Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Ed
ing XML and CSS, so maybe I'll look at this incrementally. -=Ed. > -Original Message- > From: Rick Quatro [mailto:rick at rickquatro.com] > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:01 PM > To: 'Ed'; 'FrameMaker Forum' > Subject: RE: Structuring documents (was R

Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Ed, I think you have too many experts in your list. Many of us learned the steps as novices. For example, >An expert to create an EDD and/or DTD. You can learn to create an EDD by reading the FrameMaker documentation. If you are going to use DITA, FrameMaker comes with an EDD that you can lea

Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Bernard Aschwanden (Publishing Smarter)
Smarter)'; 'Alison Craig'; 'FrameMaker Forum' Subject: RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies) Matt- People are asking why it's so hard to convert. My point is that for many solo writers, it's hard to propose a conversion to ma

Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Ed
-Original Message- > From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:matt at grafixtraining.com] > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 3:42 PM > To: 'Ed'; 'Bernard Aschwanden (Publishing Smarter)'; 'Alison Craig'; > 'FrameMaker Forum' > Subject: RE: Structuring document

Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread LW White
es at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Matt Sullivan Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:24 PM To: 'Joseph Lorenzini'; 'FrameMaker Forum' Subject: RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies) While there's structured framemaker, dita, and a host of third party

Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Ed
o:framers- > bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Bernard Aschwanden (Publishing > Smarter) > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 2:53 PM > To: 'Alison Craig'; 'Matt Sullivan'; 'Joseph Lorenzini'; 'FrameMaker Forum' > Subject: RE: Structuring do

Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Bernard Aschwanden (Publishing Smarter)
x27;s pretty smooth. Bernard -Original Message- From: Alison Craig [mailto:alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com] Sent: April-30-10 13:52 To: Bernard Aschwanden (Publishing Smarter); 'Matt Sullivan'; 'Joseph Lorenzini'; 'FrameMaker Forum' Subject: RE: Structuring docu

Re: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:15:17 -0400, "Ed" wrote: >I went to an XSL class and was completely lost. Maybe it's changed since >then, but XSL spooked me pretty well. I enjoy hacking XML and CSS, so maybe >I'll look at this incrementally. You aren't the only one who finds XSLT challenging! I've been

Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:15:17 -0400, "Ed" wrote: >I went to an XSL class and was completely lost. Maybe it's changed since >then, but XSL spooked me pretty well. I enjoy hacking XML and CSS, so maybe >I'll look at this incrementally. You aren't the only one who finds XSLT challenging! I've been

RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Ed
ing XML and CSS, so maybe I'll look at this incrementally. -=Ed. > -Original Message- > From: Rick Quatro [mailto:r...@rickquatro.com] > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 5:01 PM > To: 'Ed'; 'FrameMaker Forum' > Subject: RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Ad

RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Writer
call it sheer bloody mindedness--I wanted it badly enough to do it anyway. Nadine --- On Fri, 4/30/10, Ed wrote: > From: Ed > Subject: RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies) > To: "'Matt Sullivan'" , "'Bernard

Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Writer
call it sheer bloody mindedness--I wanted it badly enough to do it anyway. Nadine --- On Fri, 4/30/10, Ed wrote: > From: Ed > Subject: RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies) > To: "'Matt Sullivan'" , "'Bernard

RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Ed, I think you have too many experts in your list. Many of us learned the steps as novices. For example, >An expert to create an EDD and/or DTD. You can learn to create an EDD by reading the FrameMaker documentation. If you are going to use DITA, FrameMaker comes with an EDD that you can lea

RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Bernard Aschwanden (Publishing Smarter)
Smarter)'; 'Alison Craig'; 'FrameMaker Forum' Subject: RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies) Matt- People are asking why it's so hard to convert. My point is that for many solo writers, it's hard to propose a conversion to ma

RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Ed
-Original Message- > From: Matt Sullivan [mailto:m...@grafixtraining.com] > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 3:42 PM > To: 'Ed'; 'Bernard Aschwanden (Publishing Smarter)'; 'Alison Craig'; > 'FrameMaker Forum' > Subject: RE: Structuring document

Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Bernard Aschwanden (Publishing Smarter)
llivan Sent: April-29-10 16:24 To: 'Joseph Lorenzini'; 'FrameMaker Forum' Subject: RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies) While there's structured framemaker, dita, and a host of third party plugins can anyone really say its a simple, painl

RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread LW White
-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Matt Sullivan Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:24 PM To: 'Joseph Lorenzini'; 'FrameMaker Forum' Subject: RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies) While there's structured framemaker, dita, and a host of third party

RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Matt Sullivan
#x27;; 'Joseph Lorenzini'; 'FrameMaker Forum' Subject: RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies) Just yesterday I dove again into the Frame 7.2 structure folder, looked at all of the files - DTD, EDD, MOD, etc. Started reading the XML cookbook, and

Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Matt Sullivan
#x27;; 'Joseph Lorenzini'; 'FrameMaker Forum' Subject: RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies) Just yesterday I dove again into the Frame 7.2 structure folder, looked at all of the files - DTD, EDD, MOD, etc. Started reading the XML cookbook, and

RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Ed
ilto:framers- > boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Bernard Aschwanden (Publishing > Smarter) > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 2:53 PM > To: 'Alison Craig'; 'Matt Sullivan'; 'Joseph Lorenzini'; 'FrameMaker Forum' > Subject: RE: Structuring documen

RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Bernard Aschwanden (Publishing Smarter)
x27;s pretty smooth. Bernard -Original Message- From: Alison Craig [mailto:alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com] Sent: April-30-10 13:52 To: Bernard Aschwanden (Publishing Smarter); 'Matt Sullivan'; 'Joseph Lorenzini'; 'FrameMaker Forum' Subject: RE: Structuring docu

RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Alison Craig
'Joseph Lorenzini'; 'FrameMaker Forum' Subject: RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies) Further to Matt's comments, I do conversion for clients, but usually 1000's of pages at a time, and sometimes it's Word, Frame, or sloppy Fr

Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Alison Craig
an'; 'Joseph Lorenzini'; 'FrameMaker Forum' Subject: RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies) Further to Matt's comments, I do conversion for clients, but usually 1000's of pages at a time, and sometimes it's Word, Frame, or slop

RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-30 Thread Bernard Aschwanden (Publishing Smarter)
llivan Sent: April-29-10 16:24 To: 'Joseph Lorenzini'; 'FrameMaker Forum' Subject: RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies) While there's structured framemaker, dita, and a host of third party plugins can anyone really say its a simple, painl

Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-29 Thread David Spreadbury
- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Matt Sullivan Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:24 PM To: 'Joseph Lorenzini'; 'FrameMaker Forum' Subject: RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Str

Re: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-29 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:54:08 -0700, "Matt Sullivan" wrote: >As a point of correction... > >I didn't state the para you've attributed to me >and I *do not* agree with it. Ah. You were quoting it. I didn't notice that, because you had omitted the usual top attribution to the author, Joseph Lo

Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-29 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:54:08 -0700, "Matt Sullivan" wrote: >As a point of correction... > >I didn't state the para you've attributed to me >and I *do not* agree with it. Ah. You were quoting it. I didn't notice that, because you had omitted the usual top attribution to the author, Joseph Lo

RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-29 Thread Matt Sullivan
lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy H. Griffith Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 2:25 PM To: 'FrameMaker Forum' Subject: Re: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies) On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:23:54 -0700, "Matt Sulli

Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-29 Thread Matt Sullivan
lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jeremy H. Griffith Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 2:25 PM To: 'FrameMaker Forum' Subject: Re: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies) On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:23:54 -0700, "Matt Sulli

Re: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-29 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:23:54 -0700, "Matt Sullivan" wrote: >While there's structured framemaker, dita, and a host >of third party plugins can anyone really say its a simple, >painless, and quick process to transition from unstructured >framemaker to either structured or dita? They can say

Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-29 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:23:54 -0700, "Matt Sullivan" wrote: >While there's structured framemaker, dita, and a host >of third party plugins can anyone really say its a simple, >painless, and quick process to transition from unstructured >framemaker to either structured or dita? They can say

RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-29 Thread David Spreadbury
- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Matt Sullivan Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 3:24 PM To: 'Joseph Lorenzini'; 'FrameMaker Forum' Subject: RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Stra

RE: Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-29 Thread Matt Sullivan
While there's structured framemaker, dita, and a host of third party plugins can anyone really say its a simple, painless, and quick process to transition from unstructured framemaker to either structured or dita? Sincerely, Joseph Lorenzini ___ Hi

Structuring documents (was RE: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies)

2010-04-29 Thread Matt Sullivan
While there's structured framemaker, dita, and a host of third party plugins can anyone really say its a simple, painless, and quick process to transition from unstructured framemaker to either structured or dita? Sincerely, Joseph Lorenzini ___ Hi

Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-29 Thread Joel
I had high hopes for Buzzword when Adobe bought it, but rather than making it a Word-killer they have slowed down the release cycle, added things I don't care about, and been a bummer in general. I think they have too many products and aren't supporting the really good ones like they should be. Jo

Re: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-29 Thread Joel
I had high hopes for Buzzword when Adobe bought it, but rather than making it a Word-killer they have slowed down the release cycle, added things I don't care about, and been a bummer in general. I think they have too many products and aren't supporting the really good ones like they should be. Jo

Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-27 Thread Alan T Litchfield
like your representation of big business in general. Did > you watch Food Inc the other day? Talk about dinosaurs! > > cud > > > From: Alan T Litchfield > To: Chris Despopoulos > Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Sent: Mon, April 26, 2010 5:19:14 PM > Subje

Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-27 Thread Alan T Litchfield
So Chris, If we extend your prehistoric analogy, Adobe has become like the semi- stationary sauropod who's legs are so vast that it must stand in one place and swings its great neck to reach the greenest morsels. The reach of its head and mouth are limited to the extent and range of motion

Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-27 Thread Eduardo F. Cidade Sr.
My two cents...if only that: So what is it we seek? and Does Adobe Systems listen? As for me, I'm perfectly content with the latest version of Frame. I can only take so much technology upgrade. Opinion is my own. >From New York Eduardo

Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-26 Thread qui...@airmail.net
On 4/26/10 7:07 AM, Chris Despopoulos wrote: > And with desktop software. The next wave (you heard it here) is servers and > services. Currently, the software innovation I'm aware of is in managing > networks, whether managing an array of devices and applications, streams of > financial data,

Re: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-26 Thread quills
On 4/26/10 7:07 AM, Chris Despopoulos wrote: And with desktop software. The next wave (you heard it here) is servers and services. Currently, the software innovation I'm aware of is in managing networks, whether managing an array of devices and applications, streams of financial data, or en

Re: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-26 Thread Alan T Litchfield
c the other day? Talk about dinosaurs! cud From: Alan T Litchfield To: Chris Despopoulos Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Mon, April 26, 2010 5:19:14 PM Subject: Re: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies So Chris, If we extend your prehistoric analogy, Adobe has become like the semi

Re: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-26 Thread Chris Despopoulos
Food Inc the other day? Talk about dinosaurs! cud From: Alan T Litchfield To: Chris Despopoulos Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Mon, April 26, 2010 5:19:14 PM Subject: Re: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies So Chris, If we extend your preh

Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-26 Thread Chris Despopoulos
Food Inc the other day? Talk about dinosaurs! cud From: Alan T Litchfield To: Chris Despopoulos Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Mon, April 26, 2010 5:19:14 PM Subject: Re: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies So Chris, If we extend your preh

Re: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-26 Thread Alan T Litchfield
So Chris, If we extend your prehistoric analogy, Adobe has become like the semi- stationary sauropod who's legs are so vast that it must stand in one place and swings its great neck to reach the greenest morsels. The reach of its head and mouth are limited to the extent and range of motion

Re: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-26 Thread Chris Despopoulos
RE the good ole days when men were men and software was innovative. What we're witnessing is a natural part of any innovative curve. Back when FrameMaker first made waves, you could subscribe to three different magazines that printed monthly articles about new and interesting software. When'

Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-26 Thread Chris Despopoulos
RE the good ole days when men were men and software was innovative. What we're witnessing is a natural part of any innovative curve. Back when FrameMaker first made waves, you could subscribe to three different magazines that printed monthly articles about new and interesting software. When'

Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-24 Thread qui...@airmail.net
It's just that having an MBA doesn't automatically qualify you to lead or even manage a company. The people in charge nowdays have lost sight of what their bottom line is. They rely solely upon the bean counters to tell them, when that is only the current line expense. I'm waiting for the senio

Re: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-24 Thread quills
It's just that having an MBA doesn't automatically qualify you to lead or even manage a company. The people in charge nowdays have lost sight of what their bottom line is. They rely solely upon the bean counters to tell them, when that is only the current line expense. I'm waiting for the seni

Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-24 Thread Joseph Lorenzini
Reposting this to the frame list serve for people who aren't on HATT. === Hi Jeremy, Let me say at the outset that I really like Adobe products. I think FrameMaker and Robohelp are good products and that they serve most technical writer's needs at th

Re: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-24 Thread Joseph Lorenzini
Reposting this to the frame list serve for people who aren't on HATT. === Hi Jeremy, Let me say at the outset that I really like Adobe products. I think FrameMaker and Robohelp are good products and that they serve most technical writer's needs at th

Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-23 Thread Steve Johnson
Isn't this the story of every place you've worked for the last 10 years almost? Since the salad days of spend-all-the-money-you-can? I feel almost like Pinocchio being duped into going to Donkey Island ... hi diddly dee, the high tech life for me... And now all the "leaders" of our companies can t

Re: Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-23 Thread Steve Johnson
Isn't this the story of every place you've worked for the last 10 years almost? Since the salad days of spend-all-the-money-you-can? I feel almost like Pinocchio being duped into going to Donkey Island ... hi diddly dee, the high tech life for me... And now all the "leaders" of our companies can t

Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-23 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
Interesting article today in the Silicon Valley Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-underlying-story-behind-adobes-failed-mobile-strategy-2010-4 It's nominally about Adobe's mobile strategy, but applies to the entire corporate culture and how it has changed. I really miss Doc Warnock... w

Adobe's New Corporate Strategies

2010-04-23 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
Interesting article today in the Silicon Valley Insider: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-underlying-story-behind-adobes-failed-mobile-strategy-2010-4 It's nominally about Adobe's mobile strategy, but applies to the entire corporate culture and how it has changed. I really miss Doc Warnock... w