what is the downside using Word's internal versioning feature?

aside from bloating the file, what is the downside of using Word's internal
versioning feature? and why would you use it?

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:54:47 -0800, marilyn315
wrote:

aside from bloating the file, what is the downside of using Word's internal
versioning feature? and why would you use it?

Its use has been one of the circumstances implicated in document
corruption. Others include the Fast Saves feature and the practice of
opening documents from removable media.
(http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm)

The Versions feature has been removed from Word 2007. The replacement
is the use of SharePoint Services, or just keeping different versions
in different files.

In short, I wouldn't use it.

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Jay Freedman
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Well, I really liked this feature. As a poet, I might have 45
progressive/experimental versions of an 8-line poem, and I might have 5 of
those versions out to 10 different poetry journals. Sometimes the differences
are as small as an added comma. I never stop tinkering. Each journal can take
6-18 months to respond, so it's very likely that I'll have messed around with
that poem before I hear back. If they accept it, they want the version they
saw, not my revisions. So it's very useful to be able to call up the version
I sent. And very, very messy to have 45 versions saved to my hard disk, one
for each magazine sent to. And also to have a subfolder for each of my 95
(and counting) 1-10 page poems.

Ditto my short stories and essays. I don't think SharePoint is a practical
solution for this, because no matter where I put them, I just don't want a
billion separate files.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:54:47 -0800, marilyn315
wrote:

aside from bloating the file, what is the downside of using Word's internal
versioning feature? and why would you use it?

Its use has been one of the circumstances implicated in document
corruption. Others include the Fast Saves feature and the practice of
opening documents from removable media.
(http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm)

The Versions feature has been removed from Word 2007. The replacement
is the use of SharePoint Services, or just keeping different versions
in different files.

In short, I wouldn't use it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

Hi Lioncaller,

You could, of course, save the document with a different filename for each version

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Cheers
macropod
[Microsoft MVP - Word]


"Lioncaller" wrote in message ...
Well, I really liked this feature. As a poet, I might have 45
progressive/experimental versions of an 8-line poem, and I might have 5 of
those versions out to 10 different poetry journals. Sometimes the differences
are as small as an added comma. I never stop tinkering. Each journal can take
6-18 months to respond, so it's very likely that I'll have messed around with
that poem before I hear back. If they accept it, they want the version they
saw, not my revisions. So it's very useful to be able to call up the version
I sent. And very, very messy to have 45 versions saved to my hard disk, one
for each magazine sent to. And also to have a subfolder for each of my 95
(and counting) 1-10 page poems.

Ditto my short stories and essays. I don't think SharePoint is a practical
solution for this, because no matter where I put them, I just don't want a
billion separate files.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:54:47 -0800, marilyn315
wrote:

aside from bloating the file, what is the downside of using Word's internal
versioning feature? and why would you use it?

Its use has been one of the circumstances implicated in document
corruption. Others include the Fast Saves feature and the practice of
opening documents from removable media.
(http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm)

The Versions feature has been removed from Word 2007. The replacement
is the use of SharePoint Services, or just keeping different versions
in different files.

In short, I wouldn't use it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

See http://www.gmayor.com/save_numbered_versions.htm and keep a note of
which version you send in a separate document (or if sending by e-mail note
the filename of the attachment).

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Lioncaller wrote:
Well, I really liked this feature. As a poet, I might have 45
progressive/experimental versions of an 8-line poem, and I might have
5 of those versions out to 10 different poetry journals. Sometimes
the differences are as small as an added comma. I never stop
tinkering. Each journal can take 6-18 months to respond, so it's very
likely that I'll have messed around with that poem before I hear
back. If they accept it, they want the version they saw, not my
revisions. So it's very useful to be able to call up the version I
sent. And very, very messy to have 45 versions saved to my hard disk,
one for each magazine sent to. And also to have a subfolder for each
of my 95 (and counting) 1-10 page poems.

Ditto my short stories and essays. I don't think SharePoint is a
practical solution for this, because no matter where I put them, I
just don't want a billion separate files.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:54:47 -0800, marilyn315
wrote:

aside from bloating the file, what is the downside of using Word's
internal versioning feature? and why would you use it?

Its use has been one of the circumstances implicated in document
corruption. Others include the Fast Saves feature and the practice of
opening documents from removable media.
(http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm)

The Versions feature has been removed from Word 2007. The replacement
is the use of SharePoint Services, or just keeping different versions
in different files.

In short, I wouldn't use it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

Or use the Comments field of the document Properties to record where a given
version has been sent.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
See http://www.gmayor.com/save_numbered_versions.htm and keep a note of
which version you send in a separate document (or if sending by e-mail
note the filename of the attachment).

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



Lioncaller wrote:
Well, I really liked this feature. As a poet, I might have 45
progressive/experimental versions of an 8-line poem, and I might have
5 of those versions out to 10 different poetry journals. Sometimes
the differences are as small as an added comma. I never stop
tinkering. Each journal can take 6-18 months to respond, so it's very
likely that I'll have messed around with that poem before I hear
back. If they accept it, they want the version they saw, not my
revisions. So it's very useful to be able to call up the version I
sent. And very, very messy to have 45 versions saved to my hard disk,
one for each magazine sent to. And also to have a subfolder for each
of my 95 (and counting) 1-10 page poems.

Ditto my short stories and essays. I don't think SharePoint is a
practical solution for this, because no matter where I put them, I
just don't want a billion separate files.

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 13:54:47 -0800, marilyn315
wrote:

aside from bloating the file, what is the downside of using Word's
internal versioning feature? and why would you use it?

Its use has been one of the circumstances implicated in document
corruption. Others include the Fast Saves feature and the practice of
opening documents from removable media.
(http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm)

The Versions feature has been removed from Word 2007. The replacement
is the use of SharePoint Services, or just keeping different versions
in different files.

In short, I wouldn't use it.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.