On 18 May 2009 at 17:03, Madeleine r Dimond wrote:
I received a complaint from a writer who said that FrameMaker 9 took up so
much processing power that she could not make a pdf of her 700-page book,
even though she could do so in FrameMaker 8. We're using Windows XP SP2,
and she has 3.25 GB
Hi Gariner,
I produce training manuals for a company in Cambridge. I suggest that
you try and organise some training sessions for the engineers
themselves, based around your documentation (or perhaps create a
special 'engineer-friendly' version which doesn't make them feel
they're being
Hi Gerrit,
You could use FrameScript to do this (http://www.framescript.com). If you
need help with a script, please contact me offlist. Thank you very much.
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
r...@frameexpert.com
585-659-8267
Subject: Changing a whole lot of anchoring positions in FM 7.2
Hello Framers,
I am going to chime in here regarding InDesign scripting. InDesign offers
several scripting options: AppleScript for the Mac version, Visual Basic for
the PC version, and JavaScript for both. Since these languages have other
applications, there are plenty of resources for learning
Sure do Rick. It's actually a slide presentation on good manual design and
development, including how to estimate the time it takes to develop several
types of docs. I'm writing you directly so that the attachment will go
through.
Diane Gaskill
Hitachi Data Systems
==
If anyone can write a manual, why do you need to write a procedure for doing it?
Let your boss do it if he thinks it's so easy.
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Sharon Burton
This is easy. 14 steps:
1. Identify the audience
2. Identify the information needs of that audience (job aids,
user guides, and so on) 3.
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From: Avraham Makeler; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Procedure How to Write a Manual!
I just want to share this with the list and absorb the response. My boss
today told me to write a procedure on how to write a manual and he
also stated to me that anyone
I still say you have to figure out a way to make it easier for them to
find the information that has changed, without rereading the entire
manual. Perhaps you could list a version history with what's new in each
version. Then you could ask the engineer to check the version history
and read the
On Facebook this would be tagged Like! by many.
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Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
2009/5/18 stre...@rcn.com:
If anyone can write a manual, why do you need to write a procedure for doing
it?
Let your boss do it if he thinks it's so easy.
___
You are
On behalf of Rick Quatro:
Hello Framers,
There have been some recent requests for a solution to convert graphics
imported by copy to graphics imported by reference. I have developed a set
of FrameScript scripts to help with this. The first is an interactive script
that works like this:
1)
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Combs, Richard
richard.co...@polycom.com wrote:
Processing power? Not likely (I'm tempted to say nonsense). How
was
she creating the PDF? When and how did it fail?
The log file for the job (which should be in the directory in which
the
PDF was
On Tue, 19 May 2009 13:34:31 +, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
bod...@gmail.com wrote:
Agree with Shmuel. This is common in higher technical documentation,
called Revision Highlights or Highlights of Changes or similar.
Sometimes sent as a transmittal letter accompanying the distributed
manual, and
Hi all,
[from a lurker on daily digest, sorry if this is late]
Here is the current comment from a client: Generally, I would like
to keep high quality of screen captures.
The comment that I have from the client is what I have - nothing
specific about fuzziness, or anything else.
Tammy, if
You must have used the List of menu item instead of the Index of one
that Jeremy suggested. The index one should generate an alphabetical
list.
Jeff
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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Susan
Curtzwiler
Susan Curtzwiler wrote:
I followed the directions below and all I got was a blank FMKR page.
Then the FM file or book for which you generated the list or index
doesn't contain any graphics imported by reference. FM doesn't know the
file path and name of graphics copied into the document
You'd think that after gently chiding Susan for having changed the
subject completely, I'd remember to change the subject line of my
reply, wouldn't you? Sorry! Here it is for the archives.
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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
Richard,
Thank you for the detailed information. I will work with them this
afternoon.
Cheers,
Sue
From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com]
Sent: Tue 5/19/2009 3:09 PM
To: Susan Curtzwiler; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE:
On 18 May 2009 at 17:03, Madeleine r Dimond wrote:
> I received a complaint from a writer who said that FrameMaker 9 took up so
> much processing power that she could not make a pdf of her 700-page book,
> even though she could do so in FrameMaker 8. We're using Windows XP SP2,
> and she has 3.25
>-Original Message-
>From: Avraham Makeler; framers at lists.frameusers.com
>Subject: Procedure How to Write a Manual!
>
>I just want to share this with the list and absorb the response. My boss
>today told me to "write a procedure on how to write a manual" and he
>also stated to me that
I still say you have to figure out a way to make it easier for them to
find the information that has changed, without rereading the entire
manual. Perhaps you could list a version history with what's new in each
version. Then you could ask the engineer to check the version history
and read the
Agree with Shmuel. This is common in "higher" technical documentation,
called Revision Highlights or Highlights of Changes or similar.
Sometimes sent as a transmittal letter accompanying the distributed
manual, and sometimes more like a part of the manual front matter
pages.
Bodvar
2009/5/19
On Facebook this would be tagged "Like!" by many.
:-)
Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
2009/5/18 :
> If anyone can write a manual, why do you need to write a procedure for doing
> it?
>
> Let your boss do it if he thinks it's so easy.
> ___
>
>
> You are
On behalf of Rick Quatro:
Hello Framers,
There have been some recent requests for a solution to convert graphics
imported by copy to graphics imported by reference. I have developed a set
of FrameScript scripts to help with this. The first is an interactive script
that works like this:
1)
> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Combs, Richard
> wrote:
> >
> > "Processing power"? Not likely (I'm tempted to say "nonsense"). How
was
> > she creating the PDF? When and how did it fail?
> >
> > The log file for the job (which should be in the directory in which
the
> > PDF was being
On Tue, 19 May 2009 13:34:31 +, Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
wrote:
>Agree with Shmuel. This is common in "higher" technical documentation,
>called Revision Highlights or Highlights of Changes or similar.
>Sometimes sent as a transmittal letter accompanying the distributed
>manual, and sometimes
Hi,
I'd like to join this email about making a list of figures in alpha order.
I followed the directions below and all I got was a blank FMKR page.
Then I went to just make a list of figures as a stand alone file, not part of
the book file.
That worked great, I got the list.
1. Now, how do
OUCH ! ;-)
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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert
Shelton
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 2:32 PM
To: Avraham Makeler; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Procedure How to Write a Manual!
>
Hi all,
[from a lurker on daily digest, sorry if this is late]
> Here is the current comment from a client: Generally, I would like
> to keep high quality of screen captures.
> The comment that I have from the client is what I have - nothing
> specific about fuzziness, or anything else.
Tammy,
You must have used the "List of" menu item instead of the "Index of" one
that Jeremy suggested. The index one should generate an alphabetical
list.
Jeff
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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Susan
Susan Curtzwiler wrote:
> I followed the directions below and all I got was a blank FMKR page.
Then the FM file or book for which you generated the list or index
doesn't contain any graphics imported by reference. FM doesn't know the
file path and name of graphics copied into the document
You'd think that after gently chiding Susan for having "changed the
subject completely," I'd remember to change the subject line of my
reply, wouldn't you? Sorry! Here it is for the archives.
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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
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Richard,
Thank you for the detailed information. I will work with them this
afternoon.
Cheers,
Sue
From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com]
Sent: Tue 5/19/2009 3:09 PM
To: Susan Curtzwiler; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE:
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