Online client review with track changes

[divinewrite]

Hi everyone,

I'm a copywriter who usually manages multiple jobs/clients at once. I use
Word (2002) to write my copy, and I've always sent copy for review via email
(i.e. email the Word file with Track Changes turned on).

I'm looking for a better way. With increases in spam, my emails are getting
caught in spam filters more often, and clients aren't receiving their
reviews. Also, using my existing process, I have to version files manually
using different filenames.

I've been looking around for document management / review systems, but
nothing really seems to handle both online document review (inc Track
Changes) and document management / versioning.

It'd also be very nice if I could find a product that had some client and
project tracking capability.

I've seen quite a few different options, including:
- SharePoint (overkill)
- Huddle (too primitive)
- Please Review (seems the best, but expensive considering it doesn't offer
any real project management functionality)
- ACT by SAGE (overkill, clunky and no online doc review)
- FileMaker (I'm having trouble getting my head around how this works, but
I suspect it COULD do everything I want, if I could just figure it out!)
- Basecamp (too primitive, and no support of Track Changes)
- QuickTopic Quick Doc Review (didn't seem to do the job, I think it was
too primitive)
- A-nnotate (too primitive and no support of Track Changes)
- Hyperoffice (too primitive and no support of Track Changes)
- I've even looked at a few ERP systems, but they're overkill too.

Anyone done any research on this and found a solution?

Any guidance would be much appreciated.

Cheers.

Glenn Murray
Divine Write Copywriting

 

[Jules]

Then this should be JUST RIGHT! I find it better than sending attachments to
emails and it copes with 276 page Word docs - visit the link below:

http://workspace.officelive.com/?lc=1033&cloc=en-AU

Hope this helps

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