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I am taking part in a project that involves several authors with so many back and forth in writing. I am curious to know what usually are digital platforms or role of thumbs in term of managing writing, edits, and comments by several authors who do not have a vast technical background and do not have time to learn new things such as GIT or LateX?



Do you prefer google documents for example or what?






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    I am not sure if 'the best' tool can be given as an objective answer, maybe the question needs to be rephrased?

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I am taking part in a project that involves several authors with so many back and forth in writing. I am curious to know what usually are digital platforms or role of thumbs in term of managing writing, edits, and comments by several authors who do not have a vast technical background and do not have time to learn new things such as GIT or LateX?



Do you prefer google documents for example or what?






writing collaboration







share|improve this question




















  • 1





    I am not sure if 'the best' tool can be given as an objective answer, maybe the question needs to be rephrased?

    – Jonas Schwarz
    3 hours ago






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    Actually, you don't need the "best" platform. You need one that everyone finds useful.

    – Buffy
    3 hours ago














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I am taking part in a project that involves several authors with so many back and forth in writing. I am curious to know what usually are digital platforms or role of thumbs in term of managing writing, edits, and comments by several authors who do not have a vast technical background and do not have time to learn new things such as GIT or LateX?



Do you prefer google documents for example or what?






writing collaboration







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I am taking part in a project that involves several authors with so many back and forth in writing. I am curious to know what usually are digital platforms or role of thumbs in term of managing writing, edits, and comments by several authors who do not have a vast technical background and do not have time to learn new things such as GIT or LateX?



Do you prefer google documents for example or what?






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    I am not sure if 'the best' tool can be given as an objective answer, maybe the question needs to be rephrased?

    – Jonas Schwarz
    3 hours ago






  • 2





    Actually, you don't need the "best" platform. You need one that everyone finds useful.

    – Buffy
    3 hours ago














  • 1





    I am not sure if 'the best' tool can be given as an objective answer, maybe the question needs to be rephrased?

    – Jonas Schwarz
    3 hours ago






  • 2





    Actually, you don't need the "best" platform. You need one that everyone finds useful.

    – Buffy
    3 hours ago








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I am not sure if 'the best' tool can be given as an objective answer, maybe the question needs to be rephrased?

– Jonas Schwarz
3 hours ago





I am not sure if 'the best' tool can be given as an objective answer, maybe the question needs to be rephrased?

– Jonas Schwarz
3 hours ago




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Actually, you don't need the "best" platform. You need one that everyone finds useful.

– Buffy
3 hours ago





Actually, you don't need the "best" platform. You need one that everyone finds useful.

– Buffy
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If you are in a hurry, you might want to try an online TeX editor such as Overleaf.



Another solution if you are using TeX would be to work alongside a version control system, e.g. git. Keep in mind that it takes some time to get used to it, though.



I do not know about non-TeX-solutions but i feel that a plain-text format has a couple of advantages for this kind of application.



I am looking forward to read other responses to learn about other options.






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    I use the following myself:



    Non-technical: Google docs. Low threshold, can do basic stuff, cannot view history. Main drawback: No version control. (Also my university in principle does not allow it, but if you promise not to tell anybody...)



    Technical, many collaborators: Overleaf. Can do full latex, not straightforward to go to commit history, but can be done since it is git based. I am not too fond of their interface, find it a bit clunky, but many of my collaborators really like it, so I use it anyway.



    Technical, few collaborators: latex documents on private gitlab instance. This is for me the best. Commit history easily accessible, anything you want to do, can be done. Gitlab even has a builtin IDE, so you can do small edits directly in the browser. Drawback: high threshold.



    This, for me, covers all use cases.






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    • You can view history on Google docs. Office 365 now has a similar feature (online collaborative), so that's another option and most universities have one of the two (we actually have both, so we're at least AOK using Docs).

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    If you are in a hurry, you might want to try an online TeX editor such as Overleaf.



    Another solution if you are using TeX would be to work alongside a version control system, e.g. git. Keep in mind that it takes some time to get used to it, though.



    I do not know about non-TeX-solutions but i feel that a plain-text format has a couple of advantages for this kind of application.



    I am looking forward to read other responses to learn about other options.






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      If you are in a hurry, you might want to try an online TeX editor such as Overleaf.



      Another solution if you are using TeX would be to work alongside a version control system, e.g. git. Keep in mind that it takes some time to get used to it, though.



      I do not know about non-TeX-solutions but i feel that a plain-text format has a couple of advantages for this kind of application.



      I am looking forward to read other responses to learn about other options.






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        If you are in a hurry, you might want to try an online TeX editor such as Overleaf.



        Another solution if you are using TeX would be to work alongside a version control system, e.g. git. Keep in mind that it takes some time to get used to it, though.



        I do not know about non-TeX-solutions but i feel that a plain-text format has a couple of advantages for this kind of application.



        I am looking forward to read other responses to learn about other options.






        share|improve this answer













        If you are in a hurry, you might want to try an online TeX editor such as Overleaf.



        Another solution if you are using TeX would be to work alongside a version control system, e.g. git. Keep in mind that it takes some time to get used to it, though.



        I do not know about non-TeX-solutions but i feel that a plain-text format has a couple of advantages for this kind of application.



        I am looking forward to read other responses to learn about other options.







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            I use the following myself:



            Non-technical: Google docs. Low threshold, can do basic stuff, cannot view history. Main drawback: No version control. (Also my university in principle does not allow it, but if you promise not to tell anybody...)



            Technical, many collaborators: Overleaf. Can do full latex, not straightforward to go to commit history, but can be done since it is git based. I am not too fond of their interface, find it a bit clunky, but many of my collaborators really like it, so I use it anyway.



            Technical, few collaborators: latex documents on private gitlab instance. This is for me the best. Commit history easily accessible, anything you want to do, can be done. Gitlab even has a builtin IDE, so you can do small edits directly in the browser. Drawback: high threshold.



            This, for me, covers all use cases.






            share|improve this answer
























            • You can view history on Google docs. Office 365 now has a similar feature (online collaborative), so that's another option and most universities have one of the two (we actually have both, so we're at least AOK using Docs).

              – guifa
              1 hour ago
















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            I use the following myself:



            Non-technical: Google docs. Low threshold, can do basic stuff, cannot view history. Main drawback: No version control. (Also my university in principle does not allow it, but if you promise not to tell anybody...)



            Technical, many collaborators: Overleaf. Can do full latex, not straightforward to go to commit history, but can be done since it is git based. I am not too fond of their interface, find it a bit clunky, but many of my collaborators really like it, so I use it anyway.



            Technical, few collaborators: latex documents on private gitlab instance. This is for me the best. Commit history easily accessible, anything you want to do, can be done. Gitlab even has a builtin IDE, so you can do small edits directly in the browser. Drawback: high threshold.



            This, for me, covers all use cases.






            share|improve this answer
























            • You can view history on Google docs. Office 365 now has a similar feature (online collaborative), so that's another option and most universities have one of the two (we actually have both, so we're at least AOK using Docs).

              – guifa
              1 hour ago














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            I use the following myself:



            Non-technical: Google docs. Low threshold, can do basic stuff, cannot view history. Main drawback: No version control. (Also my university in principle does not allow it, but if you promise not to tell anybody...)



            Technical, many collaborators: Overleaf. Can do full latex, not straightforward to go to commit history, but can be done since it is git based. I am not too fond of their interface, find it a bit clunky, but many of my collaborators really like it, so I use it anyway.



            Technical, few collaborators: latex documents on private gitlab instance. This is for me the best. Commit history easily accessible, anything you want to do, can be done. Gitlab even has a builtin IDE, so you can do small edits directly in the browser. Drawback: high threshold.



            This, for me, covers all use cases.






            share|improve this answer













            I use the following myself:



            Non-technical: Google docs. Low threshold, can do basic stuff, cannot view history. Main drawback: No version control. (Also my university in principle does not allow it, but if you promise not to tell anybody...)



            Technical, many collaborators: Overleaf. Can do full latex, not straightforward to go to commit history, but can be done since it is git based. I am not too fond of their interface, find it a bit clunky, but many of my collaborators really like it, so I use it anyway.



            Technical, few collaborators: latex documents on private gitlab instance. This is for me the best. Commit history easily accessible, anything you want to do, can be done. Gitlab even has a builtin IDE, so you can do small edits directly in the browser. Drawback: high threshold.



            This, for me, covers all use cases.







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            • You can view history on Google docs. Office 365 now has a similar feature (online collaborative), so that's another option and most universities have one of the two (we actually have both, so we're at least AOK using Docs).

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            • You can view history on Google docs. Office 365 now has a similar feature (online collaborative), so that's another option and most universities have one of the two (we actually have both, so we're at least AOK using Docs).

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            You can view history on Google docs. Office 365 now has a similar feature (online collaborative), so that's another option and most universities have one of the two (we actually have both, so we're at least AOK using Docs).

            – guifa
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            You can view history on Google docs. Office 365 now has a similar feature (online collaborative), so that's another option and most universities have one of the two (we actually have both, so we're at least AOK using Docs).

            – guifa
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