Re: Cover needs to bleed

2011-04-21 Thread Baruch Brodersen
Theresa et al, Final output page bleeds are controlled by the Standards settings in Distiller's PDF joboptions. Choose a PDF/X standard from the Compliance Standard drop-down list, and then set TrimBox, MediaBox, and BleedBox offsets. Wikipedia in German has a nice diagram and explanation for

Re: OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

2011-04-21 Thread Andy Kass
On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:01:46 -0700, Flato, Gillian gfl...@nanometrics.com wrote: Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand. Native American Proverb Mmmm, proverbs and quotes, I love them. Though I have to say, my version of the tech writer's

Re: OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

2011-04-21 Thread Mary Sheahan
Both are very appropriate indeed! I'm going to post them next to these two: No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripe n.

Re: OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

2011-04-21 Thread Bill Swallow
Give me a bottle of anything, and a glazed donut, to go. --David Lee Roth (1954- ) Yankee Rose music video (1986) On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Andy Kass ak...@jaspersoft.com wrote: On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:01:46 -0700, Flato, Gillian gfl...@nanometrics.com wrote: Tell me, and I'll forget.

Re: OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

2011-04-21 Thread Linda Rose
Shouldn't that be: Fewer words. Less crap. On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Mary Sheahan mhs...@yahoo.com wrote: Both are very appropriate indeed! I'm going to post them next to these two: No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me

RE: OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

2011-04-21 Thread Owen, Clint
Simplify, then add lightness Colin Chapman's philosophy of car design; equally applicable to technical writing. Clint Clint Owen | Sr. Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace Electronics | +1 425 743 8674 | Fax: +1 425 743 8113 -Original Message- From:

RE: OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

2011-04-21 Thread Flato, Gillian
The cruder version of that I heard is: You can't take 9 engineers and make a baby in a month! Thank you,   Gillian Flato Senior Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 9408.545.6316   408.232.5911 4 gfl...@nanometrics.com -Original Message- From:

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2011-04-21 Thread Combs, Richard
STC has posted the April issue of Intercom, and they've opened this issue up to non-members: http://intercom.stc.org/ There's a nice article by Maxwell Hoffman, FrameMaker Turns 25: Interview with Inventor Charles Corfield and an Update on New FrameMaker 10 Functionality. Richard G. Combs

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2011-04-21 Thread Tom Aldous
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RE: OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

2011-04-21 Thread Zuercher, Darrell
I have this as an e-mail signature item: If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant. If what is said is not what is meant, then what ought to be done remains undone. (Kong Fu Zi/Confucius) --Darrell NOTICE: This electronic message transmission contains information

Cover needs to bleed

2011-04-21 Thread Bill Swallow
You're over-thinking it. :) Set up the FM file per normal but don't include it in the book file. Since it's the cover it shouldn't need to flow with numbering and such but you can also work around that if you do need to number by setting the numbering of the first page of the book file

Cover needs to bleed

2011-04-21 Thread Baruch Brodersen
for all this, brought to you in English by Google Translate: http://bit.ly/elCxUE Best, Baruch Brodersen Technitext Documentation -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20110421/87bb057b/attachment.html>

OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

2011-04-21 Thread Andy Kass
On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:01:46 -0700, "Flato, Gillian" wrote: > > "Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and > I'll understand." > Native American Proverb Mmmm, proverbs and quotes, I love them. Though I have to say, my version of the tech writer's proverb is:

OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

2011-04-21 Thread Mary Sheahan
Both are very appropriate indeed! I'm going to post them next to these two: "No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripe n."

OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

2011-04-21 Thread Bill Swallow
"Give me a bottle of anything, and a glazed donut, to go." --David Lee Roth (1954- ) "Yankee Rose" music video (1986) On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Andy Kass wrote: > On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:01:46 -0700, "Flato, Gillian" nanometrics.com> wrote: >> >> "Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I

OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

2011-04-21 Thread Linda Rose
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OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

2011-04-21 Thread Owen, Clint
"Simplify, then add lightness" Colin Chapman's philosophy of car design; equally applicable to technical writing. Clint Clint Owen | Sr. Technical Writer | Crane Aerospace & Electronics | +1 425 743 8674 | Fax: +1 425 743 8113 -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at

OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

2011-04-21 Thread Flato, Gillian
The cruder version of that I heard is: You can't take 9 engineers and make a baby in a month! Thank you, ? Gillian Flato Senior Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 9408.545.6316 ?? 408.232.5911 4 gflato at nanometrics.com -Original Message-

STC Intercom available to all

2011-04-21 Thread Combs, Richard
STC has posted the April issue of Intercom, and they've opened this issue up to non-members: http://intercom.stc.org/ There's a nice article by Maxwell Hoffman, "FrameMaker Turns 25: Interview with Inventor Charles Corfield and an Update on New FrameMaker 10 Functionality." Richard G. Combs

Free E-Seminar on Why Use Structured FrameMaker 10 - Lynne Price

2011-04-21 Thread Tom Aldous
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OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers

2011-04-21 Thread Zuercher, Darrell
I have this as an e-mail signature item: "If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant. If what is said is not what is meant, then what ought to be done remains undone." (Kong Fu Zi/Confucius) --Darrell NOTICE: This electronic message transmission contains information