Can 2 employees to edit the same Publisher document

[Dix]

I have 2 employee that work together on a 24 page monthly publisher document.
Can they both be editing the same document but on seperate pages at the same
time. Currently one has to exit the document before the other can access it
and edit it.

 

[John Inzer]

I have 2 employee that work together on a 24 page monthly
publisher document. Can they both be editing the same
document but on seperate pages at the same time.
Currently one has to exit the document before the other
can access it and edit it.

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Just an idea...may even be stupid
but it does work.

Lets say the document name is:

Newsletter.pub

Make 2 copies of the document
and give each a different name...
Give one copy to each user.

Project 1.pub

Project 2.pub

After editing...when saving...the current
changes...click Save to update the
individual copy and then go to...File /
Save As...and Browse to the original
file...Newsletter.pub...when the dialog
asks if you wish to replace the existing
file...choose...Yes.

 

[John Inzer]

John,

Can you do a Save as... when the Save as... file is open?
Maybe a file for each page? Then coordinate who does the
final save.

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Probably not...but if each user has his
own copy with a different name they could
save anytime they wish and...the *Master*
copy would only be accessed during the
Save As overwrite.

I said it might be stupid...

 

[Dix]

I think you would run the risk of someone overwriting anothers work.

Employee A edits pages 1-3 of Project 1 and saves Project 1
Employee B edits pages 3-6 of Project 2 and save Project 2

Nove employee A edits Project 1 pages 7 - 9 and saves Project 1 and saves as
Project 2. He has now effective written over project 2 with pages 1-3 of
data, pages 3-6 as blanks and 7-9 of data.

Am I thinking this through correctly?

 

[John Inzer]

I think you would run the risk of someone overwriting
anothers work.

Employee A edits pages 1-3 of Project 1 and saves Project
1
Employee B edits pages 3-6 of Project 2 and save Project 2

Nove employee A edits Project 1 pages 7 - 9 and saves
Project 1 and saves as Project 2. He has now effective
written over project 2 with pages 1-3 of data, pages 3-6
as blanks and 7-9 of data.

Am I thinking this through correctly?

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You're probably correct.

I said it might be stupid )

Maybe the answer would be that user
A would have to open user B's edited
version (or vice versa)...add additional
edits and then save as to the master file.

I guess this many copies would get
totally confusing. Hopefully someone
else has a better solution.