MadCap Flare needs something like this (collaboration)

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sdcinvan
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MadCap Flare needs something like this (collaboration)

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FYI

Somewhat off-topic but I am framing this as something that Flare really needs!

I just discovered this remarkable InDesign <> Google Docs collaboration tool called DocsFlow (http://emsoftware.com/products/docsflow/).

This tool facilitates two-way collaboration between Google Docs and InDesign. I use Google Docs for building all my draft documents, that way SMEs can review and edit in real-time, from anywhere and on any computer. Once the draft is complete, I must go through the slow manual effort of copy and pasting the gDOCs content into the appropriate publishing application (mostly InDesign and Flare). It becomes especially tedious when I am updating a document and I need to determine what changed... and worse, when I am unsure which content is newer Flare/InDesign or gDOCs. :?

Now, I may have solved my problems with InDesign by using DocsFlow. Unfortunately, fixing the InDesign collaboration challenges only represents about 20% of my writing work. A bulk of my effort goes into Flare documentation. :cry:

Hope someone finds this useful.

Shawn
Shawn in Vancouver, Canada
Main tools used: Flare 11.x, InDesign, Google Docs, Lectora, Captivate.
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