RE: Scary responsibility in job ad

2011-10-06 Thread Daniel Doornbos - PTU
Just my opinion but I think engineers gravitate to that field because they relate better to things than to people. They’re great with formulas but lousy when communicating with us mere mortals. Where I work, most of the engineers speak English as a second language. Occasionally ESL engineers tr

Scary responsibility in job ad

2011-10-06 Thread Daniel Doornbos - PTU
Just my opinion but I think engineers gravitate to that field because they relate better to things than to people. They?re great with formulas but lousy when communicating with us mere mortals. Where I work, most of the engineers speak English as a second language. Occasionally ESL engineers tr

RE: Flare vs Frame

2011-01-11 Thread Daniel Doornbos - PTU
Hello Paul, I have been in a similar position. Businesses are all about money. You have to sell them on the idea that using Frame and/or RoboHelp reduces the project cost compared to Word. For example, you might prepare an estimate showing that using Word for the project would take 160 hours. B

Flare vs Frame

2011-01-11 Thread Daniel Doornbos - PTU
Hello Paul, I have been in a similar position. Businesses are all about money. You have to sell them on the idea that using Frame and/or RoboHelp reduces the project cost compared to Word. For example, you might prepare an estimate showing that using Word for the project would take 160 hours. B

RE: Font Fiasco with FM 9 Book and Distiller

2011-01-10 Thread Daniel Doornbos - PTU
Hello Jim, I have encountered this problem with earlier versions of FrameMaker. It has not yet happened to me on FM9. In my experience, if there is a font problem, it is caused by the fonts used in graphics. Sometimes, the Distiller warning messages are misleading, so you have no idea what the p

Font Fiasco with FM 9 Book and Distiller

2011-01-10 Thread Daniel Doornbos - PTU
Hello Jim, I have encountered this problem with earlier versions of FrameMaker. It has not yet happened to me on FM9. In my experience, if there is a font problem, it is caused by the fonts used in graphics. Sometimes, the Distiller warning messages are misleading, so you have no idea what the p

RE: Frame on Vista and Win7

2009-10-23 Thread Daniel Doornbos - PTU
Ajay, My first step would be to go to the FrameMaker folder and double-click the actual FrameMaker.exe file. That will rule out a faulty alias and verify the installation. Evidently you have attempted installing FrameMaker several times already. I think you should start looking somewhere else. I

Frame on Vista and Win7

2009-10-23 Thread Daniel Doornbos - PTU
Ajay, My first step would be to go to the FrameMaker folder and double-click the actual FrameMaker.exe file. That will rule out a faulty alias and verify the installation. Evidently you have attempted installing FrameMaker several times already. I think you should start looking somewhere else. I

RE: Technical Writing Certificate

2009-04-08 Thread Daniel Doornbos - PTU
Dear Seawin22, Last Year, I completed my Tech Writing Certificate from UC Santa Cruz. Their material is very useful on the job, but not all courses are online. http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/ If I had an extra US$25K, I would skip the certificate and get a MA Tech Writing Degree. There are several

Technical Writing Certificate

2009-04-08 Thread Daniel Doornbos - PTU
Dear Seawin22, Last Year, I completed my Tech Writing Certificate from UC Santa Cruz. Their material is very useful on the job, but not all courses are online. http://www.ucsc-extension.edu/ If I had an extra US$25K, I would skip the certificate and get a MA Tech Writing Degree. There are several