Re: Inserting inline graphics

2013-09-13 Thread David Creamer
I could see where a custom font would be a problem if the job was not meant for print or PDF. However, one could use HTML font-includes for web-based help or embed the font in an ePub. Of course, that brings up other potential problems: such as having a reasonably up-to-date browser or ePub

JOB: Spirit is looking for Tech Writers

2013-09-13 Thread Rick Quatro
Spirit Airlines, headquartered in Miramar Florida (near Fort Lauderdale), is looking for Technical Writers. These are full time positions with benefits. Thanks in advance for anything you can do to help in identifying someone who may be interested in filling these positions. As a footnote, I

RE: Version Control Suggestions

2013-09-13 Thread Craig Ede
MIF is the Framemaker text format. RCS or any other revision control system can be used to store revision histories of Framemaker documents stored in MIF. I wouldn't expect it to be very efficient in terms of space. Companies I have worked with have routinely controlled FM documents in RCS using

RE: Inserting inline graphics

2013-09-13 Thread Alastair Dent
I don't think you quite understand. I'm documenting a complex plugin for Eclipse. I will only know which buttons I need in the text as I'm writing. To pull out the button icons from the entire product and convert them would be a huge job. What Frame needs is a way of defining frame 'tags'.

Re: Version Control Suggestions

2013-09-13 Thread Robert Lauriston
What was the advantage of doing that over using the .fm binaries? Or was it just that the system didn't support binaries? I've spent a lot of time poking around in MIF files troubleshooting problems, and I can't quite imagine doing a merge. It doesn't seem like a practical format for that kind of

Re: Inserting inline graphics

2013-09-13 Thread Robert Lauriston
Have you actually done that? I tried a few years ago and the theory did not work in practice. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:35 PM, David Creamer ideasli...@ideastraining.com wrote: I could see where a custom font would be a problem if the job was not meant for print or PDF. However, one could

Re: FrameMaker, PDFs, and accessibility

2013-09-13 Thread Urszula Witherell
Requirement for document accessibility is that a document has a language specified as a property. Typically it is done at the document level (from File PropertiesAdvanced) or changed in a tag property (right-clickPropertiesLanguage) if a specific tag language is different from the rest of the

Inserting inline graphics

2013-09-13 Thread David Creamer
I could see where a custom font would be a problem if the job was not meant for print or PDF. However, one could use HTML font-includes for web-based help or embed the font in an ePub. Of course, that brings up other potential problems: such as having a reasonably up-to-date browser or ePub

JOB: Spirit is looking for Tech Writers

2013-09-13 Thread Rick Quatro
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Version Control Suggestions

2013-09-13 Thread Craig Ede
MIF is the Framemaker text format. RCS or any other revision control system can be used to store revision histories of Framemaker documents stored in MIF. I wouldn't expect it to be very efficient in terms of space. Companies I have worked with have routinely controlled FM documents in RCS using

Inserting inline graphics

2013-09-13 Thread Alastair Dent
I don't think you quite understand. I'm documenting a complex plugin for Eclipse. I will only know which buttons I need in the text as I'm writing. To pull out the button icons from the entire product and convert them would be a huge job. What Frame needs is a way of defining frame 'tags'.

Version Control Suggestions

2013-09-13 Thread Robert Lauriston
What was the advantage of doing that over using the .fm binaries? Or was it just that the system didn't support binaries? I've spent a lot of time poking around in MIF files troubleshooting problems, and I can't quite imagine doing a merge. It doesn't seem like a practical format for that kind of

Inserting inline graphics

2013-09-13 Thread Robert Lauriston
Have you actually done that? I tried a few years ago and the theory did not work in practice. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 12:35 PM, David Creamer wrote: > I could see where a custom font would be a problem if the job was not meant > for print or PDF. > However, one could use HTML font-includes for

FrameMaker, PDFs, and accessibility

2013-09-13 Thread Urszula Witherell
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