Guest jim Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 What is the easiest way to share documents among a small office (9 people) that forces check-out/check-in? We really need to be sure that only one person at a time is editing each document. Revision history and backups would be nice, but the biggest thing is ease-of-use. I'm not sure of this is something that you can do natively in Windows or if you need a special product to get this capability. If it has to be a product or add-on, something that integrated into Excel, Word and Windows Explorer would be great. Thanks!
Guest DanS Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Re: Simple document management? "jim" <jim@home.net> wrote in news:1wr9k.6466$NQ5.4154@bignews6.bellsouth.net: > What is the easiest way to share documents among a small office (9 > people) that forces check-out/check-in? We really need to be sure > that only one person at a time is editing each document. > > Revision history and backups would be nice, but the biggest thing is > ease-of-use. > > I'm not sure of this is something that you can do natively in Windows > or if you need a special product to get this capability. > > If it has to be a product or add-on, something that integrated into > Excel, Word and Windows Explorer would be great. > > Thanks! Did you search ? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen- US%3Aofficial&q=windows+document+management+%22check+in%22+out&btnG=Search or... http://preview.tinyurl.com/57mmkg http://tinyurl.com/57mmkg
Guest JS Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Re: Simple document management? What you are looking for is called "Version Control" or "Software Configuration Management" (SCM) applications. There are Open Source applications, Freeware, Low Cost and all the way up to very high cost software that may meet your needs. I personally am a member of CM Crossroads which is a site devoted to Version Control and SCM products and forums, of which I'm a member of Serena Dimensions. Since I've only used 'Dimensions' and 'CVS', I can't help you with for example Microsoft's Visual Source Safe. This can be a very complex and overwhelming subject, so I'll point you to a couple of sites to look at. List of revision control software: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_revision_control_software CM Crossroads: http://www.cmcrossroads.com/ CM Crossroads General Questions Forum (Register and post your question) http://www.cmcrossroads.com/component/option,com_fireboard/Itemid,593/func,showcat/catid,4/ CS-RCS: http://www.componentsoftware.com/Products/DocMan/index.htm JS "jim" <jim@home.net> wrote in message news:1wr9k.6466$NQ5.4154@bignews6.bellsouth.net... > What is the easiest way to share documents among a small office (9 people) > that forces check-out/check-in? We really need to be sure that only one > person at a time is editing each document. > > Revision history and backups would be nice, but the biggest thing is > ease-of-use. > > I'm not sure of this is something that you can do natively in Windows or > if you need a special product to get this capability. > > If it has to be a product or add-on, something that integrated into Excel, > Word and Windows Explorer would be great. > > Thanks! >
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