Could you present your release notes in tables? That lets you use FM's sort function to split the bugs into resolved and not. You just have to have a column called something like "status" and then sort according to that.
Then immediately before release, you can split the table up to make your 3 sections and delete the status column. And I guess you could convert to text if you can't use table layout in the final docs. Cheers, Rebecca >>> "Lin Surasky" <Lin.Surasky at retalix.com> 05/19/07 5:43 AM >>> Or can I keep my inflatable ducky hiked firmly around my middle and paddle around in unstructured FM? Over the past year or so, I've been poking around at structured FM with no real goal in mind except to see if it might benefit us down the road. For the most part, our process is pretty linear, and structured FM isn't yet necessary for our regular user guides and manuals. So I have a general idea of what we'd need, but I don't have the full picture yet... I'm working on a new product with a new team, and each customer gets their own version of the product with their own customized release notes. When you all have stopped screaming, I'll continue... The release notes are very simple. There are three main chapters: Requested Customer Enhancements, Bug Fixes, and Known Issues (bugs that we're aware of that have not yet been fixed). Please don't start screaming again; I really need your advice! The gist of the situation is that on release day, I have to go into our bug reporting system, and check all the Known Issues to make sure they're still issues. If they've been fixed, they move to the Bug Fixes section. So I'm thinking that structured FM must be able to help, in that I could somehow create element tags for Fixes and Issues, and then just change the element tag for the Issues that have been fixed and somehow regenerate the documents (how, I don't know -- do I need to maintain this in a spreadsheet or database?) so that the content is moved to the correct section along with its cross-referenced bullet (each section has a bulleted list to make navigation easier). Oh yeah, and can they be re-sorted by section into numerical order? This sounds like it should be so simple, but I'm lost on the mechanics -- any recommendations for how to set this up? Or if there's a better way to manage this even in unstructured FM, that'd be great too. The cutting and pasting is REALLY not my idea of fun! Thanks! Lin _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as rebecca.officer at alliedtelesis.co.nz. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/rebecca.officer%40alliedtelesis.co.nz Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. NOTICE: This message contains privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify Allied Telesis Labs Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender has the authority to issue and specifically states them to be the views of Allied Telesis Labs.
