[Framers] Fwd: Managing Versions of documentation simultaneously

[Caroline Tabach]

Caroline Tabach

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From: Caroline Tabach <caroline.tabach at gmail.com>
‪Date: יום ג׳, 1 במאי 2018, 16:23‬
Subject: Managing Versions of documentation simultaneously
To: techshoret at yahoogroups.com <techshoret at yahoogroups.com>


Hi

I have been asked what SW writing tool can manage versions.

At first I thought "version control" like you have in Software, but I found
they meant maintaining multiple versions of the User guides at the same
time.

For instance, even when SW version 4 is released we will still have to
update and maintain SW version 3, as features are added and developed.

Some things in these versions are totally different, and some are the same
and need to be updated in the same way in both guides.

I was asked if there is a magic writing tool that does this.

I think we could use conditional text in FrameMaker to do this, but in the
end it is the writer who must set it up and manage it.

Do other people encounter this scenario?
What do you do?

Any input or ideas?

thanks

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Caroline Tabach
Technical/Marcom Writer
e-mail: caroline.tabach at gmail.com