Hi Alison,

We're in the process of ordering XMetal 4 Author (not Central, Active X
and dev). The new version is supposed to have multiple benefits like
support for some the workflow of multiple users based on webdav. ...It
has also shared authoring features and emulation of word processor
behaviors. We're interested also in a long term to work out the
developer part. We're less interested in other features like support for
PDF preview, XML 1.1, etc.

Karim Boughida
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In our institution we're currently using XMetaL 3 to encode our finding
aids.  Thanks to a grant we'll be purchasing a new computer and new
software, and we're thinking of buying XMetaL 4.  I've checked the
Softquad website to see the differences between the two versions, but
I'm a little unclear on how these versions differ.

Has anyone worked with both versions, and would you be willing to share
your opinions and experiences on using version 4 versus version 3?

thanks in advance,
Alison

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