I noticed they have an expensive business version and the free individual version, which I have used with clients for years. Now that I am a full time employee, I don't know if we should get the business version or if I can just have everyone download the free individual version. Thanks for your help, Lesley Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 26, 2015, at 12:45 PM, Spike McLarty <spike.mclarty at gmail.com> wrote: > > I second Chris's suggestion of Dropbox. > It isn't even really a 'place' for people to go, it shows up as a folder on your computer - just a regular Windows folder. > Pioneer Valley Habitat uses it extensively so I've been able to watch over my wife's shoulder as she uses it daily. > > Anything involving a server, or Sharepoint, will involve significantly more (and more technical) administrative overhead than Dropbox, unless you've already got somebody who knows what they're doing and is willing to add this to their plate. > > The trick with Dropbox is setting up the information organization (folder structure, naming conventions, procedures) so it's easy for people to understand and conform to. > Have one sensible person do that early on, otherwise you'll get the same mess you'd get with paper documents + no system. > > With the right options turned on in the account, you get off-site backup (with zero effort), you can see when files were changed and who changed them, and retrieve any previous version. > > Another plus for Dropbox: easy to find people who've used it, not hard to find people who use it a LOT. > >> On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Lesley Schneider <lesley at hthconsulting.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> I better get clearer. This is for a Technical Publications department. Technical manuals written in Word. They were trying to use Sharepoint, but they never managed to make enough room for it on the server. This is a Windows place. They are very set in their ways. Not thrilled with change. I was hoping for something that could be a plug-in to Outlook or Explorer. Does that help? Just want a system for version control, a central place where people can always know they are getting the approved version of a doc in PDF format. And where we can store the original Word files where no one else can mess with them. >> >> Thank you again, >> Lesley >> >>> On Jun 25, 2015, at 6:02 PM, Robert Heller wrote: >>> >>> At Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:53:11 -0400 Lesley Schneider <lesley at hthconsulting.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi all. I am at a company from the dark ages. They have around 50 people. >>>> They have no doc control system in place. I need something easy to install >>>> and use, and cheap. Just for Technical Publications right now. Any >>>> suggestions? >>> >>> What format are these documents in? >>> >>> What operating system(s) are you using? >>> >>> If the documents are some form a text (eg LaTeX) and the operating system is >>> some flavor of UNIX/Linux (or if the file server is a UNIX or Linux system), >>> then any typical Source Code Version control system will work. Something like >>> Subversion over Apache/DAV (mod_svn_dav). Note: using Subversion over >>> Apache/DAV is dirt cheap -- it is open source, so there is no cost for the >>> software, esp. if you already have the UNIX/Linux server in place. >>> >>> It *is* possible to use a Source Code Version control system with *binary* >>> files, you just don't get things like diffs and each 'version' is a complete >>> copy of the binary file (rather than a set of changed lines). >>> >>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> Lesley >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net >>>> Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net >>>> >>>> You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. >>>> If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members >>>> page on the Hidden Tech Web site. >>>> http://www.hidden-tech.net/members >>> >>> -- >>> Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 >>> Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services >>> http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services >>> heller at deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services >> >> Lesley Schneider >> lesley at hthconsulting.com >> http://www.hthconsulting.com >> 408-858-3942 Mobile >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net >> Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net >> >> You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. >> If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members >> page on the Hidden Tech Web site. >> http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20150626/53579e0d/attachment.html