Change bars FM vs Word

In a previous job, I was handling regulatory documents that had to be updated and reissued a minimum of four times a year – with tracked changes and a change log. Automated mark-up tended to result in unreadably messy pages, but thoughtfully applying conditions new_{version} and deleted_{version} gave clear indications in the body text and meant the change log could be driven from a List of Markers. As a bonus, it meant we could be fairly confident about roll-backs to answer the question "what did the manual say about topic x in version y?" though of course, the printed reference copy per version was a much faster way of doing that ;-}

Hi Joan:

I actually have never heard this argument before.

And while you can add change bars automatically while editing (the traditional use), are you aware you can also add them via a paragraph tag and/or a character tag? However, once added, they all look the same—you can't define two different looks, which it sounds like you might need to reflect current and previous version edits?

I don't like the idea of sending you back to Word any more than you do, but you won't be able to use Fm's change bar feature (automatic or tag-based) if you need to have two different looks for them.

~Barb