Posting a suggestion via the web interface of the newsgroup is the preferred
"wishlist" mechanism. (But I'll forward this along to one of my contacts so
Post by Dave JenkinsThat's not at all what most of us want, as I'm sure you've heard over and
over. In my particular case, I work with presenters to develop PPT
presentations; that process involves many rounds of editing, and it's often
desirable -- nay, a requirement -- to compare one version of a file with a
previous one to spot changes that would otherwise be easily missed.
The 2003 Compare and Merge functionality was actually quite useful in that
context, once one learned one's way around its use.
What's the *best* way to provide MS with feedback on this issue so that at
least one pair of actual human eyes will actually read it? Or does such a
communication channel really exist?
Thanks, Echo.
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Post by Echo SPersonally, I don't think it does. (Hence the sigh.)
Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (which is distinct from plain ol'
Sharepoint Server, apparently) offers the ability to create slide
libararies. If you're using PPT 2007 Enterprise, Pro Plus (both volume
license SKUs) or Ultimate (retail SKU), you can publish from within PPT to
the slide library and then opt to be notified if any changes to the slide
are made. I think it puts a pointer from the copy on your harddrive to the
slides that are saved in the slide libarary.
So then if someone else goes into the slide library and changes the slide,
you'll get a warning message next time you open the file on your harddrive
that says the slide on the library has been changed and do you want to
replace your slide with it. You don't have any way to compare the "before"
and "after" slides, though.
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Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
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Post by Dave JenkinsI don't know that much about Sharepoint functionality - how does it fulfill
the file compare requirement, especially as it pertains to PowerPoint?
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