Comments on: Manually Merging Documents Considered an Acceptable Form of Torture? http://blog.lugiron.com/2009/04/manually-merging-documents-considered-torture/ Social Media Analytics Done Right Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:30:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ hourly 1 By: gdusing http://blog.lugiron.com/2009/04/manually-merging-documents-considered-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-211 gdusing Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:12:58 +0000 http://blog.lugiron.com/?p=12#comment-211 You're right, merging more than a couple documents manually should be forbidden by the human rights court. I had to do this with the company's <a rel="follow" href="http://agreements.realdealdocs.com/Supply-Agreement/" rel="nofollow">supplier agreements</a> last week and I thought I would go crazy. You're right, merging more than a couple documents manually should be forbidden by the human rights court. I had to do this with the company's supplier agreements last week and I thought I would go crazy.

]]> By: jspira http://blog.lugiron.com/2009/04/manually-merging-documents-considered-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-177 jspira Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:20:39 +0000 http://blog.lugiron.com/?p=12#comment-177 Excellent description of what is a very costly and painful problem.<br><br>We recently wrote about one solution to this problem, TextFlow<br><br>The research brief is available at <a href="http://www.basexblog.com/2009/05/27/in-the-briefing-room-nordic-river-textflow/" rel="nofollow">http://www.basexblog.com/2009/05/27/in-the-brie...</a> Excellent description of what is a very costly and painful problem.

We recently wrote about one solution to this problem, TextFlow

The research brief is available at http://www.basexblog.com/2009/05/27/in-the-brie...

]]> By: jspira http://blog.lugiron.com/2009/04/manually-merging-documents-considered-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-148 jspira Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:20:39 +0000 http://blog.lugiron.com/?p=12#comment-148 Excellent description of what is a very costly and painful problem.<br><br>We recently wrote about one solution to this problem, TextFlow<br><br>The research brief is available at <a href="http://www.basexblog.com/2009/05/27/in-the-briefing-room-nordic-river-textflow/" rel="nofollow">http://www.basexblog.com/2009/05/27/in-the-brie...</a> Excellent description of what is a very costly and painful problem.

We recently wrote about one solution to this problem, TextFlow

The research brief is available at http://www.basexblog.com/2009/05/27/in-the-brie...

]]> By: s93jso http://blog.lugiron.com/2009/04/manually-merging-documents-considered-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-142 s93jso Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:38:19 +0000 http://blog.lugiron.com/?p=12#comment-142 Hi,<br><br>Thanks for grate article describing a known pain. We decided to do something about this, in order to make the world a better place, based on your recommendations.<br><br><a href="http://www.compareMyDocs.com" rel="nofollow">www.compareMyDocs.com</a> Hi,

Thanks for grate article describing a known pain. We decided to do something about this, in order to make the world a better place, based on your recommendations.

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]]> By: Dave http://blog.lugiron.com/2009/04/manually-merging-documents-considered-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Dave Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:15:55 +0000 http://blog.lugiron.com/?p=12#comment-136 I am a software engineer scanning the web for solutions to 'revision control' or 'content management' of clinical trial documents (Word and PDF docs). I was impressed with the clear description of the document merge issue on this page. Thanks!<br><br>I would say the software community has been inept and late at addressing this important user workflow (i.e., document diff'ing and merging). I have tried no solutions as yet, but software engineers are generally pretty knowledgeable about revision control (branching, merging, revisioning, diff'ing, etc)... of our plain text source files. As others have noted, Google Docs aims to solve the problem described here for office documents. I imagine it works great for some (though the UI might be less responsive than a desktop application like Word, I haven't used Google Docs yet). How good is Google Docs at merging (or does it prevent parallel editing)? Also, I'm not sure if everyone can place their docs on the web due to security concerns (real or imagined). I did find the following which might be another option (again, haven't tried it). This seems to be a desktop application solution. Looks decent in a quick review of their website.<br><br>Revision Control Software for Microsoft Word Documents<br><a href="http://www.workshare.com/go/revision-control.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.workshare.com/go/revision-control.aspx</a><br><br>I don't work for any of the aforementioned companies and haven't used any of their products…yet. Cheers. I am a software engineer scanning the web for solutions to 'revision control' or 'content management' of clinical trial documents (Word and PDF docs). I was impressed with the clear description of the document merge issue on this page. Thanks!

I would say the software community has been inept and late at addressing this important user workflow (i.e., document diff'ing and merging). I have tried no solutions as yet, but software engineers are generally pretty knowledgeable about revision control (branching, merging, revisioning, diff'ing, etc)… of our plain text source files. As others have noted, Google Docs aims to solve the problem described here for office documents. I imagine it works great for some (though the UI might be less responsive than a desktop application like Word, I haven't used Google Docs yet). How good is Google Docs at merging (or does it prevent parallel editing)? Also, I'm not sure if everyone can place their docs on the web due to security concerns (real or imagined). I did find the following which might be another option (again, haven't tried it). This seems to be a desktop application solution. Looks decent in a quick review of their website.

Revision Control Software for Microsoft Word Documents
http://www.workshare.com/go/revision-control.aspx

I don't work for any of the aforementioned companies and haven't used any of their products…yet. Cheers.

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]]> By: marascio http://blog.lugiron.com/2009/04/manually-merging-documents-considered-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-11 marascio Sat, 02 May 2009 13:57:39 +0000 http://blog.lugiron.com/?p=12#comment-11 Thanks Philip. You're spot on that the Excel problem makes merging with Word look like a cake walk. Thanks Philip. You're spot on that the Excel problem makes merging with Word look like a cake walk.

]]> By: Philip Bernick http://blog.lugiron.com/2009/04/manually-merging-documents-considered-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Philip Bernick Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:39:53 +0000 http://blog.lugiron.com/?p=12#comment-9 Great suggestions--establishing roles, goals and responsibility for document projects is always beneficial. Commented some on tools here: <a href="http://brain.brainery.net/mcblog/?p=348#comments" rel="nofollow">http://brain.brainery.net/mcblog/?p=348#comments</a>. Of course, the merge problem isn't as big a problem using Word as it is using Excel.<br><br>Thanks! Great suggestions–establishing roles, goals and responsibility for document projects is always beneficial. Commented some on tools here: http://brain.brainery.net/mcblog/?p=348#comments. Of course, the merge problem isn't as big a problem using Word as it is using Excel.

Thanks!

]]> By: marascio http://blog.lugiron.com/2009/04/manually-merging-documents-considered-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-8 marascio Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:11:06 +0000 http://blog.lugiron.com/?p=12#comment-8 Absolutely. I love Google Docs, but have found it very hard to use it for anything more than the most basic of document, especially long ones. It sounds like it works great for you, thanks for sharing! Absolutely. I love Google Docs, but have found it very hard to use it for anything more than the most basic of document, especially long ones. It sounds like it works great for you, thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Another James http://blog.lugiron.com/2009/04/manually-merging-documents-considered-torture/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Another James Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:54:04 +0000 http://blog.lugiron.com/?p=12#comment-7 Google Docs saves me now. Just yesterday we had four people making changes to a press release in a 6 hour period of time with over 100 tweaks and changes.<br><br>We had 2 meetings to see how things were going and nobody asked who has the current doc. Nice. <br><br>Two years and I have not had to play document tennis since I demand the doc be edited online or else they find someone else. Google Docs saves me now. Just yesterday we had four people making changes to a press release in a 6 hour period of time with over 100 tweaks and changes.

We had 2 meetings to see how things were going and nobody asked who has the current doc. Nice.

Two years and I have not had to play document tennis since I demand the doc be edited online or else they find someone else.

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