How to search archive
Dears framers, I would like to know how you do to search the archive. As far as I see, you have to open each single month thread to do a search. Is there a way you can do a search on all archive contents? I have the feeling we are not leveraging the information the best way and many times same questions might be repeated. Wish you a pleasant day Anton Localization area Xlated.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: How to search archive
You could do a site search using google: searchterm site:lists.frameusers.com Replace searchterm with your search term. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 10/6/2011 9:36 AM, Anton David wrote: Dears framers, I would like to know how you do to search the archive. As far as I see, you have to open each single month thread to do a search. Is there a way you can do a search on all archive contents? I have the feeling we are not leveraging the information the best way and many times same questions might be repeated. Wish you a pleasant day Anton Localization area Xlated.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as shmue...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/shmuelw1%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Vector symbols for warning, caution, note, etc.
Forgive me if this has been answered previously, but I am looking for some vector symbols for warning, caution, note, etc. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thank you very much. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-659-8267 r...@frameexpert.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
R: How to search archive
Dear Shmuel, Great and very useful tip. Regards Anton Da: Shmuel Wolfson [mailto:shmue...@gmail.com] Inviato: giovedì 6 ottobre 2011 10.58 A: Anton David Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Oggetto: Re: How to search archive You could do a site search using google: searchterm site:lists.frameusers.com Replace searchterm with your search term. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 10/6/2011 9:36 AM, Anton David wrote: Dears framers, I would like to know how you do to search the archive. As far as I see, you have to open each single month thread to do a search. Is there a way you can do a search on all archive contents? I have the feeling we are not leveraging the information the best way and many times same questions might be repeated. Wish you a pleasant day Anton Localization area Xlated.com ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as shmue...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/shmuelw1%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Table templates (FrameMaker 10)
Posted for a colleague... To maintain consistency with documents created using RoboHelp 7, we need to create a table template (in FrameMaker 10, as part of TCS3.5) which contains images of step numbers (copied into anchored frames) in each row. The Table Designer isn't any help for this requirement and when I insert anchored frames and images into the table and save, they're not being 'picked up' by the table template. Am I trying to do the impossible? If not, I'd much appreciate any relevant suggestions. I suspect that the answer to this is 'yes', but I'd like to be sure. -- Steve ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Table templates (FrameMaker 10)
Hi Steve, When you create or update a table format, each cell's paragraph format from the first row in each column is stored as part of the table format. This applies to heading, body, and footing rows. However, it only stores paragraph formats, not content like text and anchored frames. There are two ways you could handle this: 1) Use a font for the step numbers and apply that paragraph format to the first column in the table. In the Table Designer, click Update All, so that when you insert a new table, the paragraph format will be used in that column. 2) Make an example table with anchored frames, etc. and store it on a Reference Page, where you can use as a boilerplate table. There is a plugin that can be used to insert boilerplate content from a Reference Page; I think it is called AutoText. Of course, you could use FrameScript to automate the insertion of the table and the appropriate number of step graphics. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very much. Rick Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-659-8267 r...@frameexpert.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 9:01 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Table templates (FrameMaker 10) Posted for a colleague... To maintain consistency with documents created using RoboHelp 7, we need to create a table template (in FrameMaker 10, as part of TCS3.5) which contains images of step numbers (copied into anchored frames) in each row. The Table Designer isn't any help for this requirement and when I insert anchored frames and images into the table and save, they're not being 'picked up' by the table template. Am I trying to do the impossible? If not, I'd much appreciate any relevant suggestions. I suspect that the answer to this is 'yes', but I'd like to be sure. -- Steve ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
FrameMaker menu bar issue
On my FrameMaker menu bar, I have noticed that a selection is missing from the choice list of a Marketing menu bar category in FrameMaker 8. This Marketing menu category and its choice list were added internally to the standard FrameMaker menu bar. The person who added it no longer works here. I need to locate the code that creates this additional menu bar selection. I'm not sure where to look for this code? Can anyone help me with this? Brenda George Desk: (724) 720-8491 bgeo...@federatedinv.com - Unless notified to the contrary by the sender, the recipient should consider the contents of this message including any attachments to be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this message in error, please contact Federated Investors immediately by forwarding this email to not...@federatedinv.com and then delete this message from your system. Saving, copying or disseminating an inadvertently received email could violate state and Federal privacy laws. All emails received by or sent from Federated may be provided to regulators or law enforcement agencies, or used for other purposes consistent with Federated's business interests. Thank you for your cooperation.___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker menu bar issue
In a FrameMaker 8 installation that still has the internally-developed code, look in: Program Files Adobe FrameMaker 8.0 fminit configui wincmds.cfg Best, Baruch Brodersen On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 10:34 AM, George, Brenda (CAI) bgeo...@federatedinv.com wrote: On my FrameMaker menu bar, I have noticed that a selection is missing from the choice list of a “Marketing” menu bar category in FrameMaker 8. This “Marketing” menu category and its choice list were added internally to the standard FrameMaker menu bar. The person who added it no longer works here. I need to locate the code that creates this additional menu bar selection. ** ** I’m not sure where to look for this code? Can anyone help me with this?*** * ** ** Brenda George Desk: (724) 720-8491 bgeo...@federatedinv.com ** ** - Unless notified to the contrary by the sender, the recipient should consider the contents of this message including any attachments to be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this message in error, please contact Federated Investors immediately by forwarding this email to notify@federatedinv.comand then delete this message from your system. Saving, copying or disseminating an inadvertently received email could violate state and Federal privacy laws. All emails received by or sent from Federated may be provided to regulators or law enforcement agencies, or used for other purposes consistent with Federated's business interests. Thank you for your cooperation. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as bar...@technitext.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/baruch%40technitext.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- B a r u c h B r o d e r s e n T e c h n i t e x t D o c u m e n t a t i o n 5 0 3 8 5 3 5 0 0 6 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker menu bar issue
A custom menu item may also be defined by an FDK client. This client could be loaded through an entry in the APIClients section of the maker.ini file or by adding the DLL to the fminit/Plugins folder. If you're saying that this menu item is missing and needs to be added .. you may be looking for a DLL file, or if the DLL is there, perhaps the maker.ini entry is missing. ...scott Baruch Brodersen wrote: In a FrameMaker 8 installation that still has the internally-developed code, look in: Program Files Adobe FrameMaker 8.0 fminit configui wincmds.cfg Best, Baruch Brodersen On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 10:34 AM, George, Brenda (CAI) bgeo...@federatedinv.com mailto:bgeo...@federatedinv.com wrote: On my FrameMaker menu bar, I have noticed that a selection is missing from the choice list of a “Marketing” menu bar category in FrameMaker 8. This “Marketing” menu category and its choice list were added internally to the standard FrameMaker menu bar. The person who added it no longer works here. I need to locate the code that creates this additional menu bar selection. I’m not sure where to look for this code? Can anyone help me with this? Brenda George Desk: (724) 720-8491 tel:%28724%29%20720-8491 bgeo...@federatedinv.com mailto:bgeo...@federatedinv.com - Unless notified to the contrary by the sender, the recipient should consider the contents of this message including any attachments to be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this message in error, please contact Federated Investors immediately by forwarding this email to not...@federatedinv.com mailto:not...@federatedinv.com and then delete this message from your system. Saving, copying or disseminating an inadvertently received email could violate state and Federal privacy laws. All emails received by or sent from Federated may be provided to regulators or law enforcement agencies, or used for other purposes consistent with Federated's business interests. Thank you for your cooperation. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as bar...@technitext.com mailto:bar...@technitext.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com mailto:framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com mailto:framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/baruch%40technitext.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com mailto:listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- B a r u c h B r o d e r s e n T e c h n i t e x t D o c u m e n t a t i o n 5 0 3 8 5 3 5 0 0 6 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as s...@leximation.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/sp10%40leximation.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
OT: Scary responsibility in job ad
A local company listed this as one of the responsibilities in a job ad for a technical writer: coach engineers to improve their writing skills It makes me laugh and cringe in equal measures. Nadine ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Scary responsibility in job ad
Might as well ask for supervise monkeys on typewriters From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:51 PM To: framers Subject: OT: Scary responsibility in job ad A local company listed this as one of the responsibilities in a job ad for a technical writer: coach engineers to improve their writing skills It makes me laugh and cringe in equal measures. Nadine ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Scary responsibility in job ad
I don't think this should ever be the responsibility of a tech writer, but it does indicate why they *need* a tech writer.I say let the engineers be engineers and let the tech writers be tech writers. From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:51 PM To: framers Subject: OT: Scary responsibility in job ad A local company listed this as one of the responsibilities in a job ad for a technical writer: coach engineers to improve their writing skills It makes me laugh and cringe in equal measures. Nadine ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Scary responsibility in job ad
Or if the company absolutely feels that the engineers need to learn to communicate better, put the onus on them, not on the tech writers. Make it a part of the engineers' objectives, pay for courses, get the engineers to demonstrate that their skills have improved. If they fail, then no soup for them! Nadine From: Eichelberger, Mark mark.eichelber...@fiserv.com To: framers framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 1:17:41 PM Subject: RE: Scary responsibility in job ad I don’t think this should ever be the responsibility of a tech writer, but it does indicate why they *need* a tech writer. I say let the engineers be engineers and let the tech writers be tech writers. From:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:51 PM To: framers Subject: OT: Scary responsibility in job ad A local company listed this as one of the responsibilities in a job ad for a technical writer: coach engineers to improve their writing skills It makes me laugh and cringe in equal measures. Nadine ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as generic...@yahoo.ca. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: OT: Scary responsibility in job ad
The real danger, and I'm writing from experience, is that once the engineers get the skills and tools to create documents the writers could be let go. In that type of firm, the engineer's customer-facing documents would then be reviewed for format and style by the in-house editor, whose main job is the CEO's assistant. Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 09:51:16 -0700 From: generic...@yahoo.ca Subject: OT: Scary responsibility in job ad To: framers@lists.frameusers.com A local company listed this as one of the responsibilities in a job ad for a technical writer: coach engineers to improve their writing skills It makes me laugh and cringe in equal measures. Nadine ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as cs...@sympatico.ca. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/cseal%40sympatico.ca Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Scary responsibility in job ad
Shall I forward the ad to you? ;-) Nadine From: Greg. Eckrich gweckr...@wowway.com To: Writer generic...@yahoo.ca Cc: Eichelberger, Mark mark.eichelber...@fiserv.com; framers framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 1:34:45 PM Subject: Re: Scary responsibility in job ad Sounds like a fine opportunity for an instructional Designer! Have my MS-Ed, Instructional Design in Dec. [Sorry, could not resist the opportunity for a shameless bit of self-promotion!] Greg. Eckrich On 6Oct2011, at 12:22 PM, Writer wrote: Or if the company absolutely feels that the engineers need to learn to communicate better, put the onus on them, not on the tech writers. Make it a part of the engineers' objectives, pay for courses, get the engineers to demonstrate that their skills have improved. If they fail, then no soup for them! Nadine From: Eichelberger, Mark mark.eichelber...@fiserv.com To: framers framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 1:17:41 PM Subject: RE: Scary responsibility in job ad I don’t think this should ever be the responsibility of a tech writer, but it does indicate why they *need* a tech writer. I say let the engineers be engineers and let the tech writers be tech writers. From:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:51 PM To: framers Subject: OT: Scary responsibility in job ad A local company listed this as one of the responsibilities in a job ad for a technical writer: coach engineers to improve their writing skills It makes me laugh and cringe in equal measures. Nadine ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as generic...@yahoo.ca. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as gweckr...@wowway.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/gweckrich%40wowway.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Scary responsibility in job ad
Just my opinion but I think engineers gravitate to that field because they relate better to things than to people. They’re great with formulas but lousy when communicating with us mere mortals. Where I work, most of the engineers speak English as a second language. Occasionally ESL engineers try to “correct” my work by introducing spelling and grammatical errors, incomprehensible sentences, or information placed where the user would never find it. Typically a citation from the Chicago Manual of Style cools their enthusiasm. Daniel From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 10:23 AM To: Eichelberger, Mark; framers Subject: Re: Scary responsibility in job ad Or if the company absolutely feels that the engineers need to learn to communicate better, put the onus on them, not on the tech writers. Make it a part of the engineers' objectives, pay for courses, get the engineers to demonstrate that their skills have improved. If they fail, then no soup for them! Nadine From: Eichelberger, Mark mark.eichelber...@fiserv.com To: framers framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 1:17:41 PM Subject: RE: Scary responsibility in job ad I don’t think this should ever be the responsibility of a tech writer, but it does indicate why they *need* a tech writer.I say let the engineers be engineers and let the tech writers be tech writers. From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:51 PM To: framers Subject: OT: Scary responsibility in job ad A local company listed this as one of the responsibilities in a job ad for a technical writer: coach engineers to improve their writing skills It makes me laugh and cringe in equal measures. Nadine ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as generic...@yahoo.ca. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: OT: Scary responsibility in job ad
Yeah, I've seen that job ad. I've had a couple of jobs in the past where coaching engineers on writing was one of the key responsibilities. In each of those jobs there was substantial confusion over whether the technical writing task was owned by the writers or by the engineers (and the writers were just there to pretty up what the engineers wrote.) In those jobs there were always many pointless battles over ownership that got in the way of actual writing. I consider this kind of a thing a warning sign now. At the very least it is a top 5 question for the interview if the job looks otherwise interesting. Laura On Oct 6, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Writer wrote: A local company listed this as one of the responsibilities in a job ad for a technical writer: coach engineers to improve their writing skills It makes me laugh and cringe in equal measures. Nadine ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as le...@lauralemay.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/lemay%40lauralemay.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: OT: Scary responsibility in job ad
The post was: A local company listed this as one of the responsibilities in a job ad for a technical writer: coach engineers to improve their writing skills It makes me laugh and cringe in equal measures. My reply is: How often do you complain that engineers don't like to give you the information you need. If you said often, I would not be surprised. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: OT: Scary responsibility in job ad
I'm seeing some interest in this kind of thing from our local Agile Scrum Master. There aren't enough writers to go to all the scrums , so (the thinking goes) maybe the engineers could create some content, which the writers could edit. On 2011-10-06 12:51, Writer wrote: A local company listed this as one of the responsibilities in a job ad for a technical writer: coach engineers to improve their writing skills It makes me laugh and cringe in equal measures. Nadine ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: OT: Scary responsibility in job ad
More depressing even that that are the contract posts where they say 'You write the manuals and then our engineers will maintain them.' -- Steve [an ex-engineer who's seen both sides of the fence] ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: How to search archive
On 2011-10-06 09:36, Anton David wrote: Dears framers, I would like to know how you do to search the archive. As far as I see, you have to open each single month thread to do a search. Is there a way you can do a search on all archive contents? http://www.google.com/search?q=SEARCH_PHRASE+site%3Alists.frameusers.com -j -- Johan Anglemark Tel: 0708-65 10 88 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Coaching engineers
In the role of a technical writing consultant, contracted to coach or facilitate a learning process to give engineers the opportunity to improve specific writing skills, can be very effective. Ron Tillotson Technical Writer P Please consider the environment before printing this email. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Coaching engineers
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Ron Tillotson rtillot...@gtiemail.com wrote: In the role of a technical writing consultant, contracted to coach or facilitate a learning process to give engineers the opportunity to improve specific writing skills, can be very effective. Quantitative analysts (virtually all of whom use English as a second language), in my case... -- Milan Davidović http://twitter.com/altmilan http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://ca.linkedin.com/in/milandavidovic ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Coaching engineers
Hey Ron. What is that sentence trying to say? What can be effective? Thanks. --NancyOct 6, 2011 03:49:13 PM, rtillot...@gtiemail.com wrote: In the role of a technical writing consultant, contracted to coach or facilitate a learning process to give engineers the opportunity to improve specific writing skills, can be very effective. Ron Tillotson Technical Writer P Please consider the environment before printing this email. ___You are currently subscribed to framers as ma...@verizon.net.Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com.To unsubscribe send a blank email toframers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.comor visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/maker%40verizon.netSend administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visithttp://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Coaching engineers
As your only responsibility or along with a lot of other responsibilities? Nadine From: Ron Tillotson rtillot...@gtiemail.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2011 1:25:11 PM Subject: Coaching engineers In the role of a technical writing consultant, contracted to coach or facilitate a learning process to give engineers the opportunity to improve specific writing skills, can be very effective. Ron Tillotson Technical Writer PPlease consider the environment before printing this email. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as generic...@yahoo.ca. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/generic668%40yahoo.ca Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Vector symbols for warning, caution, note, etc.
Do you mean vector as in scalable eps/pdf? FrameMaker 5* used to have a whole library of them. Alan On 7/10/2011, at 12:57 AM, Rick Quatro wrote: Forgive me if this has been answered previously, but I am looking for some vector symbols for warning, caution, note, etc. Any pointers would be appreciated. Thank you very much. -- Alan Litchfield MBus (Hons), MNZCS AlphaByte PO Box 1941, Auckland http://www.alphabyte.co.nz http://www.alphabyte.co.nz/beatrice ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Scary responsibility in job ad
Writer wrote: A local company listed this as one of the responsibilities in a job ad for a technical writer: coach engineers to improve their writing skills It makes me laugh and cringe in equal measures. I'm really surprised at the overwhelmingly negative reaction to this ad. Coaching engineers is cited as just one of the responsibilities; without seeing what the others are, I have no opinion of the ad as a whole, but this specific responsibility certainly doesn't make me laugh, cringe, fear for my future, or get defensive about my profession. I'm asked (yes, often by engineers) language/grammar/writing questions fairly frequently, and in the past when things weren't so busy, I did the occasional short presentation on some language/writing issue at the end of a team meeting. These were well received, and I often got follow-up questions. The engineers I know are intelligent people who understand the value of communicating clearly. They want to improve their writing skills in order to communicate more effectively with each other, managers, and other departments (sales, support, etc.), as well as with me. IMHO, sharing what I know with people who see the value of learning it makes me more valuable. And it's rewarding for me, not cringe-inducing. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richard.co...@polycom.com 303-223-5111 -- rgco...@gmail.com 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
OT: Scary responsibility in job ad
The post was: A local company listed this as one of the responsibilities in a job ad for a technical writer: "coach engineers to improve their writing skills" It makes me laugh and cringe in equal measures. My reply is: How often do you complain that engineers don't like to give you the information you need.? If you said "often", I would not be surprised. -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20111006/413ad8df/attachment.html>
