Re: Basic question about Structured Frame

2007-03-14 Thread mcarr
Rick Spiegel wrote: My company is considering switching to Structured Frame to solve our current problems with content reuse, and I have a question, the answer to which, to me, holds the key as to whether or not Structured Frame is the answer we're looking for. With all due respect, I would

RE: Basic question about Structured Frame

2007-03-14 Thread Andrew Avis
The question is this: if our documents were authored in Structured Frame, could we use the same topic at a heading 1 level in one document and at a heading 2 level in another document? If so, in a very general way (no need to write a small book!) how does this work? Hi Rick, it depends

RE: Basic question about Structured Frame

2007-03-14 Thread Lofthouse Marsha-PT1816
Rick asked, if our documents were authored in Structured Frame, could we use the same topic at a heading 1 level in one document and at a heading 2 level in another document? The short answer is Yes. The longer answer is yes, if you set up your EDD (and DTD) properly. What you need is to use the

Basic question about Structured Frame

2007-03-14 Thread mc...@allette.com.au
Rick Spiegel wrote: > My company is considering switching to Structured Frame to solve our > current problems with content reuse, and I have a question, the answer to > which, to me, holds the key as to whether or not Structured Frame is the > answer we're looking for. With all due respect, I

Basic question about Structured Frame

2007-03-14 Thread Bodvar Bjorgvinsson
Simple answer is to question #1: Yes. BUT: you need to prepare this carefully. For question #2: Maybe look into the DITA. This is not a decision to take before you have looked into the current structure of your manuals and try to see from that standpoint what you would be able to gain from the

Basic question about Structured Frame

2007-03-14 Thread Lester C. Smalley
On Tuesday, March 13, 2007, Rick Spiegel wrote: | My company is considering switching to Structured Frame to solve | our current problems with content reuse, and I have a question, | the answer to which, to me, holds the key as to whether or not | Structured Frame is the answer we're looking

Basic question about Structured Frame

2007-03-14 Thread Andrew Avis
> The question is this: if our documents were authored in > Structured Frame, could we use the same topic at a heading 1 > level in one document and at a heading 2 level in another > document? If so, in a very general way (no need to write a > small book!) how does this work? Hi Rick, it

Basic question about Structured Frame

2007-03-14 Thread Lofthouse Marsha-PT1816
Rick asked, "if our documents were authored in Structured Frame, could we use the same topic at a heading 1 level in one document and at a heading 2 level in another document?" The short answer is Yes. The longer answer is yes, if you set up your EDD (and DTD) properly. What you need is to use

Basic question about Structured Frame

2007-03-13 Thread Rick Spiegel
My company is considering switching to Structured Frame to solve our current problems with content reuse, and I have a question, the answer to which, to me, holds the key as to whether or not Structured Frame is the answer we're looking for. I would appreciate it if anyone with experience in

Basic question about Structured Frame

2007-03-13 Thread Rick Spiegel
My company is considering switching to Structured Frame to solve our current problems with content reuse, and I have a question, the answer to which, to me, holds the key as to whether or not Structured Frame is the answer we're looking for. I would appreciate it if anyone with experience in