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{{a|work|}}{{quote|“Track changes<ref>Well, | {{a|work|}}{{quote|“Track changes<ref>Well, “comparison”, technically, but he ''meant'' track changes.</ref> is the thief of joy.” | ||
:— Theodore Logan Roosevelt}} | :— Theodore S. Logan Roosevelt}} | ||
[[ | One bit of [[legaltech]] that [[legal eagles]] never had trouble adopting was document comparison software. Over the years this kit has gone by different names: Americans call it “redline”, Brits “[[blackline]]” — we think this is a function of relative printer sophistication either side of the Atlantic — and by reference various proprietary brands: Comparite, DeltaView, Change-pro and [[Microsoft Word]]’s built in function, “Track Changes” — but all do the same job to some degree of proficiency: comparing two versions of the same bit of text and “[[Mark-up|marking them up]]”. | ||
They may be awful at formatting in [[Microsoft Word]], and they may totally misunderstand SharePoint and email filing, but lawyers ''lurve'' track changes. They ''pine'' for track changes whenever using applications, like [[PowerPoint]], that don’t offer it. | |||
They wish you could track changes on [[email]]s and text messages, and will take some pains to replicate track changes by formatting in {{strike|red strikethrough and |blue underlining}}. | |||
Here is an extract from [[Hunter Barkley]]’s forthcoming [[Opco Boone]] novella, {{br|Deltaview Force: An Opco Boone Adventure}}: | |||
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[[Opco Boone|Boone]] fixed [[A.J. Paul|A.J.]] with a hard stare. “All right, kid, in you go. Let’s throw a [[redline]] around the immediate area.” | |||
A.J. followed up with a static-mount diff-sensor. He rookie unclipped the stabilisers and set the unit on the floor. He punched in the coordinates and it emitted a sheet of red light. | |||
''Okay, everyone hold still now.'' | |||
The diff-sensor swept for semantic content. A.J. watched the display. The hourglass flipped. It flipped again. After a few moments it rendered: ''zeroes across the board''. | |||
“We’re clean, sir. No material alterations. The text-field is Delta-1 as we left it.” | |||
Boone looked concerned. “Odd. To what significance?” | |||
“To one decimal place, Commander.” | |||
“Okay. Run it to three, soldier.” | |||
The kid re-ran the analytics. The diff binoc whistled and beeped. | |||
A.J. shrugged. “Point nine-nine-seven. As good as clean, sir. You could eat your dinner off that.” | |||
''As good as'' clean, but ''not'' clean. ''Interesting''. “Recalibrate it, lad. Let’s go find those missing diffs.”}} | |||
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{{sa}} | {{sa}} | ||
*[[Opco Boone]] | |||
*[[Blob]] | |||
*[[Microsoft Word]] | *[[Microsoft Word]] | ||
*[[Microsoft Office]] | *[[Microsoft Office]] | ||
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