Sam Lazzara
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For many years my preference has been to locate the Revision History of each document on page 1, at the top, below the document header (as shown in the attachment).
I think this is the best from a "document control" standpoint since it is the first thing you see when you open the document. I do not find it distracting since I like to look at it right away, to get oriented and to see how fresh/updated the document is. The only thing I do not like is that as the Rev History section grows, it pushes the body of the document lower into the document. One of my clients solves this by having the Rev History on page 1, followed by a page break before the body of the document - the main document always starts on page 2.
Others seem to prefer locating the Revision History at the back of the document.
And others don't want a Revision History to appear in the document at all.
What do others prefer? and why?
1. Rev History on page 1, with body of document beginning immediately after it.
2. Rev History on page 1, followed by a page break before the body of document begins.
3. Rev History on last page.
4. No Rev History in the document.
I realize your answer may be influenced by whether or not you utilize electronic document control software (eQMS). In that case I believe there are typically other ways to check on a document Rev History, so there is less reason to include it in the document itself.
Moderator Note - If you can help me to make this a Poll question, that would be great. I was not able to figure out how to do that. Thank you.
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I think this is the best from a "document control" standpoint since it is the first thing you see when you open the document. I do not find it distracting since I like to look at it right away, to get oriented and to see how fresh/updated the document is. The only thing I do not like is that as the Rev History section grows, it pushes the body of the document lower into the document. One of my clients solves this by having the Rev History on page 1, followed by a page break before the body of the document - the main document always starts on page 2.
Others seem to prefer locating the Revision History at the back of the document.
And others don't want a Revision History to appear in the document at all.
What do others prefer? and why?
1. Rev History on page 1, with body of document beginning immediately after it.
2. Rev History on page 1, followed by a page break before the body of document begins.
3. Rev History on last page.
4. No Rev History in the document.
I realize your answer may be influenced by whether or not you utilize electronic document control software (eQMS). In that case I believe there are typically other ways to check on a document Rev History, so there is less reason to include it in the document itself.
Moderator Note - If you can help me to make this a Poll question, that would be great. I was not able to figure out how to do that. Thank you.
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