>>
>> FM 8.0, XP.
>>
>> I don't even know how to ask this question.
>>
>> Let's say you have a 50 page document, and each page has the date of
>> original issue on it. The date of original issue is a cross-reference
>> (I know, I know) on the master page.
>>
>> If you want to make changes to a document and you want the revision
>> date to appear only on the pages that have been revised, do you  
>> create
>> a new master page based on the old master page and change the  
>> original
>> cross-reference to a cross-reference to the revision date?
>>
>> I think that is what to do.
>>
>> If so, if we have a document that ends up in 12 revisions, then we
>> will have 13 sets of master pages (1 original and 12 revisions)?
>>
>> Is that correct? All those master pages are ok?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Deirdre
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