RE: Starting over - Slightly OT
Hi, If you're dealing with a lot of content reuse, you may want to at least consider AuthorIT. That'll let you use Word in a fairly safe setup - or so they say! Check it out - there's an evaluation version on their home page at http://www.authorit.com/. Not affiliated - not even a user - total Word-shunning Frame setup here ;o)! -Niels -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Sims Sent: 19. januar 2007 19:42 To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Starting over - Slightly OT Framers, It's been a full three months since I last saw a Frame doc, having changed careers, companies, industries and most things that were familiar. I'm now tasked with managing the proposal process at a new place. Our proposals are 50-100 page documents (8-12 per month) with a mixture of original sales writing, stock content, and responses to questions. The deadlines are tight, and involve multiple, fairly willing contributors. It's like technical writing on speed, IMO. Deliverables are about 60% PDF and 40% paper. I think paper is declining rapidly. The process I inherited is Word-based. So my nice, clean template gets fairly polluted right away when pasting in client RFP questions, stock answers, and material created in Word by people who aren't in the document business. The good thing is there are few boundaries on change here. This process can literally be scrapped if I have a superior replacement that makes good sense. So if you could do it all over - what would you do? My thoughts: A. Office 2007 Word - This is supposed to have structured authoring. We'll wait for a demo. B. Structured Frame - I've never designed a structured template, and would I have to buy seats for all contributors? C. Structured Frame with Frame Server - I haven't heard a lot of people here mention it. We manage a file based, and growing content repository to help with proposal questions. Does it make sense? D. Arbortext - Pay to have all document issues resolved. Did I miss any? Did I miss the point of some? Thanks, Joe D. Joseph Sims Communications Group Manager Sutherland Global Services 1160 Pittsford-Victor Rd. Pittsford, New York 14534 Office - (585) 586-5757 *2447 Cell - (585) 967-4187 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/nfa%40maconomy.dk Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Starting over - Slightly OT
Hi, If you're dealing with a lot of content reuse, you may want to at least consider AuthorIT. That'll let you use Word in a fairly safe setup - or so they say! Check it out - there's an evaluation version on their home page at http://www.authorit.com/. Not affiliated - not even a user - total Word-shunning Frame setup here ;o)! -Niels -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+nfa=maconomy.dk at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+nfa=maconomy...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Sims Sent: 19. januar 2007 19:42 To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Starting over - Slightly OT Framers, It's been a full three months since I last saw a Frame doc, having changed careers, companies, industries and most things that were familiar. I'm now tasked with managing the proposal process at a new place. Our proposals are 50-100 page documents (8-12 per month) with a mixture of original sales writing, stock content, and responses to questions. The deadlines are tight, and involve multiple, fairly willing contributors. It's like technical writing on speed, IMO. Deliverables are about 60% PDF and 40% paper. I think paper is declining rapidly. The process I inherited is Word-based. So my nice, clean template gets fairly polluted right away when pasting in client RFP questions, stock answers, and material created in Word by people who aren't in the document business. The good thing is there are few boundaries on change here. This process can literally be scrapped if I have a superior replacement that makes good sense. So if you could do it all over - what would you do? My thoughts: A. Office 2007 Word - This is supposed to have structured authoring. We'll wait for a demo. B. Structured Frame - I've never designed a structured template, and would I have to buy seats for all contributors? C. Structured Frame with Frame Server - I haven't heard a lot of people here mention it. We manage a file based, and growing content repository to help with proposal questions. Does it make sense? D. Arbortext - Pay to have all document issues resolved. Did I miss any? Did I miss the point of some? Thanks, Joe D. Joseph Sims Communications Group Manager Sutherland Global Services 1160 Pittsford-Victor Rd. Pittsford, New York 14534 Office - (585) 586-5757 *2447 Cell - (585) 967-4187 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as NFA at maconomy.dk. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/nfa%40maconomy.dk Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Starting over - Slightly OT
At 13:42 -0500 19/1/07, Joseph Sims wrote: >My thoughts: > >A. Office 2007 Word - This is supposed to have structured authoring. >We'll wait for a demo. Really? What does it mean by 'structured authoring' in this context? I'd be very interested to know. I've read the downloadable puff on Word 2007, and it doesn't seem to be talking about structured authoring in the sense that I understand the term. As far as I can see, M$ has implemented a 'read-only' flag that can be applied to selected text, and inflated it to the level of a major new feature that they've called 'Content Controls'. Knowing Word, it's probably just another hack to get in the way. >B. Structured Frame - I've never designed a structured template, and >would I have to buy seats for all contributors? Big cost, big learning curve, but ultimately a great way to work. You might need a consultant to get things up ands running quickly. >C. Structured Frame with Frame Server - I haven't heard a lot of people >here mention it. We manage a file based, and growing content repository >to help with proposal questions. Does it make sense? > >D. Arbortext - Pay to have all document issues resolved. I have no experience of these, but others might. -- Steve
Starting over - Slightly OT
Framers, It's been a full three months since I last saw a Frame doc, having changed careers, companies, industries and most things that were familiar. I'm now tasked with managing the proposal process at a new place. Our proposals are 50-100 page documents (8-12 per month) with a mixture of original sales writing, stock content, and responses to questions. The deadlines are tight, and involve multiple, fairly willing contributors. It's like technical writing on speed, IMO. Deliverables are about 60% PDF and 40% paper. I think paper is declining rapidly. The process I inherited is Word-based. So my nice, clean template gets fairly polluted right away when pasting in client RFP questions, stock answers, and material created in Word by people who aren't in the document business. The good thing is there are few boundaries on change here. This process can literally be scrapped if I have a superior replacement that makes good sense. So if you could do it all over - what would you do? My thoughts: A. Office 2007 Word - This is supposed to have structured authoring. We'll wait for a demo. B. Structured Frame - I've never designed a structured template, and would I have to buy seats for all contributors? C. Structured Frame with Frame Server - I haven't heard a lot of people here mention it. We manage a file based, and growing content repository to help with proposal questions. Does it make sense? D. Arbortext - Pay to have all document issues resolved. Did I miss any? Did I miss the point of some? Thanks, Joe D. Joseph Sims Communications Group Manager Sutherland Global Services 1160 Pittsford-Victor Rd. Pittsford, New York 14534 Office - (585) 586-5757 *2447 Cell - (585) 967-4187 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Starting over - Slightly OT
Framers, It's been a full three months since I last saw a Frame doc, having changed careers, companies, industries and most things that were familiar. I'm now tasked with managing the proposal process at a new place. Our proposals are 50-100 page documents (8-12 per month) with a mixture of original sales writing, stock content, and responses to questions. The deadlines are tight, and involve multiple, fairly willing contributors. It's like technical writing on speed, IMO. Deliverables are about 60% PDF and 40% paper. I think paper is declining rapidly. The process I inherited is Word-based. So my nice, clean template gets fairly polluted right away when pasting in client RFP questions, stock answers, and material created in Word by people who aren't in the document business. The good thing is there are few boundaries on change here. This process can literally be scrapped if I have a superior replacement that makes good sense. So if you could do it all over - what would you do? My thoughts: A. Office 2007 Word - This is supposed to have structured authoring. We'll wait for a demo. B. Structured Frame - I've never designed a structured template, and would I have to buy seats for all contributors? C. Structured Frame with Frame Server - I haven't heard a lot of people here mention it. We manage a file based, and growing content repository to help with proposal questions. Does it make sense? D. Arbortext - Pay to have all document issues resolved. Did I miss any? Did I miss the point of some? Thanks, Joe D. Joseph Sims Communications Group Manager Sutherland Global Services 1160 Pittsford-Victor Rd. Pittsford, New York 14534 Office - (585) 586-5757 *2447 Cell - (585) 967-4187
