Hm - so as a user of FM 8 and later, one of the older manuals might be
valuable to use with the newer ones as a reference?
Very interesting...
On 10/2/2017 11:54 AM, Scott Prentice wrote:
Hi...
I hate to pitch (recycle) this stuff if it's of any use to anyone.
User Guides for FM 7.0, FM 6.0,
That could *almost* be a viable option if indexes had been replaced with
decent linguistic search engines. But most search engines out there are
absolute crap. The removal of indexes was purely a cost saving move and
nothing about providing usable documentation.
A good index provided a huge be
Does FrameMaker support search aliases? If not, indexes can be very
helpful to users who might use a different terms. E.g. if the docs say
"graph" but users think of it as "chart."
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Wroblewski, Victoria
wrote:
> This might be the reason we stopped actually doing ind
Generating an index is also a great way to spot inconsistencies in
terminology and usage, especially on docs written by a team.
And it enables the write to flag which mentions of a common term are
useful; search shows every mention.
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:51 PM, Monique Semp
wrote:
> This mig
At 21:33 + 2/10/17, Wroblewski, Victoria wrote:
>This might be the reason we stopped actually doing index entries and have been
>quietly deleting index files from our books (I have a former co worker from
>another company who is in horror over this idea). Use the search, people.
Hmmm. Ther
This might be the reason we stopped actually doing index entries and have
been quietly deleting index files from our books (I have a former co worker
from another company who is in horror over this idea). Use the search,
people.
Well, sure. If I know the exact word to look for, ^F will find i
This might be the reason we stopped actually doing index entries and have been
quietly deleting index files from our books (I have a former co worker from
another company who is in horror over this idea). Use the search, people.
- V
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With 5.5, Adobe decided they weren't going to supply full documentation, i.e.,
"teach you how to use the software."
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Agreed.
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Is the index in the 5.5 book really better than the one in the 6.0 book?
On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 1:01 PM, David Spreadbury wrote:
>
> Scott,You might want to hang onto that 5.5 book. Once Adobe started creating
> the documentation the Index started going downhill, when compared to the
> original
Scott,You might want to hang onto that 5.5 book. Once Adobe started creating
the documentation the Index started going downhill, when compared to the
original Frame issued books. The original Index was actual usefulI wouldn't
part with mine unless I had to.
On Monday, October 2, 2017 1:54
Hi...
I hate to pitch (recycle) this stuff if it's of any use to anyone.
User Guides for FM 7.0, FM 6.0, FM+SGML 6.0, and FM 5.5. All basically
new and some still in plastic.
Contact me off list if you'd like any or all of these.
Cheers,
...scott
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