Hi Eric,
FrameScript would be better for this. It has an EActiveXObject object that
can poke into Word files and get to the content. If you want to explore this
further, please contact me offlist. Thanks.
Rick
Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-366-4017
r...@frameexpert.com
Hi,
We are using structured FrameMaker for law editing and some of the documents
are extremely large, nearly 3 MB though they include only text.
Are there some restrictions to the size of the documents in which FrameMaker’s
Find should work?
Or are there restrictions to the length of the
I prefer the simpler "/See /Fig. X.X." It's also active voice. In fact,
I also prefer to eliminate compound numbering. See "The Case for Simple
Numbering:"
http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/nonum.html
Mike Wickham
On 5/31/2016 11:50 AM, Stephen O'Brien wrote:
Hi,
A new technical writer uses
I'm pretty sure that you'd have to have the ExtendScript open up the
Word doc in FM, then locate the portion you're interested in, copy it to
the clipboard and paste it into the FM file (and close the Word doc
without saving).
A bit clunky, but certainly doable.
You'd need some type of
Hi. Is it possible to use Extendscript to import a specific portion of a
Word document? My company records various specification information
(paragraphs, tables, graphics) for our products in Word documents, and a
portion of those Word documents contain information that will be imported
into
I'll chime in to say that in almost every case where people create content,
it should be done with the audience in mind. Unless the audience knows
"exemplified" it's likely best to stick to ideas other people have
suggested.
Simpler is often better. It's becoming more and more common for
It depends on the subject and context, but I often use "represents"
for diagrams, and "as shown" for screen shots.
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"Exemplified" implies more than "shown in" ... it also has connotations of
"this is a better way".
Unless that was the intention (i.e., emphasizing the "better way"), when
pointing to a figure or diagram, this is unnecessary and almost a tiny bit
arrogant.
Consider using a more active voice
I agree with other responses that a figure is *not* an example, so that
"exemplifies" is not at all the right word.
But I also suggest that in many cases it would be better to cast the sentence
in the active voice ("Figure x.x shows" something) or the imperative mood ("See
Figure x.x") rather
Second Peter's "show in."
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.
Remember the discussion about copyright for scripts?
The reason was a script I derived from the work of Rick Quatro.
He judged my script different enough to allow me to publish it.
There were a number of requests for such a script in the past - in particualr
on the
the German user list.
You
Adobe does something like that. When you look at a FrameMaker help
topic on the web, there's a pop-up menu of other versions in case
you're looking at the wrong one.
I don't think it makes any sense to do that by lumping everything
together in one project, HTML5 or otherwise.
On Tue, May 31,
Get rid of it - it's just pompous writing. Especially important if your
documents go to non-native-English speakers.
"Shown in" is universally understood. "Illustrated in" less so.
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Peter
On 2016-05-31 17:50, Stephen O'Brien wrote:
Hi,
A new technical writer uses « exemplified in Fig.
Using the word "exemplified" is not even used properly in this example:
"Exemplified" denotes a typical example. In your example, it isn't "an
example", it is the actual graphic image.
John X Posada
SR AML Syst & Ops Supt Data Analyst | Global Risk Analytics | HSBC North
America Holdings Inc
Hi,
A new technical writer uses « exemplified in Fig. X.X» in captions to describe
images in our technical reference documentation for a quality control software.
I have asked that a simpler synonym be used (shown in Figure X.X).
I consider that "exemplified" is not a commonly used term (I
Thanks for the presentation Bernard. I can think of one way to use that in the
products I document. I do have a couple of questions, however.
In your example it seemed as if the user would open a "default" HTML5 Help that
had both Word and FrameMaker information. The user would then choose
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