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Wot? You're leaving us? WAS: 'Burning the bridges' sale]

2010-01-25 Thread Diane Gaskill

Heya Hedley,

So, you got rich as a TW and retired early eh? :-) Congratulations!  You
didn't say anything about leaving the list, but you did mention burning the
bridges behind you. Well, after all, you've been on this list only 17
years (that I know of anyway). I just checked my archive (17.4K messages)
and in the 200 or so messages I have from you, I found a real oldie that I
thought might be worth posting.  Check the date on the message.  I'm sure
that many of the listmembers will find it interesting. More from me
following your message below.

-Original Message-
From: Hedley Finger x 5241 [mailto:epa...@epa.ericsson.se]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 1997 7:50 PM
To: Hedley Finger at HHP
Subject: FrameMaker Key Shortcuts, including emacs commands
===
 ATTENTION Framers:  Forgive the intrusion of this header for one week.
 We have been given official user group status by Adobe.  Because
 of this and finally agreeing on a name that doesn't infringe on Adobe's
 right to FrameMaker with Adobe's legal team, this new online user group
 will be known as FrameUsers.com.  Although I like workingtogether.com,
 it was not good enough to explain the purpose of the site and these lists.

 The changes will occur Friday, 20 June at 5pm MST.  All email to
 workingtogether.com will NOT function after this.  Access to the web
 site via workingtogether.com WILL function for one month.

 As of Friday, 20 June 1997, these are the new addresses:
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- Posting Address:  fram...@frameusers.com
- Human Admin (Brad Anderson): b...@frameusers.com
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- Website: http://www.FrameUsers.com

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 announcement.  For all of you that must gripe and complain when any
 changes occur, please direct them to me at b...@falconmedia.com.
===

Well, if you do leave the list, even though I've never met you face to face
(AU is a bit far from CA for that), it's been my pleasure knowing you and
exchanging messages all these years.  You've been one of the mainstays and
definitely one of the few I call FM expert.  Good luck, enjoy your
retirement, and Godspeed.  Feel free to look in on us once in a while.

Regards,
Diane



-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com]on Behalf Of Hedley Finger
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 4:33 PM
To: Frame Users
Subject: [Fwd: 'Burning the bridges' sale]


 Oooops!  Didn't think any lists were text-only these days.  Here it
is in vanilla flavour.  -- Hedley 


Now that I am retired and no longer working as a technical writer, it's
time to clean out the cupboards, and burn the bridges behind me.

If you want a tutorial about learning to create XML structure
applications in FrameMaker, you might like to purchase a textbook used
in a class given by Allette Systems, Sydney, on creating EDDs and other
structure components.  It is called /'Applications Buildings with
FrameMaker+SGML'/. where the structured version of FrameMaker used to be
sold as an application separate from the unstructured version.

You can purchase the book from www.ebay.com
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Applications-Building-with-Structured-FrameMaker-Ado
be_W0QQitemZ250568424409QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Books_Textbooks?hash=item3a570
abbd9.


I am also selling a lot of programming books -- see them by clicking the
See other items
http://search.ebay.com.au/_W0QQsassZhedleyfingerQQhtZ-1 link under my
vendor name hedleyfinger http://myworld.ebay.com.au/hedleyfinger/ at
the right upper corner of the eBay page.

Regards,
Hedley

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Frame9 crashes non stop on Vista 64

2010-01-25 Thread mathieu jacquet


Hi all!

After my tenth or so reboot this morning, I'm getting slightly upset...Well 
especially after reading that FM 9 on Vista 64 is rock solid-bombproof. 

My problems occur mainly when switching from tab to tab or scrolling pages. Do 
(have) you encounter(ed) the same problems?

Cheers,
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OT: Text insets and trados translation workbench

2010-01-25 Thread Andersen, Verner Engell VEA

Hi

I have been using text insets in my Framemaker file to make sure that
the same piece of text is writtten in the same way everywhere.

It seems that our translator has translated directly into the chapter
and not the text inset.

Does the Trados translation workbench not support text insets? Should I
convert the insets to text directly in the chapter biles.

Best regards,

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RE: Text insets and trados translation workbench

2010-01-25 Thread Ann Zdunczyk

Hi Verner,

The text inset is just a frame file. It can be turned into a MIF file just
like the rest of your Frame files. It looks like the translator when in a
turned the text insets into text.

Z

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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andersen, Verner
Engell VEA
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 9:30 AM
To: FrameMaker discussion list (omsys) (FrameMaker discussion list (omsys));
framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: OT: Text insets and trados translation workbench

Hi

I have been using text insets in my Framemaker file to make sure that
the same piece of text is writtten in the same way everywhere.

It seems that our translator has translated directly into the chapter
and not the text inset.

Does the Trados translation workbench not support text insets? Should I
convert the insets to text directly in the chapter biles.

Best regards,

Verner



Radiometer Medical ApS 
Akandevej 21 
2700 Bronshoj 
Denmark 
Phone: +45 38 27 38 27 
CVR: 27 50 91 85 
www.radiometer.com
For the latest trends in acute care testing, go to Radiometer's knowledge
site www.acutecaretesting.org





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RE: Text insets and trados translation workbench

2010-01-25 Thread Ann Zdunczyk

Hi Verner,

The text inset is just a frame file. It can be turned into a MIF file just
like the rest of your Frame files. It looks like the translator when in a
turned the text insets into text.

Z

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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andersen, Verner
Engell VEA
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 9:30 AM
To: FrameMaker discussion list (omsys) (FrameMaker discussion list (omsys));
framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: OT: Text insets and trados translation workbench

Hi

I have been using text insets in my Framemaker file to make sure that
the same piece of text is writtten in the same way everywhere.

It seems that our translator has translated directly into the chapter
and not the text inset.

Does the Trados translation workbench not support text insets? Should I
convert the insets to text directly in the chapter biles.

Best regards,

Verner



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Akandevej 21 
2700 Bronshoj 
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Phone: +45 38 27 38 27 
CVR: 27 50 91 85 
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Fix for Acrobat license problem in TCS

2010-01-25 Thread Combs, Richard

Just a quick heads-up for TCS 2 users who experience licensing problems
with Acrobat: Today at Adobe's Technical Communication blog
(http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/), Mahesh Kumar Gupta posted a link to
a utility and a procedure for using it to fix the problem. 

I haven't experienced the problem myself, so I can't vouch for the
utility or procedure. 

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Re: Fix for Acrobat license problem in TCS

2010-01-25 Thread Alan T Litchfield

Thanks Richard,

A useful link. This appears to be similar to other Adobe licensing  
problems.

Really there is no change from what people have already said except  
that now they have an application that queries the database that  
stores the data and confirms that it is indeed lost, in which case you  
have to reinstall Acrobat.

I suppose at least we now know where the problem is, why not back up  
this cache.db file and when the problem occurs, replace it?

Alan

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OT: Software recommendations

2010-01-25 Thread Roger Shuttleworth

Hello All

I just started a new job at a software company whose product is very 
GUI-intense. User assistance is crucial, and our legacy versions use online 
Help that opens in a separate browser window. Management seem to be very open 
to the idea of embedded help, etc. in upcoming versions, and they are very 
serious about good UI design - so I'm hoping I'll be able to promote embedded 
help in the future.

In the past the Help was  created in RoboHelp 7 and existed separately from any 
PDF output, but in the future I can see us also creating well-designed PDFs, 
single-sourcing the PDF and the Help, and maybe also training materials. There 
will also be about four software packages with different sets of features (so 
some form of inclusion/exclusion mechanism will be needed.

I'm looking for recommendations as to which software package(s) to use. My 
inclination is to get TCS2, single-source in FrameMaker, and then push to RH. 
I'm pretty savvy with structured FM (though not v.9.0).

Before I leap for TCS2, I wonder if there are other possibilities. We do not 
need XML as yet, though it may be a remote possibility down the road). I've 
also thought about using XML and the DITA-OT, but the PDF output is probably 
not good enough and there will be issues with file management in the absence of 
a content management system.

Any suggestions will be welcome. Thanks for your help.

Roger

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London, Ontario
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FrameMaker/CMS article in UK STC Communicator

2010-01-25 Thread Scott Prentice

I just wanted to point out a recently posted article from the UK STC 
Communicator magazine. This article titled, CMS integration for 
FrameMaker, was written by Andy Lewis and Alex Masycheff. It discusses 
CMS concepts in general and the issues around CMS integration with 
FrameMaker. A must read for anyone considering this option.

   http://www.writepoint.com/site/downloads/Com0912Web_p46-49.pdf

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Re: OT: Software recommendations

2010-01-25 Thread Writer

We use DITA (authored in FM9) and create HTML output with ePublisher. 
Currently, we create an FM book from the DITA files, apply a template to the 
book, and create the PDF with Acrobat. WebWorks has added the ability to format 
PDF output through ePublisher, but we haven't had the chance to run it through 
its paces. If we can get the output to look the way we need it to, this will 
shave a lot of time off of production.

We do all this without a CMS, although I shall be investigating CMS systems 
this year.

Even though we do have to keep a close eye on managing the files and the 
process, I really like working this way.

Nadine

--- On Mon, 1/25/10, Roger Shuttleworth rshuttlewo...@avbasesystems.com wrote:

 From: Roger Shuttleworth rshuttlewo...@avbasesystems.com
 Subject: OT: Software recommendations
 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
 Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 4:23 PM
 Hello All
 
 I just started a new job at a software company whose
 product is very GUI-intense. User assistance is crucial, and
 our legacy versions use online Help that opens in a separate
 browser window. Management seem to be very open to the idea
 of embedded help, etc. in upcoming versions, and they are
 very serious about good UI design - so I'm hoping I'll be
 able to promote embedded help in the future.
 
 In the past the Help was  created in RoboHelp 7 and
 existed separately from any PDF output, but in the future I
 can see us also creating well-designed PDFs, single-sourcing
 the PDF and the Help, and maybe also training materials.
 There will also be about four software packages with
 different sets of features (so some form of
 inclusion/exclusion mechanism will be needed.
 
 I'm looking for recommendations as to which software
 package(s) to use. My inclination is to get TCS2,
 single-source in FrameMaker, and then push to RH. I'm pretty
 savvy with structured FM (though not v.9.0).
 
 Before I leap for TCS2, I wonder if there are other
 possibilities. We do not need XML as yet, though it may be a
 remote possibility down the road). I've also thought about
 using XML and the DITA-OT, but the PDF output is probably
 not good enough and there will be issues with file
 management in the absence of a content management system.
 
 Any suggestions will be welcome. Thanks for your help.
 
 Roger
 
 Roger Shuttleworth
 Technical Documentation
 AV-BASE Systems Inc.
 1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
 London, Ontario
 N5V 3S4
 Canada
 Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 320
 rshuttlewo...@avbasesystems.com
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Re: OT: Software recommendations

2010-01-25 Thread Art Campbell

I'd definitely look at TCS2, and then look at a couple of additional
things beyond that to investigate:
 1. MIF2Go can do a couple things RH can't, and vice-versa. So I'd
also investigate a second HA solution that can run off FM
single-source.
 2. If you're also doing manuals, or they want to continue doing
manuals, I'd look at the DocBook standard as a simpler alternative to
DITA, and one that may be easier to implement if they already have a
manual paradigm.

If you're not already a member, you may also want to join the TCS
User's Group at http://groups.google.com/group/TCS-Users?hl=en.

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On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Roger Shuttleworth
rshuttlewo...@avbasesystems.com wrote:
 Hello All

 I just started a new job at a software company whose product is very 
 GUI-intense. User assistance is crucial, and our legacy versions use online 
 Help that opens in a separate browser window. Management seem to be very open 
 to the idea of embedded help, etc. in upcoming versions, and they are very 
 serious about good UI design - so I'm hoping I'll be able to promote embedded 
 help in the future.

 In the past the Help was  created in RoboHelp 7 and existed separately from 
 any PDF output, but in the future I can see us also creating well-designed 
 PDFs, single-sourcing the PDF and the Help, and maybe also training 
 materials. There will also be about four software packages with different 
 sets of features (so some form of inclusion/exclusion mechanism will be 
 needed.

 I'm looking for recommendations as to which software package(s) to use. My 
 inclination is to get TCS2, single-source in FrameMaker, and then push to RH. 
 I'm pretty savvy with structured FM (though not v.9.0).

 Before I leap for TCS2, I wonder if there are other possibilities. We do not 
 need XML as yet, though it may be a remote possibility down the road). I've 
 also thought about using XML and the DITA-OT, but the PDF output is probably 
 not good enough and there will be issues with file management in the absence 
 of a content management system.

 Any suggestions will be welcome. Thanks for your help.

 Roger

 Roger Shuttleworth
 Technical Documentation
 AV-BASE Systems Inc.
 1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
 London, Ontario
 N5V 3S4
 Canada
 Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 320
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RE: Software recommendations

2010-01-25 Thread David Spreadbury

What is wrong with working in your current version of FrameMaker, which you
don't mention, so I am going to assume 7.2.

What is wrong with creating the PDFs straight out of FrameMaker?

Mif2Go can handle your online help problem. It produces several different
flavors of Online Help, from Windows Compiled HTML (CHM) to Oracle Help for
Java (cross-platform), to Omni Help (Web HTML Help), and the cost won't
break your budget. You can download and play with their eval version at
www.omsys.com.

As others have pointed out, you can, with a little work, manage the CMS part
manually.

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Sr. Technical Writer


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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Roger
Shuttleworth
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 3:24 PM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: OT: Software recommendations

Hello All

I just started a new job at a software company whose product is very
GUI-intense. User assistance is crucial, and our legacy versions use online
Help that opens in a separate browser window. Management seem to be very
open to the idea of embedded help, etc. in upcoming versions, and they are
very serious about good UI design - so I'm hoping I'll be able to promote
embedded help in the future.

In the past the Help was  created in RoboHelp 7 and existed separately from
any PDF output, but in the future I can see us also creating well-designed
PDFs, single-sourcing the PDF and the Help, and maybe also training
materials. There will also be about four software packages with different
sets of features (so some form of inclusion/exclusion mechanism will be
needed.

I'm looking for recommendations as to which software package(s) to use. My
inclination is to get TCS2, single-source in FrameMaker, and then push to
RH. I'm pretty savvy with structured FM (though not v.9.0).

Before I leap for TCS2, I wonder if there are other possibilities. We do not
need XML as yet, though it may be a remote possibility down the road). I've
also thought about using XML and the DITA-OT, but the PDF output is probably
not good enough and there will be issues with file management in the absence
of a content management system.

Any suggestions will be welcome. Thanks for your help.

Roger

Roger Shuttleworth
Technical Documentation
AV-BASE Systems Inc.
1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
London, Ontario
N5V 3S4
Canada
Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 320
rshuttlewo...@avbasesystems.com


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Re: OT: Software recommendations

2010-01-25 Thread Scott Prentice

Hi Roger...

Keep in mind that the DITA-OT and FrameMaker are not mutually exclusive. 
You can use the OT to generate your HTML output, but still use FM for 
authoring and PDF publishing. It's a bit of work to tweak the OT for 
HTML .. but not too bad .. tweaking the OT for PDF output (especially if 
you're looking for something comparable to FM's PDF) is a *lot* of work. 
I'd go with TCS2 so that you've got all of the bases covered, and as 
time permits, experiment with other options that may free you from 
proprietary processing where appropriate.

Cheers,

...scott

Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com
+1.415.485.1892



Roger Shuttleworth wrote:
 Hello All

 I just started a new job at a software company whose product is very 
 GUI-intense. User assistance is crucial, and our legacy versions use online 
 Help that opens in a separate browser window. Management seem to be very open 
 to the idea of embedded help, etc. in upcoming versions, and they are very 
 serious about good UI design - so I'm hoping I'll be able to promote embedded 
 help in the future.

 In the past the Help was  created in RoboHelp 7 and existed separately from 
 any PDF output, but in the future I can see us also creating well-designed 
 PDFs, single-sourcing the PDF and the Help, and maybe also training 
 materials. There will also be about four software packages with different 
 sets of features (so some form of inclusion/exclusion mechanism will be 
 needed.

 I'm looking for recommendations as to which software package(s) to use. My 
 inclination is to get TCS2, single-source in FrameMaker, and then push to RH. 
 I'm pretty savvy with structured FM (though not v.9.0).

 Before I leap for TCS2, I wonder if there are other possibilities. We do not 
 need XML as yet, though it may be a remote possibility down the road). I've 
 also thought about using XML and the DITA-OT, but the PDF output is probably 
 not good enough and there will be issues with file management in the absence 
 of a content management system.

 Any suggestions will be welcome. Thanks for your help.

 Roger

 Roger Shuttleworth
 Technical Documentation
 AV-BASE Systems Inc.
 1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
 London, Ontario
 N5V 3S4
 Canada
 Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 320
 rshuttlewo...@avbasesystems.com

   
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Re: OT: Software recommendations

2010-01-25 Thread Roger Shuttleworth

Hi Art

Thanks for your reply, and Nadine too. I'm familiar with DITA and will most 
likely use that.

I should have mentione in my OP that there are two of us here, and the only 
software we have at present is the single RoboHelp licence, so buying a couple 
of FM licences won't get us very far.

Thanks for the link to the User Group.

Roger

Roger Shuttleworth
Technical Documentation
AV-BASE Systems Inc.
1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
London, Ontario
N5V 3S4
Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 320
rshuttlewo...@avbasesystems.com


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From: Art Campbell
[mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com]
To: Roger Shuttleworth
[mailto:rshuttlewo...@avbasesystems.com]
Cc:
framers@lists.frameusers.com
Sent: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:19:33 -0500
Subject:
Re: OT: Software recommendations


 I'd definitely look at TCS2, and then look at a couple of additional
 things beyond that to investigate:
  1. MIF2Go can do a couple things RH can't, and vice-versa. So I'd
 also investigate a second HA solution that can run off FM
 single-source.
  2. If you're also doing manuals, or they want to continue doing
 manuals, I'd look at the DocBook standard as a simpler alternative to
 DITA, and one that may be easier to implement if they already have a
 manual paradigm.
 
 If you're not already a member, you may also want to join the TCS
 User's Group at http://groups.google.com/group/TCS-Users?hl=en.
 
 Art Campbell
art.campb...@gmail.com
   ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson
   No disclaimers apply.
DoD 358
 
 
 
 On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Roger Shuttleworth
 rshuttlewo...@avbasesystems.com wrote:
  Hello All
 
  I just started a new job at a software company whose product is very
 GUI-intense. User assistance is crucial, and our legacy versions use online
 Help that opens in a separate browser window. Management seem to be very
 open to the idea of embedded help, etc. in upcoming versions, and they are
 very serious about good UI design - so I'm hoping I'll be able to promote
 embedded help in the future.
 
  In the past the Help was  created in RoboHelp 7 and existed separately
 from any PDF output, but in the future I can see us also creating
 well-designed PDFs, single-sourcing the PDF and the Help, and maybe also
 training materials. There will also be about four software packages with
 different sets of features (so some form of inclusion/exclusion mechanism
 will be needed.
 
  I'm looking for recommendations as to which software package(s) to use. My
 inclination is to get TCS2, single-source in FrameMaker, and then push to
 RH. I'm pretty savvy with structured FM (though not v.9.0).
 
  Before I leap for TCS2, I wonder if there are other possibilities. We do
 not need XML as yet, though it may be a remote possibility down the road).
 I've also thought about using XML and the DITA-OT, but the PDF output is
 probably not good enough and there will be issues with file management in
 the absence of a content management system.
 
  Any suggestions will be welcome. Thanks for your help.
 
  Roger
 
  Roger Shuttleworth
  Technical Documentation
  AV-BASE Systems Inc.
  1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
  London, Ontario
  N5V 3S4
  Canada
  Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 320
  rshuttlewo...@avbasesystems.com
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Job Opening: Semiconductor Manufacturing Technical Writer

2010-01-25 Thread Flato, Gillian

Will only accept resumes from Candidates. No employment services or
solicitations.

 

Contract - May become Permanent

Contract Description: 

 

* Duration: unspecified

* Location: Onsite - Milpitas, CA

* Description: Technical Writer will create Product Manufacturing
Procedures, and update Maintenance and Service Manuals in U.S. English
for semiconductor wafer metrology wafer process control systems. 

 

Requirements:

 

* Adheres to company Style Guide

* Uses provided Frame Maker v8.0/9.0 Templates

* Obeys clean room protocol when working in clean room

* Interviews engineers, Subject Matter Experts, and other technical
personnel both on location and in international offices

* Keeps track of tasks to ensure that they are in line with the project
plan

* Familiarity with statutory/legal (such as Semi and CE) information
that should be included in the documentation

* Must work on-site, no telecommuting is available for this position.

 

Required technical experience:

 

* Five years plus of relevant technical writing experience.

* Knowledge of semiconductors, semiconductor measurement tools and the
semiconductor industry is highly desirable.

* Demonstrated experience (with writing samples/portfolio) of writing
various Technical Publications, including Maintenance, Installation, and
Operations documents for technical products

* In-depth knowledge of the following software applications:

- Adobe FrameMaker v8.0 or v9.0

- Adobe Acrobat v8.0 or v9.0

- Adobe Photo Shop or Paint Shop Pro

- Microsoft Office Suite

 

Personal qualities:

 

* Analytical and methodical with an attention to detail

* Flexible and positive attitude

* Self-motivated, shows initiative and common sense

* Ability to work both independently and as part of a team with minimal
supervision

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills

 

 

 

Thank you,

 

 

Gillian Flato

Technical Writer (Software)

nanometrics

1550 Buckeye Dr. 

Milpitas, CA. 95035

*408.545.6316

7  408.232.5911

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[Fwd: 'Burning the bridges' sale]

2010-01-25 Thread Hedley Finger

<< Oooops!  Didn't think any lists were text-only these days.  Here it 
is in vanilla flavour.  -- Hedley >>


Now that I am retired and no longer working as a technical writer, it's 
time to clean out the cupboards, and burn the bridges behind me.

If you want a tutorial about learning to create XML structure 
applications in FrameMaker, you might like to purchase a textbook used 
in a class given by Allette Systems, Sydney, on creating EDDs and other 
structure components.  It is called /'Applications Buildings with 
FrameMaker+SGML'/. where the structured version of FrameMaker used to be 
sold as an application separate from the unstructured version.

You can purchase the book from www.ebay.com 
.
 


I am also selling a lot of programming books -- see them by clicking the 
See other items 
 link under my 
vendor name hedleyfinger  at 
the right upper corner of the eBay page.

Regards,
Hedley

--

Hedley Finger

28 Regent Street   Camberwell VIC 3124   Australia
Tel: +61 3 9809 1229   Fax: (call phone first)
Mobile (cell): +61 412 461 558   Skype: hedley.finger
Email. 
   


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Hedley Finger

28 Regent Street   Camberwell VIC 3124   Australia
Tel: +61 3 9809 1229   Fax: (call phone first)
Mobile (cell): +61 412 461 558   Skype: hedley.finger
Email.

Wot? You're leaving us? WAS: 'Burning the bridges' sale]

2010-01-25 Thread Diane Gaskill

Heya Hedley,

So, you got rich as a TW and retired early eh? :-) Congratulations!  You
didn't say anything about leaving the list, but you did mention burning the
bridges behind you. Well, after all, you've been on this list "only" 17
years (that I know of anyway). I just checked my archive (17.4K messages)
and in the 200 or so messages I have from you, I found a real oldie that I
thought might be worth posting.  Check the date on the message.  I'm sure
that many of the listmembers will find it interesting. More from me
following your message below.

-Original Message-
From: Hedley Finger x 5241 [mailto:epa...@epa.ericsson.se]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 1997 7:50 PM
To: Hedley Finger at HHP
Subject: FrameMaker Key Shortcuts, including emacs commands
===
 ATTENTION Framers:  Forgive the intrusion of this header for one week.
 We have been given "official" user group status by Adobe.  Because
 of this and finally agreeing on a name that doesn't infringe on Adobe's
 right to "FrameMaker" with Adobe's legal team, this new online user group
 will be known as FrameUsers.com.  Although I like workingtogether.com,
 it was not good enough to explain the purpose of the site and these lists.

 The changes will occur Friday, 20 June at 5pm MST.  All email to
 workingtogether.com will NOT function after this.  Access to the web
 site via workingtogether.com WILL function for one month.

 As of Friday, 20 June 1997, these are the new addresses:
- Majordomo (subscribing/unsubscribing): Majordomo at FrameUsers.com
- Posting Address:  Framers at FrameUsers.com
- Human Admin (Brad Anderson): brad at FrameUsers.com
   brad at falconmedia.com
- Website: http://www.FrameUsers.com

 This header will remain on message until Friday, 27 June.  This is the
 easiest way for me to make sure all members read this important
 announcement.  For all of you that must gripe and complain when any
 changes occur, please direct them to me at brad at falconmedia.com.
===

Well, if you do leave the list, even though I've never met you face to face
(AU is a bit far from CA for that), it's been my pleasure knowing you and
exchanging messages all these years.  You've been one of the mainstays and
definitely one of the few I call "FM expert."  Good luck, enjoy your
retirement, and Godspeed.  Feel free to look in on us once in a while.

Regards,
Diane



-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]On Behalf Of Hedley Finger
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 4:33 PM
To: Frame Users
Subject: [Fwd: 'Burning the bridges' sale]


<< Oooops!  Didn't think any lists were text-only these days.  Here it
is in vanilla flavour.  -- Hedley >>


Now that I am retired and no longer working as a technical writer, it's
time to clean out the cupboards, and burn the bridges behind me.

If you want a tutorial about learning to create XML structure
applications in FrameMaker, you might like to purchase a textbook used
in a class given by Allette Systems, Sydney, on creating EDDs and other
structure components.  It is called /'Applications Buildings with
FrameMaker+SGML'/. where the structured version of FrameMaker used to be
sold as an application separate from the unstructured version.

You can purchase the book from www.ebay.com
.


I am also selling a lot of programming books -- see them by clicking the
See other items
 link under my
vendor name hedleyfinger  at
the right upper corner of the eBay page.

Regards,
Hedley

--

Hedley Finger

28 Regent Street   Camberwell VIC 3124   Australia
Tel: +61 3 9809 1229   Fax: (call phone first)
Mobile (cell): +61 412 461 558   Skype: hedley.finger
Email. 
   


--

Hedley Finger

28 Regent Street   Camberwell VIC 3124   Australia
Tel: +61 3 9809 1229   Fax: (call phone first)
Mobile (cell): +61 412 461 558   Skype: hedley.finger
Email. 
   

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Frame9 crashes non stop on Vista 64

2010-01-25 Thread mathieu jacquet


Hi all!

After my tenth or so reboot this morning, I'm getting slightly upset...Well 
especially after reading that FM 9 on Vista 64 is rock solid-bombproof. 

My problems occur mainly when switching from tab to tab or scrolling pages. Do 
(have) you encounter(ed) the same problems?

Cheers,
Mathieu.

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OT: Text insets and trados translation workbench

2010-01-25 Thread Andersen, Verner Engell VEA

Hi

I have been using text insets in my Framemaker file to make sure that
the same piece of text is writtten in the same way everywhere.

It seems that our translator has translated directly into the chapter
and not the text inset.

Does the Trados translation workbench not support text insets? Should I
convert the insets to text directly in the chapter biles.

Best regards,

Verner



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Denmark 
Phone: +45 38 27 38 27 
CVR: 27 50 91 85 
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For the latest trends in acute care testing, go to Radiometer's knowledge site 
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Text insets and trados translation workbench

2010-01-25 Thread Ann Zdunczyk

Hi Verner,

The text inset is just a frame file. It can be turned into a MIF file just
like the rest of your Frame files. It looks like the translator when in a
turned the text insets into text.

Z

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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andersen, Verner
Engell VEA
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 9:30 AM
To: FrameMaker discussion list (omsys) (FrameMaker discussion list (omsys));
framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: OT: Text insets and trados translation workbench

Hi

I have been using text insets in my Framemaker file to make sure that
the same piece of text is writtten in the same way everywhere.

It seems that our translator has translated directly into the chapter
and not the text inset.

Does the Trados translation workbench not support text insets? Should I
convert the insets to text directly in the chapter biles.

Best regards,

Verner



Radiometer Medical ApS 
Akandevej 21 
2700 Bronshoj 
Denmark 
Phone: +45 38 27 38 27 
CVR: 27 50 91 85 
www.radiometer.com
For the latest trends in acute care testing, go to Radiometer's knowledge
site www.acutecaretesting.org





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Text insets and trados translation workbench

2010-01-25 Thread Ann Zdunczyk

Hi Verner,

The text inset is just a frame file. It can be turned into a MIF file just
like the rest of your Frame files. It looks like the translator when in a
turned the text insets into text.

Z

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[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andersen, Verner
Engell VEA
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 9:30 AM
To: FrameMaker discussion list (omsys) (FrameMaker discussion list (omsys));
framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: OT: Text insets and trados translation workbench

Hi

I have been using text insets in my Framemaker file to make sure that
the same piece of text is writtten in the same way everywhere.

It seems that our translator has translated directly into the chapter
and not the text inset.

Does the Trados translation workbench not support text insets? Should I
convert the insets to text directly in the chapter biles.

Best regards,

Verner



Radiometer Medical ApS 
Akandevej 21 
2700 Bronshoj 
Denmark 
Phone: +45 38 27 38 27 
CVR: 27 50 91 85 
www.radiometer.com
For the latest trends in acute care testing, go to Radiometer's knowledge
site www.acutecaretesting.org





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Fix for Acrobat license problem in TCS

2010-01-25 Thread Combs, Richard

Just a quick heads-up for TCS 2 users who experience licensing problems
with Acrobat: Today at Adobe's "Technical Communication" blog
(http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/), Mahesh Kumar Gupta posted a link to
a utility and a procedure for using it to fix the problem. 

I haven't experienced the problem myself, so I can't vouch for the
utility or procedure. 

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
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OT: Software recommendations

2010-01-25 Thread Roger Shuttleworth

Hello All

I just started a new job at a software company whose product is very 
GUI-intense. User assistance is crucial, and our legacy versions use online 
Help that opens in a separate browser window. Management seem to be very open 
to the idea of embedded help, etc. in upcoming versions, and they are very 
serious about good UI design - so I'm hoping I'll be able to promote embedded 
help in the future.

In the past the Help was  created in RoboHelp 7 and existed separately from any 
PDF output, but in the future I can see us also creating well-designed PDFs, 
single-sourcing the PDF and the Help, and maybe also training materials. There 
will also be about four software packages with different sets of features (so 
some form of inclusion/exclusion mechanism will be needed.

I'm looking for recommendations as to which software package(s) to use. My 
inclination is to get TCS2, single-source in FrameMaker, and then push to RH. 
I'm pretty savvy with structured FM (though not v.9.0).

Before I leap for TCS2, I wonder if there are other possibilities. We do not 
need XML as yet, though it may be a remote possibility down the road). I've 
also thought about using XML and the DITA-OT, but the PDF output is probably 
not good enough and there will be issues with file management in the absence of 
a content management system.

Any suggestions will be welcome. Thanks for your help.

Roger

Roger Shuttleworth
Technical Documentation
AV-BASE Systems Inc.
1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
London, Ontario
N5V 3S4
Canada
Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 320
rshuttleworth at avbasesystems.com

FrameMaker/CMS article in UK STC Communicator

2010-01-25 Thread Scott Prentice

I just wanted to point out a recently posted article from the UK STC 
Communicator magazine. This article titled, CMS integration for 
FrameMaker, was written by Andy Lewis and Alex Masycheff. It discusses 
CMS concepts in general and the issues around CMS integration with 
FrameMaker. A "must read" for anyone considering this option.

   http://www.writepoint.com/site/downloads/Com0912Web_p46-49.pdf

Cheers!

...scott

-- 
Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com
+1.415.485.1892

OT: Software recommendations

2010-01-25 Thread Writer

We use DITA (authored in FM9) and create HTML output with ePublisher. 
Currently, we create an FM book from the DITA files, apply a template to the 
book, and create the PDF with Acrobat. WebWorks has added the ability to format 
PDF output through ePublisher, but we haven't had the chance to run it through 
its paces. If we can get the output to look the way we need it to, this will 
shave a lot of time off of production.

We do all this without a CMS, although I shall be investigating CMS systems 
this year.

Even though we do have to keep a close eye on managing the files and the 
process, I really like working this way.

Nadine

--- On Mon, 1/25/10, Roger Shuttleworth  
wrote:

> From: Roger Shuttleworth 
> Subject: OT: Software recommendations
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 4:23 PM
> Hello All
> 
> I just started a new job at a software company whose
> product is very GUI-intense. User assistance is crucial, and
> our legacy versions use online Help that opens in a separate
> browser window. Management seem to be very open to the idea
> of embedded help, etc. in upcoming versions, and they are
> very serious about good UI design - so I'm hoping I'll be
> able to promote embedded help in the future.
> 
> In the past the Help was? created in RoboHelp 7 and
> existed separately from any PDF output, but in the future I
> can see us also creating well-designed PDFs, single-sourcing
> the PDF and the Help, and maybe also training materials.
> There will also be about four software packages with
> different sets of features (so some form of
> inclusion/exclusion mechanism will be needed.
> 
> I'm looking for recommendations as to which software
> package(s) to use. My inclination is to get TCS2,
> single-source in FrameMaker, and then push to RH. I'm pretty
> savvy with structured FM (though not v.9.0).
> 
> Before I leap for TCS2, I wonder if there are other
> possibilities. We do not need XML as yet, though it may be a
> remote possibility down the road). I've also thought about
> using XML and the DITA-OT, but the PDF output is probably
> not good enough and there will be issues with file
> management in the absence of a content management system.
> 
> Any suggestions will be welcome. Thanks for your help.
> 
> Roger
> 
> Roger Shuttleworth
> Technical Documentation
> AV-BASE Systems Inc.
> 1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
> London, Ontario
> N5V 3S4
> Canada
> Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 320
> rshuttleworth at avbasesystems.com
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OT: Software recommendations

2010-01-25 Thread Art Campbell

I'd definitely look at TCS2, and then look at a couple of additional
things beyond that to investigate:
 1. MIF2Go can do a couple things RH can't, and vice-versa. So I'd
also investigate a second HA solution that can run off FM
single-source.
 2. If you're also doing manuals, or they want to continue doing
manuals, I'd look at the DocBook standard as a simpler alternative to
DITA, and one that may be easier to implement if they already have a
manual paradigm.

If you're not already a member, you may also want to join the TCS
User's Group at http://groups.google.com/group/TCS-Users?hl=en.

Art Campbell
   art.campbell at gmail.com
  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
  No disclaimers apply.
   DoD 358



On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Roger Shuttleworth
 wrote:
> Hello All
>
> I just started a new job at a software company whose product is very 
> GUI-intense. User assistance is crucial, and our legacy versions use online 
> Help that opens in a separate browser window. Management seem to be very open 
> to the idea of embedded help, etc. in upcoming versions, and they are very 
> serious about good UI design - so I'm hoping I'll be able to promote embedded 
> help in the future.
>
> In the past the Help was ?created in RoboHelp 7 and existed separately from 
> any PDF output, but in the future I can see us also creating well-designed 
> PDFs, single-sourcing the PDF and the Help, and maybe also training 
> materials. There will also be about four software packages with different 
> sets of features (so some form of inclusion/exclusion mechanism will be 
> needed.
>
> I'm looking for recommendations as to which software package(s) to use. My 
> inclination is to get TCS2, single-source in FrameMaker, and then push to RH. 
> I'm pretty savvy with structured FM (though not v.9.0).
>
> Before I leap for TCS2, I wonder if there are other possibilities. We do not 
> need XML as yet, though it may be a remote possibility down the road). I've 
> also thought about using XML and the DITA-OT, but the PDF output is probably 
> not good enough and there will be issues with file management in the absence 
> of a content management system.
>
> Any suggestions will be welcome. Thanks for your help.
>
> Roger
>
> Roger Shuttleworth
> Technical Documentation
> AV-BASE Systems Inc.
> 1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
> London, Ontario
> N5V 3S4
> Canada
> Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 320
> rshuttleworth at avbasesystems.com
> ___
>
>
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Software recommendations

2010-01-25 Thread David Spreadbury

What is wrong with working in your current version of FrameMaker, which you
don't mention, so I am going to assume 7.2.

What is wrong with creating the PDFs straight out of FrameMaker?

Mif2Go can handle your online help problem. It produces several different
flavors of Online Help, from Windows Compiled HTML (CHM) to Oracle Help for
Java (cross-platform), to Omni Help (Web HTML Help), and the cost won't
break your budget. You can download and play with their eval version at
www.omsys.com.

As others have pointed out, you can, with a little work, manage the CMS part
manually.

David Spreadbury
Sr. Technical Writer


-Original Message-
From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Roger
Shuttleworth
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 3:24 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: OT: Software recommendations

Hello All

I just started a new job at a software company whose product is very
GUI-intense. User assistance is crucial, and our legacy versions use online
Help that opens in a separate browser window. Management seem to be very
open to the idea of embedded help, etc. in upcoming versions, and they are
very serious about good UI design - so I'm hoping I'll be able to promote
embedded help in the future.

In the past the Help was  created in RoboHelp 7 and existed separately from
any PDF output, but in the future I can see us also creating well-designed
PDFs, single-sourcing the PDF and the Help, and maybe also training
materials. There will also be about four software packages with different
sets of features (so some form of inclusion/exclusion mechanism will be
needed.

I'm looking for recommendations as to which software package(s) to use. My
inclination is to get TCS2, single-source in FrameMaker, and then push to
RH. I'm pretty savvy with structured FM (though not v.9.0).

Before I leap for TCS2, I wonder if there are other possibilities. We do not
need XML as yet, though it may be a remote possibility down the road). I've
also thought about using XML and the DITA-OT, but the PDF output is probably
not good enough and there will be issues with file management in the absence
of a content management system.

Any suggestions will be welcome. Thanks for your help.

Roger

Roger Shuttleworth
Technical Documentation
AV-BASE Systems Inc.
1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
London, Ontario
N5V 3S4
Canada
Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 320
rshuttleworth at avbasesystems.com

OT: Software recommendations

2010-01-25 Thread Scott Prentice

Hi Roger...

Keep in mind that the DITA-OT and FrameMaker are not mutually exclusive. 
You can use the OT to generate your HTML output, but still use FM for 
authoring and PDF publishing. It's a bit of work to tweak the OT for 
HTML .. but not too bad .. tweaking the OT for PDF output (especially if 
you're looking for something comparable to FM's PDF) is a *lot* of work. 
I'd go with TCS2 so that you've got all of the bases covered, and as 
time permits, experiment with other options that may free you from 
proprietary processing where appropriate.

Cheers,

...scott

Scott Prentice
Leximation, Inc.
www.leximation.com
+1.415.485.1892



Roger Shuttleworth wrote:
> Hello All
>
> I just started a new job at a software company whose product is very 
> GUI-intense. User assistance is crucial, and our legacy versions use online 
> Help that opens in a separate browser window. Management seem to be very open 
> to the idea of embedded help, etc. in upcoming versions, and they are very 
> serious about good UI design - so I'm hoping I'll be able to promote embedded 
> help in the future.
>
> In the past the Help was  created in RoboHelp 7 and existed separately from 
> any PDF output, but in the future I can see us also creating well-designed 
> PDFs, single-sourcing the PDF and the Help, and maybe also training 
> materials. There will also be about four software packages with different 
> sets of features (so some form of inclusion/exclusion mechanism will be 
> needed.
>
> I'm looking for recommendations as to which software package(s) to use. My 
> inclination is to get TCS2, single-source in FrameMaker, and then push to RH. 
> I'm pretty savvy with structured FM (though not v.9.0).
>
> Before I leap for TCS2, I wonder if there are other possibilities. We do not 
> need XML as yet, though it may be a remote possibility down the road). I've 
> also thought about using XML and the DITA-OT, but the PDF output is probably 
> not good enough and there will be issues with file management in the absence 
> of a content management system.
>
> Any suggestions will be welcome. Thanks for your help.
>
> Roger
>
> Roger Shuttleworth
> Technical Documentation
> AV-BASE Systems Inc.
> 1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
> London, Ontario
> N5V 3S4
> Canada
> Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 320
> rshuttleworth at avbasesystems.com
>
>

OT: Software recommendations

2010-01-25 Thread Roger Shuttleworth

Hi Art

Thanks for your reply, and Nadine too. I'm familiar with DITA and will most 
likely use that.

I should have mentione in my OP that there are two of us here, and the only 
software we have at present is the single RoboHelp licence, so buying a couple 
of FM licences won't get us very far.

Thanks for the link to the User Group.

Roger

Roger Shuttleworth
Technical Documentation
AV-BASE Systems Inc.
1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
London, Ontario
N5V 3S4
Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 320
rshuttleworth at avbasesystems.com


- Original Message -
From: Art Campbell
[mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com]
To: Roger Shuttleworth
[mailto:rshuttleworth at avbasesystems.com]
Cc:
framers at lists.frameusers.com
Sent: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:19:33 -0500
Subject:
Re: OT: Software recommendations


> I'd definitely look at TCS2, and then look at a couple of additional
> things beyond that to investigate:
>  1. MIF2Go can do a couple things RH can't, and vice-versa. So I'd
> also investigate a second HA solution that can run off FM
> single-source.
>  2. If you're also doing manuals, or they want to continue doing
> manuals, I'd look at the DocBook standard as a simpler alternative to
> DITA, and one that may be easier to implement if they already have a
> manual paradigm.
> 
> If you're not already a member, you may also want to join the TCS
> User's Group at http://groups.google.com/group/TCS-Users?hl=en.
> 
> Art Campbell
>art.campbell at gmail.com
>   "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52
> Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
>   No disclaimers apply.
>DoD 358
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:23 PM, Roger Shuttleworth
>  wrote:
> > Hello All
> >
> > I just started a new job at a software company whose product is very
> GUI-intense. User assistance is crucial, and our legacy versions use online
> Help that opens in a separate browser window. Management seem to be very
> open to the idea of embedded help, etc. in upcoming versions, and they are
> very serious about good UI design - so I'm hoping I'll be able to promote
> embedded help in the future.
> >
> > In the past the Help was ?created in RoboHelp 7 and existed separately
> from any PDF output, but in the future I can see us also creating
> well-designed PDFs, single-sourcing the PDF and the Help, and maybe also
> training materials. There will also be about four software packages with
> different sets of features (so some form of inclusion/exclusion mechanism
> will be needed.
> >
> > I'm looking for recommendations as to which software package(s) to use. My
> inclination is to get TCS2, single-source in FrameMaker, and then push to
> RH. I'm pretty savvy with structured FM (though not v.9.0).
> >
> > Before I leap for TCS2, I wonder if there are other possibilities. We do
> not need XML as yet, though it may be a remote possibility down the road).
> I've also thought about using XML and the DITA-OT, but the PDF output is
> probably not good enough and there will be issues with file management in
> the absence of a content management system.
> >
> > Any suggestions will be welcome. Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > Roger Shuttleworth
> > Technical Documentation
> > AV-BASE Systems Inc.
> > 1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
> > London, Ontario
> > N5V 3S4
> > Canada
> > Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 320
> > rshuttleworth at avbasesystems.com
> > ___
> >
> >
> > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com.
> >
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Job Opening: Semiconductor Manufacturing Technical Writer

2010-01-25 Thread Flato, Gillian

Will only accept resumes from Candidates. No employment services or
solicitations.



Contract - May become Permanent

Contract Description: 



* Duration: unspecified

* Location: Onsite - Milpitas, CA

* Description: Technical Writer will create Product Manufacturing
Procedures, and update Maintenance and Service Manuals in U.S. English
for semiconductor wafer metrology wafer process control systems. 



Requirements:



* Adheres to company Style Guide

* Uses provided Frame Maker v8.0/9.0 Templates

* Obeys clean room protocol when working in clean room

* Interviews engineers, Subject Matter Experts, and other technical
personnel both on location and in international offices

* Keeps track of tasks to ensure that they are in line with the project
plan

* Familiarity with statutory/legal (such as Semi and CE) information
that should be included in the documentation

* Must work on-site, no telecommuting is available for this position.



Required technical experience:



* Five years plus of relevant technical writing experience.

* Knowledge of semiconductors, semiconductor measurement tools and the
semiconductor industry is highly desirable.

* Demonstrated experience (with writing samples/portfolio) of writing
various Technical Publications, including Maintenance, Installation, and
Operations documents for technical products

* In-depth knowledge of the following software applications:

- Adobe FrameMaker v8.0 or v9.0

- Adobe Acrobat v8.0 or v9.0

- Adobe Photo Shop or Paint Shop Pro

- Microsoft Office Suite



Personal qualities:



* Analytical and methodical with an attention to detail

* Flexible and positive attitude

* Self-motivated, shows initiative and common sense

* Ability to work both independently and as part of a team with minimal
supervision

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills







Thank you,





Gillian Flato

Technical Writer (Software)

nanometrics

1550 Buckeye Dr. 

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