Word collaborations - supported versions

Hi,

Not sure if this is the right group for this, but docmanagement seems a
close match for collaboration features. If this is the wrong forum, please
let me know where I should be posting.

I have a half dozen users with Word 2000. They need to produce and share
some large documents which get reviewed/commented upon by a large number of
users from around the business.

The business has Sharepoint (the old version, not WSS though an upgrade may
be a possibility).

It *might* be possible to convince the business to allow the half dozen
document owners to upgrade to Word XP (or possibly 2003), but not the
reviewers (who are on Word 2000)

I would like to know what the best approach to this task is given the
software versions in place/possible upgrades. The demos of document
workspaces in Word 03/WSS look great but are clearly not an option as Word
2000 is not supported.

Does Word 2000 support inline discussions (via Sharepoint?) in Word
documents? If so this may be a good route to take.

Alternatively, can Word XP or 03 handle merging multiple review documents
(Word 2K could only sensibly handle merging two documents, it really could
not cope with getting documents from 3 or 4 people and combining them into
one where all the changes/comments were visible).

Many thanks

Paul

G'day "Paul" ,

Word 2k does not support these new features at all. Best you can do is
place it on a network share.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
Want a hyperlinked index? S/W R&D? See WordHeretic.com

steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment)


Paul reckoned:

Hi,

Not sure if this is the right group for this, but docmanagement seems a
close match for collaboration features. If this is the wrong forum, please
let me know where I should be posting.

I have a half dozen users with Word 2000. They need to produce and share
some large documents which get reviewed/commented upon by a large number of
users from around the business.

The business has Sharepoint (the old version, not WSS though an upgrade may
be a possibility).

It *might* be possible to convince the business to allow the half dozen
document owners to upgrade to Word XP (or possibly 2003), but not the
reviewers (who are on Word 2000)

I would like to know what the best approach to this task is given the
software versions in place/possible upgrades. The demos of document
workspaces in Word 03/WSS look great but are clearly not an option as Word
2000 is not supported.

Does Word 2000 support inline discussions (via Sharepoint?) in Word
documents? If so this may be a good route to take.

Alternatively, can Word XP or 03 handle merging multiple review documents
(Word 2K could only sensibly handle merging two documents, it really could
not cope with getting documents from 3 or 4 people and combining them into
one where all the changes/comments were visible).

Many thanks

Paul

Hi,

Thanks for your thoughts.

I have done some more investigating and I think I will recommend.

1. Set up Sharepoint document discussion server and place html version of
document on there so that reviewers can comment and see each others views
more quickly via IE.

Suggest that the editors either

2a. Break the documents into subdocuments allowing two editors to work on
two different chapters of the same document at the same time.

2b Have the editors work on copies of the same document and then merge them
(though I think that will be more messy).

2c. Upgrade to Word 2003 and set up a document workspace allowing true
simultaneous editing of the same document (if the IT dept can be persuaded).

Cheers

Paul



"Word Heretic" wrote in message
...
G'day "Paul" ,

Word 2k does not support these new features at all. Best you can do is
place it on a network share.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
Want a hyperlinked index? S/W R&D? See WordHeretic.com

steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment)


Paul reckoned:

Hi,

Not sure if this is the right group for this, but docmanagement seems a
close match for collaboration features. If this is the wrong forum,
please
let me know where I should be posting.

I have a half dozen users with Word 2000. They need to produce and share
some large documents which get reviewed/commented upon by a large number
of
users from around the business.

The business has Sharepoint (the old version, not WSS though an upgrade
may
be a possibility).

It *might* be possible to convince the business to allow the half dozen
document owners to upgrade to Word XP (or possibly 2003), but not the
reviewers (who are on Word 2000)

I would like to know what the best approach to this task is given the
software versions in place/possible upgrades. The demos of document
workspaces in Word 03/WSS look great but are clearly not an option as
Word
2000 is not supported.

Does Word 2000 support inline discussions (via Sharepoint?) in Word
documents? If so this may be a good route to take.

Alternatively, can Word XP or 03 handle merging multiple review documents
(Word 2K could only sensibly handle merging two documents, it really
could
not cope with getting documents from 3 or 4 people and combining them
into
one where all the changes/comments were visible).

Many thanks

Paul

visit www.digite.com
this will do what you asked for and more.
send email to for demo.
Great for complex and distributed projects and managent of documents
with workflow etc.
Word Heretic wrote in message . ..
G'day "Paul" ,

Word 2k does not support these new features at all. Best you can do is
place it on a network share.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
Want a hyperlinked index? S/W R&D? See WordHeretic.com

steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment)


Paul reckoned:

Hi,

Not sure if this is the right group for this, but docmanagement seems a
close match for collaboration features. If this is the wrong forum, please
let me know where I should be posting.

I have a half dozen users with Word 2000. They need to produce and share
some large documents which get reviewed/commented upon by a large number of
users from around the business.

The business has Sharepoint (the old version, not WSS though an upgrade may
be a possibility).

It *might* be possible to convince the business to allow the half dozen
document owners to upgrade to Word XP (or possibly 2003), but not the
reviewers (who are on Word 2000)

I would like to know what the best approach to this task is given the
software versions in place/possible upgrades. The demos of document
workspaces in Word 03/WSS look great but are clearly not an option as Word
2000 is not supported.

Does Word 2000 support inline discussions (via Sharepoint?) in Word
documents? If so this may be a good route to take.

Alternatively, can Word XP or 03 handle merging multiple review documents
(Word 2K could only sensibly handle merging two documents, it really could
not cope with getting documents from 3 or 4 people and combining them into
one where all the changes/comments were visible).

Many thanks

Paul

Thanks,

I took a look, but from the demo (View Demo on the website) this does not
appear to be what I am after and is something of a 'hammer to crack a nut)
in this scenario.

What I need is.

1. Many reviewers can read document and comment upon it, preferably seeing
comments already made others. The comments should be easily collated into
one place so that document editors can see what needs to change.

2. Multiple document editors can work on the *Word* document at the same
time making changes based on the comments of reviewers. The editors will
probably have Word2k.

Solution needs to be quick and simple for non-IT folk and involve minimal
input from IT department.

I'm pretty confident that putting an html version of the document on a
discussion server (they have sharepoint already) and breaking the larger
documents into sub-documents will be an acceptable solution involving
minimal training.

"randi smith" wrote in message
om...
visit www.digite.com
this will do what you asked for and more.
send email to for demo.
Great for complex and distributed projects and managent of documents
with workflow etc.
Word Heretic wrote in message
. ..
G'day "Paul" ,

Word 2k does not support these new features at all. Best you can do is
place it on a network share.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
Want a hyperlinked index? S/W R&D? See WordHeretic.com

steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment)


Paul reckoned:

Hi,

Not sure if this is the right group for this, but docmanagement seems a
close match for collaboration features. If this is the wrong forum,
please
let me know where I should be posting.

I have a half dozen users with Word 2000. They need to produce and
share
some large documents which get reviewed/commented upon by a large
number of
users from around the business.

The business has Sharepoint (the old version, not WSS though an upgrade
may
be a possibility).

It *might* be possible to convince the business to allow the half dozen
document owners to upgrade to Word XP (or possibly 2003), but not the
reviewers (who are on Word 2000)

I would like to know what the best approach to this task is given the
software versions in place/possible upgrades. The demos of document
workspaces in Word 03/WSS look great but are clearly not an option as
Word
2000 is not supported.

Does Word 2000 support inline discussions (via Sharepoint?) in Word
documents? If so this may be a good route to take.

Alternatively, can Word XP or 03 handle merging multiple review
documents
(Word 2K could only sensibly handle merging two documents, it really
could
not cope with getting documents from 3 or 4 people and combining them
into
one where all the changes/comments were visible).

Many thanks

Paul

G'day "Paul" ,

Sounds pretty damn reasonable to me mate.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
Want a hyperlinked index? S/W R&D? See WordHeretic.com

steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment)


Paul reckoned:

Thanks,

I took a look, but from the demo (View Demo on the website) this does not
appear to be what I am after and is something of a 'hammer to crack a nut)
in this scenario.

What I need is.

1. Many reviewers can read document and comment upon it, preferably seeing
comments already made others. The comments should be easily collated into
one place so that document editors can see what needs to change.

2. Multiple document editors can work on the *Word* document at the same
time making changes based on the comments of reviewers. The editors will
probably have Word2k.

Solution needs to be quick and simple for non-IT folk and involve minimal
input from IT department.

I'm pretty confident that putting an html version of the document on a
discussion server (they have sharepoint already) and breaking the larger
documents into sub-documents will be an acceptable solution involving
minimal training.

"randi smith" wrote in message
. com...
visit www.digite.com
this will do what you asked for and more.
send email to for demo.
Great for complex and distributed projects and managent of documents
with workflow etc.
Word Heretic wrote in message
...
G'day "Paul" ,

Word 2k does not support these new features at all. Best you can do is
place it on a network share.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
Want a hyperlinked index? S/W R&D? See WordHeretic.com

steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment)


Paul reckoned:

Hi,

Not sure if this is the right group for this, but docmanagement seems a
close match for collaboration features. If this is the wrong forum,
please
let me know where I should be posting.

I have a half dozen users with Word 2000. They need to produce and
share
some large documents which get reviewed/commented upon by a large
number of
users from around the business.

The business has Sharepoint (the old version, not WSS though an upgrade
may
be a possibility).

It *might* be possible to convince the business to allow the half dozen
document owners to upgrade to Word XP (or possibly 2003), but not the
reviewers (who are on Word 2000)

I would like to know what the best approach to this task is given the
software versions in place/possible upgrades. The demos of document
workspaces in Word 03/WSS look great but are clearly not an option as
Word
2000 is not supported.

Does Word 2000 support inline discussions (via Sharepoint?) in Word
documents? If so this may be a good route to take.

Alternatively, can Word XP or 03 handle merging multiple review
documents
(Word 2K could only sensibly handle merging two documents, it really
could
not cope with getting documents from 3 or 4 people and combining them
into
one where all the changes/comments were visible).

Many thanks

Paul