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Rename the file in Source Safe to your new name, with .pdf extension. Then
check it out, replace with the actual PDF, and check back in. Voila! (note:
to get to an old version as a Word doc, you may need to rename the extension
back to .doc before opening)
Cheers,
John
Aoidin Scully wrote:
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> We've been using Sourcesafe (without any problems) to store all our
> documentation.
>
> Things is, we've now decided to switch from Word docs to .pdfs. However,
> we don't want to lose all the 'history' of the word docs when we switch
> to .pdf (i.e. all the previous versions, who edited them etc.)
>
> Does anyone know of a way to retain the history when switching format?
>
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