Sure, IMHO even if you only publish to one output, you're single-sourcing - as long as you're not maintaining the same content in a bunch of different places, you're single-sourcing (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_source_publishing).
________________________________ From: jackdeland at comcast.net [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 10:21 AM To: Jeff Coatsworth Cc: framers Subject: Re: Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster If you write once and publish to only one output, I don't think you're "single-sourcing" by definition - you only have the potential to make that happen. I think we're wasting time by not doing so, but it is what it is, and I have been slowly dragging the company from the 80's to the 90's. They're not ready for single-source yet. ________________________________ From: "Jeff Coatsworth" <[email protected]> To: "framers" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 10:13:17 AM Subject: RE: Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster Not in my single-sourcing world - it's write once, publish to many [output formats that is] ________________________________ From: jackdeland at comcast.net [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 10:04 AM To: Jeff Coatsworth Cc: framers Subject: Re: Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster Depends on the output! :) ________________________________ From: "Jeff Coatsworth" <[email protected]> To: "framers" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 8:35:01 AM Subject: RE: Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster If all your content is in FM, then you're already "single-sourcing" it you know ;>) ________________________________ From: jackdeland at comcast.net [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 8:27 AM To: Jeff Coatsworth Cc: framers Subject: Re: Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster Thanks, Jeff Yes, it is PDF production only. I have yet to single-source all these thousands of pages (lone writer here). I think e-mail is the most sensible thing to do. Jack ________________________________ From: "Jeff Coatsworth" <[email protected]> To: "framers" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 8:22:27 AM Subject: RE: Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster You don't mention what format your help docs are produced in, but the implication is that it's PDF - I'd be inclined to encourage the typo-finder to copy & paste the offending section into an e-mail & fire it off to you for it to be fixed; that sounds like the quickest way. The other alternative is to use the commenting/review feature in PDFs to have them add their 2 cents worth and fire back the whole thing for you to import back into FM. ________________________________ From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 8:59 AM To: framers Subject: Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster Hello, Framers - My QA guy has a problem with chasing minor typos in our docs: it takes longer to document the typo than it does to fix it. He wants a solution that bypasses the need for FrameMaker, and has read an article that says Word 2013 will allow editing of PDFs in native format. He wants the developers to be able to do this to my docs. I've explained all the many problems with using Word, but he is still searching for an answer, which means I am too. What is your solution to the problem he sees? To me, it should be a non-problem, i.e., typos should not exist anyway, and the developers should not be allowed anywhere near my "source", but the reality is that he has more say in it than I (he is also scrummaster). Thanks Jack DeLand _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as jackdeland at comcast.net. 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/jackdeland%40comcast.net Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as jackdeland at comcast.net. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. 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