Best Practices for editing

[Jacque...@adobeforums.com]

I have a large document (college course catalog) that I need to produce. I have a previous version in publisher. I need to have various individuals edit specific sections of the catalog. I am wondering if anybody has any suggestions on the best way to do this. I have Adobe CS4 and plan on producing the new catalog using InDesign. I have the ability to use a share drive, website, email, or snail mail to deliver the files. Should i break it out by section, send via Word (tracking), and insert the sections in ID? Other ideas?

[michaelkazlow]

I would export to Word and import into ID. However to be truthful, you
are barking up the wrong program. For something as long as a college
course catalog, I would recommend FrameMaker. Its cross-referencing and
long document capabilities are unbeatable. With the combination of
Robohelp in the Technical Communications Suite, you could get a nice web
version of that catalog up and running and keep them in tandem.

Frame's conditional text features would made producing multiple catalogs
a snap. This would be helpful for example if you had several different
graduate catalogs for different divisions. I'd consider ID for a school
of graphics design, but for traditional colleges, I'd go with the TCS.

Mike

[David Creamer]

Check out PUB2ID from Markzware.com for converting Publisher documents to Indesign.

For the record, InDeisgn has conditional text and cross-referencing--it does not have all of Frame's long-document features, but it does have 90% of them. Plus, it handles tables created in Excel and graphics much better. However, you should certainly check the TCS.

[Tucu...@adobeforums.com]

Download some files,look and them,try to edit them.
Best practicing method ever!