{"id":42,"date":"2008-10-01T04:48:15","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T18:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.plutext.org\/blog\/?p=42"},"modified":"2009-02-27T07:17:20","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T21:17:20","slug":"collaboration-in-word-ready-for-alpha-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.docx4java.org\/blog\/2008\/10\/collaboration-in-word-ready-for-alpha-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaboration in Word &#8211; ready for alpha testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plutext enables everyone on your team to make changes in Word, at the same time (ie it lets you collaborate just as you can in Google Docs, but in your familiar Word environment, with formatting, change tracking etc).<\/p>\n<p>Here is a short screencast of <strong>the gist<\/strong> of it:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/screencasts\/quick-demo.flv\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/screencasts\/quick-demo-single.png\" alt=\"Screencast\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/a><br \/><small>Flash (.flv) screencast; download to play it in VLC or similar.<\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you are working on <strong>legal documents, government reports<\/strong>, or other formal deliverables you&#8217;ll probably want to make the process more structured. \u00a0Here is\u00a0an excerpt from an old screencast showing our features for <strong>lawyers <\/strong>and others requiring <strong>accountability<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/screencasts\/plutext-legal-partB.flv\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/screencasts\/plutext-legal-partB.jpeg\" alt=\"Screencast\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/a><br \/><small>Flash (.flv) screencast; download to play it in VLC or similar.<\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you want to give it a try, the easiest way to try it out is to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dev.plutext.org\/downloads\/setup.exe\">download our Word 2007 add-in<\/a><\/strong>, then fire up Word and login to the &#8220;public0902&#8221; group with these &#8220;tester&#8221; settings (on Word&#8217;s review ribbon, click our &#8220;File&#8221; button, then Settings), using password &#8220;tester&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dev.plutext.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/settings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-52\" title=\"settings\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.plutext.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/settings-300x228.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.docx4java.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/settings-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/www.docx4java.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/settings.png 477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nClick to enlarge<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">then open an existing document (from the Plutext &#8220;File&#8221; button on the Review ribbon).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can get a colleague to work with you on a document. Or you can simulate collaboration simply by opening the document twice on your PC (which is what I&#8217;ve done in the screencasts above).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Right now, you need Word 2007. \u00a0Next week, we&#8217;ll release an updated build of our cross-platform client which you can try.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This video shows you how to <strong>add your own document<\/strong> to the public space (or your private space):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/screencasts\/plutext-document-setup.flv\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/screencasts\/plutext-document-setup.jpeg\" alt=\"Screencast\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\" \/><\/a><br \/><small>Flash (.flv) screencast; download to play it in VLC or similar.<\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">But be careful<\/span>, anyone else can see the documents if you just use the &#8220;public&#8221; group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you&#8217;d like a little privacy, you can <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/alpha.plutext.org\/alfresco\/register.html\">setup a\u00a0space of your own<\/a><\/strong> on our test server.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d love to know what you think, either in the comments, or our forums, or privately (jason@plutext.org).<\/p>\n<p>Please report <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dev.plutext.org\/trac\/plutext-client-word2007\/newticket\">problems with the Word add-in<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dev.plutext.org\/trac\/plutext-client-word2007\/newticket\"> here<\/a>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dev.plutext.org\/trac\/plutext-server\/newticket\">server problems here<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0Thanks.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, there are a few limitations in this alpha, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the Audit function doesn&#8217;t like bookmarks<\/li>\n<li>adding an image won&#8217;t work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, if you want to uninstall the Word add-in, you can do this from Window&#8217;s add\/remove programs in the usual way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plutext enables everyone on your team to make changes in Word, at the same time (ie it lets you collaborate just as you can in Google Docs, but in your familiar Word environment, with formatting, change tracking etc). 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