features that help multiple users edit the same file? "james" <nospam[ at ]nospam.com> 10/14/2008 10:29:11 AM What are the features in word to facilitate two people editing the same file, or version control? The file is on a shared folder on a peer-to-peer LAN. I'm using office 2007. I'm not looking for a tutorial. Even just a list of features/keyword would be nice so I can research those topics further. I found something about a "version" menuitem in the file menu but I cannot find that menuitem. Perhaps this is for an older version of word. So where did this feature move to?

Re: features that help multiple users edit the same file? "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell[ at ]msn.com> 10/14/2008 10:47:55 AM Track Changes, Compare and Merge are the bits you should look at. Your choice depends on which suits what you are doing and how you work. Versions were a feature of pre-2007 Word and were VERY buggy and to be avoided. Apart from anything else, file size really bloated and eventually the document would explode! -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "james" <nospam[ at ]nospam.com> wrote in message news:uibYmeeLJHA.5232[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > What are the features in word to facilitate two people editing the same > file, or version control? The file is on a shared folder on a peer-to-peer > LAN. > > I'm using office 2007. I'm not looking for a tutorial. Even just a list > of features/keyword would be nice so I can research those topics further. > > I found something about a "version" menuitem in the file menu but I cannot > find that menuitem. Perhaps this is for an older version of word. So where > did this feature move to?

Re: features that help multiple users edit the same file? "PamC via OfficeKB.com" <u43222[ at ]uwe> 10/14/2008 2:33:06 PM If—in addition to the Word features Terry mentioned—traceability and automatic version control is important, you might also want to look into document management systems such as SharePoint. PamC Terry Farrell wrote: [Quoted Text] >Track Changes, Compare and Merge are the bits you should look at. Your >choice depends on which suits what you are doing and how you work. > >Versions were a feature of pre-2007 Word and were VERY buggy and to be >avoided. Apart from anything else, file size really bloated and eventually >the document would explode! > >> What are the features in word to facilitate two people editing the same >> file, or version control? The file is on a shared folder on a peer-to-peer >[quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> find that menuitem. Perhaps this is for an older version of word. So where >> did this feature move to? -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/ms-word-general/200810/1