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[QUOTE="jedishrfu, post: 6355986, member: 376845"] We used Lotus Notes (now called HCL Domino) at work. Notes allowed you to collaborate with email and maintain shared documents that could be edited by whoever had permission. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HCL_Domino[/URL] The problem is in the organization of documents because after awhile you collect so many that you can get lost in the mix. Document management then becomes an issue determining which are active/valid and which have been obsoleted. ISO9000 was an attempt to create an organized set of documents on company/lab procedures that were reviewed and updated annually. If followed it might manage the organizational mess but people hated the process in general as yet one more thing that had to be done. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_9000[/URL] Another approach is to use a source code management system like GitLab where you can create projects for code and docs and you can create wiki pages. Everything will have tracking so you know who edited what document, when they did it, and if provided why they did it. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitLab[/URL] One nice feature of GitLab is the use of markdown format for documents. Markdown is a simple formatting scheme that can be updated using any ASCII text editor (vi, emacs, notepad...). This means that you aren't dependent on any particular word processor. It also means that your formatting choices are more limited and so you have consistent looking documentation. There are several major word processors: MS Word, MacOS Pages, Open Office, and Libre Office People will use their personal favorite unless forced to use the corporate chosen one in creating their documents. While you can use one word processor to import another word processor's document, it doesn't always work out well as formatting can be broken in the switch and hard to fix later on. [/QUOTE]
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