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From: "Julian Burgos" <julian@hafro.is>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: collaborating between org-mode and MS Word users
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 13:33:38 -0000 (GMT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <57278.46.239.234.92.1356615218.squirrel@www.hafro.is> (raw)

Dear list,

I use org-mode to draft papers and reports, using embedded R code and
LaTex snippets.  It is a fantastic tool.  But sometimes I have to
collaborate with less enlighted colleagues who use MS Word.  For now I am
exporting my document to odt, and from there to MS word.  Then, when I get
the manuscript back with comments and edits (usually using the “track
changes” option), I transcribe them to a new new node in my org-mode
document.  This is usually a slow and error-prone process that involves
cutting and pasting text from the edited MS word document back into the
org-mode document, trying to avoid pasting over the LaTex and R snippets. 
When I am done, I end up with a structure that looks something like this.

#+TITLE:  My manuscript
* Version 1
** Introduction
** Methods .....
* Version 2
** Introduction
** Methods
..etc.

Of course, I could easily keep each version in a separate org mode file.

I would like to get some suggestions or tips on how to improve this
workflow.  For example:
- Is there a better way to have a non-org mode use to edit/correct a
org-mode document and then bring back the corrections to an org-mode
document?
- What is the best way to compare org-mode nodes/branches (like in the
above example the Version 1 and Version 2 nodes?).  Can I use ediff within
an org-mode file?  Or should I keep separate versions on separate
documents?

All recommendations will be welcomed!

Julian

-- 
Julian Mariano Burgos, PhD
Hafrannsóknastofnunin/Marine Research Institute
Skúlagata 4, 121 Reykjavík, Iceland
Sími/Telephone : +354-5752037
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next             reply	other threads:[~2012-12-27 13:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-27 13:33 Julian Burgos [this message]
2012-12-27 15:09 ` collaborating between org-mode and MS Word users Eric Schulte
2012-12-29 18:31 ` Karl Voit
2012-12-31  0:26 ` Tony Day

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