IMHO, Adobe -- especially FrameMaker -- documentation stinks. I mean, really reeks. They didn't outsource that part of the product, btw.
Finding stuff in there is impossible. The online help is either the worst example of single sourcing I've ever seen or the worst example of online help creation using traditional methods. As with all the Adobe documentation, it seems you have to know the vocabulary before you can search for and find anything. I really like FM, btw, and find Photoshop and Illustrator powerful, though their interfaces are muddled. Cheers. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Johnson Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 10:46 AM To: 'Carol Levine' Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TCP] FrameMaker 7.x: Position of superscripted characters No, don't blame your inability to find the topic on the full moon. Blame it on whoever wrote the help file or the help search engine. Searching on superscript should've identified the topic. The only way I found it was because I knew where to look in the application and that helped me find the right word (offset) to search for. Did I just end a sentence with a preposition? ... Is this better "...word for which to search"? Tom Johnson DISCLAIMER: Important Notice ************************************************* This e-mail may contain information that is confidential, privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, do not duplicate or redistribute it by any means. Please delete it and any attachments and notify the sender that you have received it in error. Unintended recipients are prohibited from taking action on the basis of information in this e-mail.E-mail messages may contain computer viruses or other defects, may not be accurately replicated on other systems, or may be intercepted, deleted or interfered with without the knowledge of the sender or the intended recipient. If you are not comfortable with the risks associated with e-mail messages, you may decide not to use e-mail to communicate with IPC. IPC reserves the right, to the extent and under circumstances permitted by applicable law, to retain, monitor and intercept e-mail messages to and from its systems. ______________________________________________ Author Help files and create printed documentation with Doc-To-Help. New release adds Team Authoring Support, enhanced Web-based help technology and PDF output. Learn more at www.doctohelp.com/tcp. Are you a Help Authoring Trainer or Consultant? Let clients find you at www.HAT.Matrix.com, the searchable HAT database based on Char James-Tanny's HAT Comparison Matrix. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for details. _______________________________________________ Technical Communication Professionals Post a message to the list: email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, unsubscribe, archives, account options, list info: http://techcommpros.com/mailman/listinfo/tcp_techcommpros.com Subscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe (email): send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Need help? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get the TCP whole experience! http://www.techcommpros.com
