To expand on this.. I generate 2 books... One that is "What the Customer Sees", and one that has individual chapters for: * Author's Notes (things I need to check/fix/do) * Integrator Notes (things that my downstream writers need to check (such as paths, UI, etc.) * Changed (added/deleted/rewritten) Text notes,, including changed graphics. * List of all graphics * List of all markers (save hypertext) -- useful for seeing the ones that got tagged incorrectly) * Change Note. Overview of large things that have changed (Sort-of a "What's New" for the app/doc, plus any changes I may have made in terms of new pgf formats, char formats, etc.)
You could easily add 4 more LOMS (you will have to rename each to get a distinguishable new one), one for each reviewer. Then just tell the reviewers to look at only their notes. Grant ___________________________ Grant Hogarth Senior Technical Writer Equis International - A Reuters Company TZ: Mountain (GMT -7) (t) +1 801 270 3180 | (o) +1 801 265 9996| (f) +1 801 265 3999 Get the latest news at Reuters.com -----Original Message----- From: framers-bounces+grant.hogarth=reuters....@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+grant.hogarth=reuters.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Stuart Rogers Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 8:58 AM To: Evanth, Henrik Cc: framers at FrameUsers.com Subject: Re: Generating lists for review Evanth, Henrik wrote: > Hi All, > I have a review problem. I have a user guide with hundreds and > hundreds of topics like this: > > Topic a > Topic b > Topic c > Topic d > etc.... > > Reviewer A should review topics a, c, etc. > Reviewer B should review topics a, b, d, etc. > > Now I want to make it easier for the reviewers and I want to make a > list of which topics to review, as all topics are not of interest to > all reviewers. > I want to auto-generate this list and hopefully this could be possible > using the FM functionality of creating lists or indexes. The idea is > that FM in some way can identify topic header on a ceratin page and > list it under the correct heading/reviewer in the generated list or > generated index. The review list should look something like this: > > Reviewer A: > Topic a, page 2 > Topic c, page 4 > etc. > > Reviewer B: > Topic a, page 2 > Topic b, page 3 > Topic d, page 5 > etc. > > Reviewer A knows exactly which topics to review, etc. > > Anyone tried this with FM? Is it possible? Do I have to look into > scripting to solve this? I am pretty sure that you have to do some > initial work by defining who should define each topic, (using > markers?, conditional text?, variables?), but in the end I really > would like this to be automated. I'm not sure whether the number of reviewers makes this practical or not, but you could simply create a series of topic heading tags that are identical except for a suffix (or prefix) of A, B, C to indicate Reviewer A, B, or C. Go through your document and tag each topic with one of the new pgf tags. Then generate a temporary TOC for each reviewer, set up to include only their specific tag. Your *real* TOC would be set up to include all the tags. (To make sure you haven't missed any topics, generate a TOC including only your existing tag -- it'll be blank if you've properly retagged all topics, or will hyperlink to any you've missed.) HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006 "The smartest export Canada ever sent to the United States." Get Firefox! http://tinyurl.com/8q9c5 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as Grant.Hogarth at reuters.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/grant.hogarth%40reut ers.com Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. To find out more about Reuters visit www.about.reuters.com Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Ltd.