Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: MS raised prices so people will now start renting their office products instead

I have had a number of occasions recently to do
multi-person collaboration usually live during a conference call, and I
have to say that if you want to do that Google Docs is the tool of choice
and MSO doesn't come up to the mark.

On 3 October 2012 21:24, Jay Lozier <jslozier@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/03/2012 02:23 PM, Doug wrote:
> > On 10/03/2012 01:20 PM, Jay Lozier wrote:
> >
> > /snip/
> > > One commenter noted that most SOHO users do not need the
> > > collaboration features in MSO (or any office suite). Also, I am not
> > > sure that many of the collaboration features are used extensively in
> > > large organizations.sides.
> > I guess I don't understand something here. Almost 20 years ago, I
> > wrote user manuals for equipment I designed, and had the software
> > engineer modify them as required for the user programming
> > requirements. (This was for burglar-alarm systems.)  there was no problem
> > using the MS software that existed then--it would mark modifications
> > with red underlines or something similar.  I'd just send the copy over
> > the network to my software person, and she would do whatever was
> > necessary, and send the copy back for me to check it and release it.
> > No special "collaboration" software, but we certainly collaborated.
> > What's the big deal?
> >
> > --doug (Retired RF Engineer)
>
> Doug,
>
> MSO has some tools designed for real-time collaborative document
> production that allow distributed groups to work on the same document
> and track each person's edits, etc. I have not used these features;
> primarily because I never needed to use them. Thus I do not know how
> well they work. The implicit assumption is that all users can have
> simultaneous access to the same document version.
>
> Some the editing features such as track all changes are sometimes useful
> for a large document. What you are describing is not what MS is trying
> to push. Often what is needed for collaboration is what you are
> describing: create, edit, revise, (edit, revise), release.
>
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> Jay Lozier
> jslozier@gmail.com
>
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