Date: March 4th 2010

On 04/03/2010 2:03 PM, Seonaid Welch wrote:
>
> Hi Framers,
> Short version:
> Does anyone know of a way to track new changes separately from existing
> change bars in a Frame document?
> Long version:
> We have a situation where we need to track multiple in-house revisions
> of a manual separately. We started from a customer’s existing
> documentation and are charging them per changed page, based on whether
> the page has major or minor changes. BUT, we deliver a preliminary
> release partway through writing, so that the customer can get their
> project certified. At this point, change bars let our QC department know
> what parts of the document to check. Before releasing to the customer,
> these change bars are cleared, so that it’s a clean copy for the
> customer AND so that when the Rev. A comes through the QC department,
> they only have to check the Rev. A changes.
> We can save a copy at initial release, clear the change bars on that
> copy, and send the clean copy to the customer, then continue making
> changes in the original files, and that would consolidate all the change
> bars in one file. But then QC doesn’t know which changes they have
> already checked at the initial release and which are new to the Rev. A.
> Problem:
> We are billing based on the TOTAL changes made from the customer’s
> original, both in our initial release and in our Rev. A, but for QC
> purposes we need to visually separate the change bars made at initial
> release from those made in subsequent revisions. Does anyone know of a
> way to visually separate different iterations of change bars like this?
> Or have ideas of a different way to get the same effect?
> Thanks,
> Seonaid


Would it be possible to clear the change bars before each revision for
QC purposes, and use the Compare Documents feature for billing purposes?

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