Re: OT: Use of please in technical documentation and messages on screen

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OT: Use of "please" in technical documentation and messages on screen

arch for "please", and found 15 articles (full-text search results); each article contains at least one instance. Looking at the first few, none of them make me feel as though Microsoft were asking me for a favour. You could repeat this experiment with other help systems available to you.

Developer documentation

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Carl Yorke wrote: > Now I need to write developer documentation, which doesn't make sense to > me. Is that *all* they told you? -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

Re: legal notice for new patent in docs?

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, obair ob...@me.com wrote: My boss is asking me to do some research to determine the correct form of legal notice for our patent and how it should be worded I'd ask the legal department. Where I work, they'd have to approve it anyway. -- Milan Davidovic http

legal notice for new patent in docs?

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 12:37 PM, obair wrote: > My boss is asking me to do some research to determine the "correct form of > legal notice for our patent and how it should be worded I'd ask the legal department. Where I work, they'd have to approve it anyway. -- Milan Dav

Re: Procedure How to Write a Manual!

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Procedure How to Write a Manual!

context and players? Good luck. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

Re: TriZetto inquiry

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Will Husa will.h...@4techwriter.com wrote: I'm new to this list. Milan Davidovic recommended that I seek your advice. Hi -- I saw Will's query over on techwr-l, did a search of my own archive and saw the TriZetto name come up on this list, and suggested

TriZetto inquiry

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Will Husa wrote: > I'm new to this list. Milan Davidovic recommended that I seek your advice. Hi -- I saw Will's query over on techwr-l, did a search of my own archive and saw the TriZetto name come up on this list, and suggested to Will that he bring his qu

Re: Dual page numbering

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:35 PM, John Sgammato jsgamm...@imprivata.com wrote: Our trainer wants to include both chapter-oriented numbering AND absolute page numbering in training materials derived from my manuals. A bit OT, but did your trainer say why? -- Milan Davidovic http

Dual page numbering

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:35 PM, John Sgammato wrote: > Our trainer wants to include both chapter-oriented numbering AND > absolute page numbering in training materials derived from my manuals. A bit OT, but did your trainer say why? -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

Re: How can I avoid having to rescale linked screen shots

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How can I avoid having to rescale linked screen shots

advice is intended to avoid? -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

pilcrow before tag name in character catalog

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Re: pilcrow before tag name in character catalog

And like a doofus I once again forgot to mention some details: Unstructured Frame 7.2 on Windows XP --Milan On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Milan Davidovic milan.li...@gmail.com wrote: I thought that a pilcrow appearing before the tag name in character... etc

pilcrow before tag name in character catalog

. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

pilcrow before tag name in character catalog

And like a doofus I once again forgot to mention some details: Unstructured Frame 7.2 on Windows XP --Milan On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Milan Davidovic wrote: > I thought that a pilcrow appearing before the tag name in character... etc.

pilcrow before tag name in character catalog

igner to see if the pilcrow appears in the Character Tag > text box. And it does -- thank you. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

pilcrow before tag name in character catalog

sort > to the bottom of the list (if not, then it's not so clever), so they're > out of the way of someone using the mouse. They do. Thanks again to everyone for their attention to this query... -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

Re: OT: correct symbol to use

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OT: correct symbol to use

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Alan Litchfield wrote: > If you have in a line of text something like "to any of 1 (a)-(c)", is this > more correctly set as "to any of 1 (a)...(c)"? Take a look at the en dash; it might be what you want: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Re: Layoffs and Frame 9?

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 6:18 PM, John Hedtke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know if the Adobe layoffs are... Adobe? Layoffs? Googlegooglegoogle... here we go, in case anyone else hadn't heard and wants to read up: http://www.google.ca/search?hl=enq=adobe+layoffmeta= -- Milan Davidovic

Layoffs and Frame 9?

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 6:18 PM, John Hedtke wrote: > Does anyone know if the Adobe layoffs are... Adobe? Layoffs? Googlegooglegoogle... here we go, in case anyone else hadn't heard and wants to read up: http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en=adobe+layoff= -- Milan Davidovic h

applying conditional text to a list

. Thanks. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com ___ 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

applying conditional text to a list

. Thanks. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

PDFs -- to tag or not

I've just been reading in the FM help file about why one would select Generate Tagged PDF -- but are there any circumstances under which we'd want to clear it? I.e. is tagging sometimes undesireable? Thanks... -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

Re: PDFs -- to tag or not

piece of software that works with PDFs. Thanks... -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL

Re: RANT: FrameMaker's help function

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PDFs -- to tag or not

I've just been reading in the FM help file about why one would select "Generate Tagged PDF" -- but are there any circumstances under which we'd want to clear it? I.e. is tagging sometimes undesireable? Thanks... -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

PDFs -- to tag or not

nk of any circumstances in which tags would be *detrimental*? I know that sounds like a weird question; the story of why I'm asking isn't all that interesting... -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

PDFs -- to tag or not

ftware that works with PDFs. Thanks... -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

RANT: FrameMaker's "help" function

ame/frame_tables.html#PageBreak -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

InDesign as a replacement for Framemaker

t used it) -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

reply to copy/paste Greek... ?

I found this post: http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2008-February/010852.html but can find no reply. I've got a similar situation; any ideas of what to try? Thanks in advance... -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com ___ You

reply to copy/paste Greek... ?

I found this post: http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/2008-February/010852.html but can find no reply. I've got a similar situation; any ideas of what to try? Thanks in advance... -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

Re: character formatting and x-ref'd text

a character tag. If I understand you correctly, the text in File A should appear in File B with the formatting (applied with a tag) intact. Somehow, though, it isn't, so something is wrong. Any idea of where I can look to find it? Thanks. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http

Re: character formatting and x-ref'd text

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Milan Davidovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm looking at some legacy document in which the character formatting does come across in the x-ref'd text, but I can't see how to make it happen in my File B. What can I check to see where the difference is between

character formatting and x-ref'd text

character > tag. If I understand you correctly, the text in File A should appear in File B with the formatting (applied with a tag) intact. Somehow, though, it isn't, so something is wrong. Any idea of where I can look to find it? Thanks. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan

character formatting and x-ref'd text

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Milan Davidovic wrote: > I'm looking at some legacy document in which the character formatting > does come across in the x-ref'd text, but I can't see how to make it > happen in my File B. What can I check to see where the difference is > between th

character formatting and x-ref'd text

). I'm looking at some legacy document in which the character formatting does come across in the x-ref'd text, but I can't see how to make it happen in my File B. What can I check to see where the difference is between the two? Many thanks... -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

character formatting and x-ref'd text

e sure). I'm looking at some legacy document in which the character formatting does come across in the x-ref'd text, but I can't see how to make it happen in my File B. What can I check to see where the difference is between the two? Many thanks... -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

How FM use impacts purchasing decisions

u sink money into a VISTA-only machine, I'd double-check the > validity of that rumor. Here's some information that may be of interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_xp#Support_lifecycle -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

Re: disagreement on overrides

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Milan Davidovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have any of you been on either side of such a difference in approach, and how did you go about resolving it? OK, there are some good, constructive ideas here -- lots to think about. Thank you. -- Milan Davidovic http

disagreement on overrides

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Milan Davidovic wrote: > Have any of you been on either side of such a difference in approach, > and how did you go about resolving it? OK, there are some good, constructive ideas here -- lots to think about. Thank you. -- Milan Davidovi

disagreement on overrides

the only two writers working on the doc set in question. Have any of you been on either side of such a difference in approach, and how did you go about resolving it? Thanks. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com ___ You are currently subscribed

disagreement on overrides

now, we're the only two writers working on the doc set in question. Have any of you been on either side of such a difference in approach, and how did you go about resolving it? Thanks. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

table and figure captions

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Jerilynne Knight wrote: > I create a table format specifically to hold graphics. Is this in structured or unstructured Frame? If the latter, can anyone see a problem with doing it in the former? -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

Re: Basic question- Visio to Frame

as a .wmf file, and then import that. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank

Basic question- Visio to Frame

f file, and then import that. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com

Re: Marketing a product: which language for the documentation

direction. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Marketing a product: which language for the documentation

On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:51 AM, mathieu jacquet wrote: > Do you have any idea of official (governmental) documents about this kind of > issue (Europe and/or US)? What regulations does your client's product have to comply with? Knowing that should point you in the right direction. --

Re: RE turkish sortorder

have responses to such questions ON the list, please? Many thanks... -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: RE turkish sortorder

this, or knows of any pitfalls inherent in changing sort order (other than the obvious one of getting the order wrong), you response would be helpful. Thanks again... Milan On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Milan Davidovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 3:00 AM, Anneke von den Hoff

Re: Framemaker Class

/show_find.do -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Framemaker Class

w_find.do -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com

Large FM File

omeone offer you a rationale for the OHF (one huge file)? -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com

site down

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:12 AM, Bill Swallow wrote: > It's been down for months. But never fear, it'll be back up > "Monday"... We just don't know which Monday yet. ;-) Is there an "official" date that it has been down since? Just curious... -- Milan Davidovic ht

import only one

Formats, importing *all* the paragraph formats from that other file. Is there a way (including scripts, plugins, etc.) of importing only the one that I want? -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com ___ You

Re: import only one

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Milan Davidovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way (including scripts, plugins, etc.) of importing only the one that I want? Many good suggestions on and off list -- thanks to everyone who replied. I've got two scenarios: - the desired format does

import only one

agraph Formats, importing *all* the paragraph formats from that other file. Is there a way (including scripts, plugins, etc.) of importing only the one that I want? -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com

import only one

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Milan Davidovic wrote: > Is there a way (including scripts, plugins, etc.) of importing only > the one that I want? Many good suggestions on and off list -- thanks to everyone who replied. I've got two scenarios: - the desired format does not

Long running headers

on the right has disappeared. I must restore this. Changing the text of either the chapter title or the heading is not an option, and att this time in the project I prefer not to get into playing with font sizes. Your wisdom and guidance, please thanks. -- Milan Davidovic http

Re: Long running headers

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Rick Quatro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Make the master page text frame tall enough so that you can see the second line. And sure enough -- in checking the text frame in question against others, it is indeed higher. Many thanks... -- Milan Davidovic http

Re: Long running headers

font properties, justification, spacing, etc. for the different pieces of data I'm pulling in from the text. That's a good one for my upcoming project -- many thanks for that... -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com

Long running headers

on the right has disappeared. I must restore this. Changing the text of either the chapter title or the heading is not an option, and att this time in the project I prefer not to get into playing with font sizes. Your wisdom and guidance, please & thanks. -- Milan Davidovic

Long running headers

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Rick Quatro wrote: > Make the master page text frame tall enough so that you can see the second > line. And sure enough -- in checking the text frame in question against others, it is indeed higher. Many thanks... -- Milan Davidovi

Long running headers

t properties, justification, spacing, etc. for the different > pieces of data I'm pulling in from the text. That's a good one for my upcoming project -- many thanks for that... -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com

Fonts for Turkish?

Tried this already on techwr-l, with no replies. As I'm working in Frame perhaps some of you can reply. Are any of you creating documents in Turkish? If so, what font(s) are you using? Thanks. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com

Re: Fonts for Turkish?

On 4/3/08, Milan Davidovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are any of you creating documents in Turkish? If so, what font(s) are you using? Many thanks to all who replied on and off-list. My first line of attack is to try Dieter's idea and get the fonts we already have working more fully for us

Fonts for Turkish?

Tried this already on techwr-l, with no replies. As I'm working in Frame perhaps some of you can reply. Are any of you creating documents in Turkish? If so, what font(s) are you using? Thanks. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com

Fonts for Turkish?

On 4/3/08, Milan Davidovic wrote: > Are any of you creating documents in Turkish? If so, what font(s) are you > using? Many thanks to all who replied on and off-list. My first line of attack is to try Dieter's idea and get the fonts we already have working more fully for us. --

Re: also working with images

are converted to RGB in the process and colors may change. EPS is passed around the Windows GDI and maintains original colors. Slightly OT, but for comparison purposes -- does InDesign do this as well? Thanks. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com

also working with images

using the .ai and .psd files directly? -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank

also working with images

using the .ai and .psd files directly? -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http://stctorcomp.blogspot.com

Re: taking an image out of an anchored frame

On 11/20/07, Milan Davidovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have I come across something useful or something I should avoid? And if I wanted to read what others have said about this on the Web, what search terms would you suggest? Remove * from anchored frame gives me nothing on Google. Many thanks

taking an image out of an anchored frame

On 11/20/07, Milan Davidovic wrote: > Have I come across something useful or something I should avoid? And > if I wanted to read what others have said about this on the Web, what > search terms would you suggest? "Remove * from anchored frame" gives > me nothing on Google.

taking an image out of an anchored frame

come across something useful or something I should avoid? And if I wanted to read what others have said about this on the Web, what search terms would you suggest? Remove * from anchored frame gives me nothing on Google. Thanks. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com http

taking an image out of an anchored frame

Have I come across something useful or something I should avoid? And if I wanted to read what others have said about this on the Web, what search terms would you suggest? "Remove * from anchored frame" gives me nothing on Google. Thanks. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.b

adding blank pages without affecting page numbers

tried adding Disconnected Pages in Frame, but it affects the page count. Many thanks. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: adding blank pages without affecting page numbers

Hi all, Just to wrap this up, I decided to go with Rick's idea (below). Once I've added the pages, I don't have to think about them any more, and I'm more likely to have to regenerate PDFs of the book in which this file resides than to have to make changes to this particular file that affect

adding blank pages without affecting page numbers

tried adding Disconnected Pages in Frame, but it affects the page count. Many thanks. -- Milan Davidovic http://altmilan.blogspot.com

adding blank pages without affecting page numbers

On 9/19/07, Milan Davidovic wrote: > Does anyone know of something I can set up in the Frame file so that I > don't have to remember to add the pages in Acrobat? Hi all -- I'm getting various replies onlist and off; I'm replying offlist because the replies don't add much to the discussion

adding blank pages without affecting page numbers

Hi all, Just to wrap this up, I decided to go with Rick's idea (below). Once I've added the pages, I don't have to think about them any more, and I'm more likely to have to regenerate PDFs of the book in which this file resides than to have to make changes to this particular file that affect

Re: Training

--- Mike Derryberry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am in the market for introductory and advance Framemaker training for about 10 students. Are you looking for a first-hand recommendation or just someone in the vicinity? If the latter, you could start here:

Training

--- Mike Derryberry wrote: > I am in the market for introductory and advance > Framemaker training for about 10 students. Are you looking for a first-hand recommendation or just someone in the vicinity? If the latter, you could start here:

Re: anticipating a move to Structrued Frame

--- Marcus Carr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why do you want to go to structured data? Good question (and good thoughts on the question), but that's a different topic. For the purposes of this topic, let's imagine that the reasons are sound. And in case I forget to mention it later, thanks for all

RE: anticipating a move to Structrued Frame

--- Ridder, Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But the point remains that the best way to prepare depends greatly on what your goals and objectives are. Would it be possible to discuss good ways rather than best ones and keep it all at a fairly high level? Or perhaps everything at the high level

Re: anticipating a move to Structured Frame

--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to point out that structured Frame does not necessarily mean topic-based authoring, XML, information mapping, or DITA. You can get lots of benefit from it without any of those things. Such as facilitating compliance with house style? Milan

anticipating a move to Structrued Frame

--- Marcus Carr wrote: > Why do you want to go to structured data? Good question (and good thoughts on the question), but that's a different topic. For the purposes of this topic, let's imagine that the reasons are sound. And in case I forget to mention it later, thanks for all your answers.

anticipating a move to Structrued Frame

--- "Ridder, Fred" wrote: > But the point remains that the best way to prepare > depends greatly on what your goals and objectives > are. Would it be possible to discuss "good" ways rather than "best" ones and keep it all at a fairly high level? Or perhaps everything at the high level has

anticipating a move to Structured Frame

--- russ at weststreetconsulting.com wrote: > I'd like to point out that structured Frame does not > necessarily mean topic-based authoring, XML, > information mapping, or DITA. You can get lots of > benefit from it without any of those things. Such as facilitating compliance with house style?

anticipating a move to Structrued Frame

I'm looking for resources or advice on how to start working in unstructured Frame in anticipation of a move to Structured Frame. Let's imagine you're working in unstructured Frame, and that present circumstances prevent you from making the switch to Structured Frame. However, those circumstances

anticipating a move to Structrued Frame

I'm looking for resources or advice on how to start working in unstructured Frame in anticipation of a move to Structured Frame. Let's imagine you're working in unstructured Frame, and that present circumstances prevent you from making the switch to Structured Frame. However, those circumstances

STC Toronto Spring Conference

le leading the sessions. For more information, please see: The conference web site: http://www.stctoronto.org/conference.htm Our press release: http://www.stctoronto.org/springconference2006/PR-SpringConference.pdf --Milan Davidovic __ Do You Yahoo!? Tir

many into one

Actually, the content of the source book is being absorbed into the target book, so maintaining it is not an issue. But I didn't think of the thing about the numbering properties -- thanks for pointing that out. --Milan --- Art Campbell wrote: > Your method was as good as any, but I'm lazy,

many into one

I'm having no luck with searching the frameusers.com site, so perhaps I can put this to you... Recently, I had the task of bringing the chapters of one Frame book into a single chapter of another Frame book. It wasn't a big task, so I did this: 1. Created the file that would serve as the chapter