Re: Deja Vu?? Was: Using SAVE AS PDF in FrameMaker 6.0

2006-07-18 Thread rebecca officer
According to Shlomo Perets' website (http://www.microtype.com/FM_bugs.html) people have reported issues with FM7.x and Save As PDF when using Win98, or tagged PDF, or custom page sizes, or Acrobat 6.x. We seem to be fine with it, but we're not using any of the above. ;-) Cheers, Rebecca Diane

Re: Deja Vu?? Was: Using SAVE AS PDF in FrameMaker 6.0

2006-07-18 Thread Shlomo Perets
Rebecca Officer wrote: According to Shlomo Perets' website (http://www.microtype.com/FM_bugs.html) people have reported issues with FM7.x and Save As PDF when using Win98, or tagged PDF, or custom page sizes, or Acrobat 6.x. We seem to be fine with it, but we're not using any of the above. ;-)

What is a media technical writer?

2006-07-18 Thread Nandini G
I got a call today from a recruiter and he wanted to know what a media technical writer is. I am not sure whether it was a test of my knowledge or whether he was looking for information himself. Here is the total job description I received minus his name (to protect identity): The

Re: What is a media technical writer?

2006-07-18 Thread Bill Swallow
If a recruiter doesn't know what the job is, time to find a new recruiter. Most ads for media tech writer I've seen are exactly the same as what you'd expect from a tech writer. Why they add media to the title, I don't know. Maybe for flair? Pizzazz? On 7/18/06, Nandini G [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Looking for a technique for applying conditionals

2006-07-18 Thread Combs, Richard
John Posada wrote: My issue: I have some instances where they are listed in a bullet list, which makes it easy to apply the conditionals as I need them. However, some instances use OS specific references in a sentence. Following is an example of one. - This utility

RE: What is a media technical writer?

2006-07-18 Thread Chapa, Kate
Besides publishing, advertising, and print media, this terms is also use in the IT environment for services or products that are web portal technology. This recruiter may not have a clear understanding of the clients product offering. Kate Chapa Technical Recruiter, Human Resources (877)

RE: Looking for a technique for applying conditionals

2006-07-18 Thread Joe Malin
This is rather off-topic: You're not working for Oracle by any chance, are you? At Oracle I had to deal with all four OSes: Win32, Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX. I didn't bother with conditionals, though. We had one manual to cover everything, and put all four in the same manual. I also discovered

Deja Vu?? Was: Using SAVE AS PDF in FrameMaker 6.0

2006-07-18 Thread rebecca officer
According to Shlomo Perets' website (http://www.microtype.com/FM_bugs.html) people have reported issues with FM7.x and Save As PDF when using Win98, or tagged PDF, or custom page sizes, or Acrobat 6.x. We seem to be fine with it, but we're not using any of the above. ;-) Cheers, Rebecca >>>

Deja Vu?? Was: Using SAVE AS PDF in FrameMaker 6.0

2006-07-18 Thread Shlomo Perets
Rebecca Officer wrote: >According to Shlomo Perets' website >(http://www.microtype.com/FM_bugs.html) people have reported issues >with FM7.x and Save As PDF when using Win98, or tagged PDF, or custom >page sizes, or Acrobat 6.x. > >We seem to be fine with it, but we're not using any of the above.

What is a media technical writer?

2006-07-18 Thread Nandini G
I got a call today from a recruiter and he wanted to know what a media technical writer is. I am not sure whether it was a test of my knowledge or whether he was looking for information himself. Here is the total job description I received minus his name (to protect identity): The

What is a media technical writer?

2006-07-18 Thread Bill Swallow
If a recruiter doesn't know what the job is, time to find a new recruiter. Most ads for media tech writer I've seen are exactly the same as what you'd expect from a tech writer. Why they add "media" to the title, I don't know. Maybe for flair? Pizzazz? On 7/18/06, Nandini G wrote: > I got a

Looking for a technique for applying conditionals

2006-07-18 Thread John Posada
Hi, guys...I'm reworking our boilerplate to allow a more accurate application of our conditional settings from the perspective of operating systems. Our applications support anywhere from one to four operatings systems (Window, Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX). Sometimes we are specific between the

Looking for a technique for applying conditionals

2006-07-18 Thread Combs, Richard
John Posada wrote: > My issue: I have some instances where they are listed in a > bullet list, which makes it easy to apply the conditionals as > I need them. > However, some instances use OS specific references in a sentence. > Following is an example of one. > > - > This

What is a media technical writer?

2006-07-18 Thread Chapa, Kate
Besides publishing, advertising, and print media, this terms is also use in the IT environment for services or products that are web portal technology. This recruiter may not have a clear understanding of the clients product offering. Kate Chapa Technical Recruiter, Human Resources (877)

Looking for a technique for applying conditionals

2006-07-18 Thread John Posada
> My advice: Use three conditions, Win, Unix, and Both, and three > _complete_ paragraphs, one for each condition. Applying conditions > to a word here and there is just asking for trouble -- extra spaces > or spaces missing, etc. The problem with this part is that we have some applications that

Looking for a technique for applying conditionals

2006-07-18 Thread eric.d...@ca.transport.bombardier.com
framers-bounces+eric.dunn=ca.transport.bombardier.com at lists.frameusers.com wrote on 07/18/2006 05:05:52 PM: > However, I do agree about the problms with conditionalizing at the > word level...just hoping that someone will come out with an "ah HAH!" > technique. > John Posada > Senior

Looking for a technique for applying conditionals

2006-07-18 Thread Joe Malin
This is rather off-topic: You're not working for Oracle by any chance, are you? At Oracle I had to deal with all four OSes: Win32, Solaris, Linux, and HP-UX. I didn't bother with conditionals, though. We had one manual to cover everything, and put all four in the same manual. I also discovered