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Techie help needed - on Publisher......

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popsycal · 17/05/2004 20:50

Need to explain why i need it so it will make it clear what i need to do!

Try to save myself and other colleagues lots of work.....

Microsoft Publisher - we have master copies of documents (700 pupil reports to be precise!) and each teacher has to type there comments then pass on the report to the next member of staff for them to add.

Is there a way that we could save the report onto our laptop, add our comments at our leisure and then somehow merge all the comments. Currently if I, for example tried to save my comments back on the master copy, I would overwrite those of my colleagues!

I think there is a way - it rings a bell - or is the for Word!

Any help would be greatly appreciated as we currently have a ridiculous signing out/signing in system which is very pressurised for time!

Hope that makes sense!
TIA

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popsycal · 17/05/2004 20:51

argh
third line 'there' should clearly be 'their'

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dogwalker · 17/05/2004 20:56

Sorry Popsy can't help you. I think you've flummoxed us all with this one.

Beccarollover · 17/05/2004 20:57

I dont know publisher but I should imagine it could be done - try searching in Publisher help for "synchronising" or do a google search "synchronising publisher documents" or some such

I will ask colleagues at work on wednesday, they will know.

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popsycal · 17/05/2004 20:57

cool
thanks

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foxinsocks · 17/05/2004 20:59

please shoot me down in flames if this is wrong but I can't remember Publisher that well......

Can you write the comments in Word, then paste into the specific box in Publisher? I'm assuming you each have a separate text box on each report. I know to add a whole Word document or modify in Word, it would just wipe out the other comments but if you just cut and paste and then formatted in Publisher would it work? Sorry, I don't have Publisher on my computer otherwise might be more help.

bea · 17/05/2004 22:11

popsycal

sorry, can't help re:publisher... but this seems a very long winded way to write reports (i assume this is for school reports)

Have your school looked into using a report writing program? our school uses Report Assist and as far as i can remember it enables lots of teachers to add their comments without the need for long winded routes
www.simplelogic.co.uk/ra_main.html
sorry hope i haven't gone off the main topic... but thought this might interest you..

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popsycal · 18/05/2004 19:52

bea - yes we have looked into it...

but THEY decided to go for this.....grrr

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bea · 18/05/2004 20:42

popsycal... are they mad? why did they go for such a long convuluted way of writing reports when there is software out there that will make the whole process a hell of a lot easier!!!!??? it doesn't even cost that much as far as i remember... comisserations to you and your staff and good luck with finding the solution to your probs...

Hulababy · 18/05/2004 21:03

Tried to find answer to this today but technicians were out. I am not sure how - probably is a way but not sure how easy or how.

Tempporarily - you could go with foxinsocks idea of writing the text on a compatablie format - either word, works or notepad and copying and pasting it in later? Not ideal I knnow though.

Will try and ask again tomorrow.

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