To be fair, you CAN save it elsewhere, and it's probable that you can set the options to a different default.
But Microsoft making their cloud the default out of the box kinda worries me. On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 10:06 AM, <jackdeland at comcast.net> wrote: > I think #2 would be the most convincing for him. We are big on security. > > Jack > > ________________________________ > From: "Lin Sims" <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> > To: jackdeland at comcast.net > Cc: "framers" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 8:42:01 AM > > Subject: Re: Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster > > Well, let's see, off the top of my head: > > 1. Word2013 isn't available yet, so it's going to be hard for your > developers to make use of it anytime soon. Not only that, but > according to one article, it won't work on any OS prior to Windows 7. > > 2. From the article I saw on PCWorld, when it IS available, you've got > the issue with it defaulting to saving out to Microsoft's > Skydrive--does your scrum master, much less your company, really want > to put its IP out in the cloud? Particularly a cloud they don't > control? I've seen no mention (so far, but admittedly I haven't been > looking) that Microsoft has addressed the corporate customer's need > for security and IP control and the likelihood that they'll want to > keep things on their own storage network. > > 3. Tell him you'll let him and his developers edit your source when he > lets you edit theirs. ;-) > > 4. Point out to him that each profession has specialized tools to make > things easier and more efficient, and ask him if he thinks correcting > some minor typos is worth handicapping you. Tell him that his trying > to get you to work in Word rather than Frame is like you telling him > that his developers should all be working in Notepad rather than in an > IDE. > > OK, #3 is a bit snarky, so unless you know him really well, I wouldn't > try it. My bet is on #4, but I'm betting there are others on this list > who can give you more cogent arguments. > > Good luck with it. (As an aside, what IS it with people who don't work > as writers trying to tell writers what tools they should be using?) > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 8:58 AM, <jackdeland at comcast.net> wrote: >> Hello, Framers - >> >> My QA guy has a problem with chasing minor typos in our docs: it takes >> longer to document the typo than it does to fix it. He wants a solution >> that >> bypasses the need for FrameMaker, and has read an article that says Word >> 2013 will allow editing of PDFs in native format. He wants the developers >> to >> be able to do this to my docs. >> >> >> >> I?ve explained all the many problems with using Word, but he is still >> searching for an answer, which means I am too. >> >> >> >> What is your solution to the problem he sees? To me, it should be a >> non-problem, i.e., typos should not exist anyway, and the developers >> should >> not be allowed anywhere near my ?source?, but the reality is that he has >> more say in it than I (he is also scrummaster). >> >> >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> Jack DeLand >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> You are currently subscribed to framers as ljsims.ML at gmail.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/ljsims.ml%40gmail.com >> >> Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >> http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> > > > > -- > Lin Sims -- Lin Sims