Frame's future

At 15:07 -0500 16/2/07, Art Campbell wrote: >A little rich, but interesting reading: > >http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2007/02/framemaker_is_and_will_remain.html Total market-speak and almost entirely content-free. Guff. >'The most important question is; how can we make sure that FrameMaker >c

Reasons to Structure

To be very simplistic, we already do structure, though we do it in a sloppy, and rules bereft manner. Normally we use visual structuring of documents. In other words, formatting. Applying very strict rules to formatting brings us closer to structured data. Until one day we transfer those rules

Friday brain-bender -- SHIFT + C doesn't work (sometimes)

At 18:48 + 16/2/07, Gutierrez, Anita wrote: >Any thoughts? > >Anita Maria Gutierrez >Sage Software Dear Anita My immediate on ern is that some of your olleagues are playing some sort of elaborate joke on you. Are you not perhaps suffering from a keybinding mess-up? The fa t that it only

Friday brain-bender -- SHIFT + C doesn't work (sometimes)

Hi Framers, At the risk of sounding utterly nuts ... here goes. As of the last week or so, I am unable to type an uppercase C in FrameMaker's document interface. That is, nothing happens if I press SHIFT + C. I've tested this enough to believe that it's a Frame-specific issue. Did I set up a

Frame's future

At 12:40 PM -0800 2/16/07, John Posada wrote: >Subject: Re: Frame's future > >> >'The most important question is; how can we make sure that >> FrameMaker continues to be the tool of choice for you?' >> >> Put it back on the @??!@!$ Macintosh. > >From my perspective, it would be a dilution of a fixe

Re: Reasons to Structure

To be very simplistic, we already do structure, though we do it in a sloppy, and rules bereft manner. Normally we use visual structuring of documents. In other words, formatting. Applying very strict rules to formatting brings us closer to structured data. Until one day we transfer those rules

RE: Outsourcing: Was Reasons to Structure

So what exactly is the pay range for a technical writer? I ting I kan rite gude and wude licke to chry eet. Seriously. Actually I create work instructions for about 80% of my work time. Frank -Original Message- From: Gillian Flato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 16, 20

Frame's future

A little rich, but interesting reading: http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2007/02/framemaker_is_and_will_remain.html Art -- Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and

Re: Frame's future

At 12:40 PM -0800 2/16/07, John Posada wrote: >Subject: Re: Frame's future > >> >'The most important question is; how can we make sure that >> FrameMaker continues to be the tool of choice for you?' >> >> Put it back on the @[EMAIL PROTECTED] Macintosh. > >From my perspective, it would be a dilutio

Outsourcing: Was Reasons to Structure

So what exactly is the pay range for a technical writer? I ting I kan rite gude and wude licke to chry eet. Seriously. Actually I create work instructions for about 80% of my work time. Frank -Original Message- From: Gillian Flato [mailto:gfl...@nanometrics.com] Sent: Friday, February

Way OT for Friday: Introducing new media to users

A nice illustration of why the phrase "Continued on next page" is redundant. ;-) -- Yves Barbion Documentation Architect Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor

Changing to initial-cap first-word-only format on headings on global basis

There's been a change in the style format for headings, and we need to change all headings so that they are only first-word initial-cap only. Currently, the headings are initial cap for all words in the heading. Does anyone know of a tool or a script that can make the change on a global basis? Tha

Changing to initial-cap first-word-only format on headings on global basis

There's been a change in the style format for headings, and we need to change all headings so that they are only first-word initial-cap only. Currently, the headings are initial cap for all words in the heading. Does anyone know of a tool or a script that can make the change on a global basis? Tha

Way OT for Friday: Introducing new media to users

-- Steve

Re: Frame's future

> >'The most important question is; how can we make sure that > FrameMaker continues to be the tool of choice for you?' > > Put it back on the @[EMAIL PROTECTED] Macintosh. >From my perspective, it would be a dilution of a fixed amount of resources taken away from the platform I care about for on

Frame's future

> >'The most important question is; how can we make sure that > FrameMaker continues to be the tool of choice for you?' > > Put it back on the @??!@!$ Macintosh.

Re: Frame's future

At 15:07 -0500 16/2/07, Art Campbell wrote: >A little rich, but interesting reading: > >http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2007/02/framemaker_is_and_will_remain.html Total market-speak and almost entirely content-free. Guff. >'The most important question is; how can we make sure that FrameMaker >c

Frame's future

A little rich, but interesting reading: http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2007/02/framemaker_is_and_will_remain.html Art -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheade

oversized drawings, schematics in book

Kara, When I specify the page size, I set it to 11x17. Acrobat/Reader automagically displays the FM size page as the (I think) bounding box, so 8.5 pages are cropped to fit, centered on the larger sheet size. If you want, you can use the Crop Tool in Acrobat to confirm this and to trim the page siz

Way OT for Friday: Introducing new media to users

This needs the "No tea, coffee, or other beverage in the mouth" warning before opening! Thank goodness I work at home! Karen L. Zorn Zorn Technologies, Inc. Mesa, AZ -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+k.zorn=zorntech@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+k.zorn=zorntech.

Re: Friday brain-bender -- SHIFT + C doesn't work (sometimes)

At 18:48 + 16/2/07, Gutierrez, Anita wrote: >Any thoughts? > >Anita Maria Gutierrez >Sage Software Dear Anita My immediate on ern is that some of your olleagues are playing some sort of elaborate joke on you. Are you not perhaps suffering from a keybinding mess-up? The fa t that it only

Reasons to Structure

Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: > Isn't that a tad harsh, Russ? My point, which you appear to have > missed, is that (as Richard said) semantic markup is good, *and* > that you can do it in unstructured Frame. Do you deny this fact? Wholeheartedly. Semantic markup only exists if it is expressed in a

Friday brain-bender -- SHIFT + C doesn't work (sometimes)

Hi Framers, At the risk of sounding utterly nuts ... here goes. As of the last week or so, I am unable to type an uppercase C in FrameMaker's document interface. That is, nothing happens if I press SHIFT + C. I've tested this enough to believe that it's a Frame-specific issue. Did I set up a

RE: Way OT for Friday: Introducing new media to users

This needs the "No tea, coffee, or other beverage in the mouth" warning before opening! Thank goodness I work at home! Karen L. Zorn Zorn Technologies, Inc. Mesa, AZ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby Sent: Friday, February 16,

How do Reference Pages work? (Advanced)

Without delving into the mystical innards of the reference pages, the two TOC pages aren't uncommon -- the second one would be generated if anyone ever used the file to generate a secondary TOC for any reason. For instance, if they wanted to include Head1 and Head2s in a primary TOC, and maybe expa

oversized drawings, schematics in book

Hi Kara, I use oversize engineering drawings all the time in my Service Manuals. Our drafting group sends our drawings in PDF format. I open the PDF in Illustrator, rotate and size it as necessary, then scale it down so that it is no more than 8.5 inches high (or 5.9 inches wide). Once I've got

oversized drawings, schematics in book

Kara, The way I did it at a previous gig was to embed links within my FM document (goto) that opened a separate .pdf (schematic) in a new window. The pdf being opened is completely separate from the book file and can be of whatever size you want it to be. HTH Matt Hoffman An Old Frame Hand Quo

Outsourcing: Was Reasons to Structure

Out here in Silicon Valley, they tried outsourcing. They found that using Tech Writers whose first language wasn't English was a train wreck. There writing skills were atrocious. After a few years of that, they brought the Tech Writing back to Silicon Valley where they could hire native-speaking ed

Outsourcing: Was Reasons to Structure

Out here in Silicon Valley, they tried outsourcing. They found that using Tech Writers whose first language wasn't English was a train wreck. There writing skills were atrocious. After a few years of that, they brought the Tech Writing back to Silicon Valley where they could hire native-speaking ed

Re: oversized drawings, schematics in book

Kara, When I specify the page size, I set it to 11x17. Acrobat/Reader automagically displays the FM size page as the (I think) bounding box, so 8.5 pages are cropped to fit, centered on the larger sheet size. If you want, you can use the Crop Tool in Acrobat to confirm this and to trim the page si

oversized drawings, schematics in book

Hi Art, That is a good idea. The final will be delivered in PDF format. The next question is - How do I generate a PDF that reads the different page sizes? When I print the file to a PS file, I have to specify the page size ( 8.5 x 11). When I distill and look at the final PDF, it has cropped the

Re: oversized drawings, schematics in book

Kara, The way I did it at a previous gig was to embed links within my FM document (goto) that opened a separate .pdf (schematic) in a new window. The pdf being opened is completely separate from the book file and can be of whatever size you want it to be. HTH Matt Hoffman An Old Frame Hand Qu

Re: oversized drawings, schematics in book

Hi Kara, I use oversize engineering drawings all the time in my Service Manuals. Our drafting group sends our drawings in PDF format. I open the PDF in Illustrator, rotate and size it as necessary, then scale it down so that it is no more than 8.5 inches high (or 5.9 inches wide). Once I've got

Re: How do Reference Pages work? (Advanced)

Without delving into the mystical innards of the reference pages, the two TOC pages aren't uncommon -- the second one would be generated if anyone ever used the file to generate a secondary TOC for any reason. For instance, if they wanted to include Head1 and Head2s in a primary TOC, and maybe exp

How do Reference Pages work? (Advanced)

Greetings, I've been using Frame for about 6 years now. My tech writing certificate course talked us through some basics, so I can make my own templates, no problem. I was a lone writer for almost 5 years, and I taught myself a lot of stuff about making templates. I even tinkered with Framescri

How do Reference Pages work? (Advanced)

Greetings, I've been using Frame for about 6 years now. My tech writing certificate course talked us through some basics, so I can make my own templates, no problem. I was a lone writer for almost 5 years, and I taught myself a lot of stuff about making templates. I even tinkered with Framescri

Re: oversized drawings, schematics in book

Hi Art, That is a good idea. The final will be delivered in PDF format. The next question is - How do I generate a PDF that reads the different page sizes? When I print the file to a PS file, I have to specify the page size ( 8.5 x 11). When I distill and look at the final PDF, it has cropped th

Re: Way OT for Friday: Introducing new media to users

A nice illustration of why the phrase "Continued on next page" is redundant. ;-) -- Yves Barbion Documentation Architect Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EM

Way OT for Friday: Introducing new media to users

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