Conditional text for single-sourcing

2009-05-12 Thread Nancy Allison
This is a lengthy, nitty-gritty explanation of one oddity I'm encountering as I rework a manual in Framemaker for conversion to a .chm file. So, if you like nitty-gritty stuff, read on. If you find such discussions unbearably tedious . . . you might want to read something else! Because I

RE: Conditional text for single-sourcing

2009-05-12 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 7:54 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Conditional text for single-sourcing This is a lengthy, nitty-gritty explanation of one oddity I'm encountering as I rework a manual in Framemaker for conversion to a .chm file. So, if you like nitty-gritty stuff, read

Re: RE: Conditional text for single-sourcing

2009-05-12 Thread Nancy Allison
Hi, Linda. This is an interesting approach -- and I can easily see how we tech writers may develop standards that are pickier than our clients would ever require . . . just because we can, darn it! My manual has chapter page numbers (3-1 to 3-25, then 4-1 to 4-13, etc.). The table and figure

Re: Conditional text for single-sourcing

2009-05-12 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Nancy: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Nancy Allison ma...@verizon.net wrote: This is a lengthy, nitty-gritty explanation of one oddity I'm encountering as I rework a manual in Framemaker for conversion to a .chm file. So, if you like nitty-gritty stuff, read on. If you find such

Re: Conditional text for single-sourcing

2009-05-12 Thread Nancy Allison
Whaaa . . . . It WORKS! Thank you, eter. In case anyone else is interested, here is what works: Scenario: I have two conditional text tags: PDF and Online. For my PDF, which people will print and use in the field, I want this to show as my table title: Table 5.1 Connections and Switches

Conditional text for single-sourcing

2009-05-12 Thread Nancy Allison
This is a lengthy, nitty-gritty explanation of one oddity I'm encountering as I rework a manual in Framemaker for conversion to a .chm file. So, if you like nitty-gritty stuff, read on. If you find such discussions unbearably tedious . . . you might want to read something else! Because I

Conditional text for single-sourcing

2009-05-12 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
cy Allison Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 7:54 AM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Conditional text for single-sourcing This is a lengthy, nitty-gritty explanation of one oddity I'm encountering as I rework a manual in Framemaker for conversion to a .chm file. So, if you like nitty-gritty s

Conditional text for single-sourcing

2009-05-12 Thread Nancy Allison
Hi, Linda. This is an interesting approach -- and I can easily see how we tech writers may develop standards that are pickier than our clients would ever require . . . just because we can, darn it! My manual has chapter page numbers (3-1 to 3-25, then 4-1 to 4-13, etc.). The table and figure

Conditional text for single-sourcing

2009-05-12 Thread Linda G. Gallagher
: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:59 AM To: lindag at techcomplus.com Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: RE: Conditional text for single-sourcing Hi, Linda. This is an interesting approach -- and I can easily see how we tech writers may develop standards that are pickier than our clients would

Conditional text for single-sourcing

2009-05-12 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Nancy: On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Nancy Allison wrote: > This is a lengthy, nitty-gritty explanation of one oddity I'm encountering as > I rework a manual in Framemaker for conversion to a .chm file. So, if you > like nitty-gritty stuff, read on. If you find such discussions

Conditional text for single-sourcing

2009-05-12 Thread Nancy Allison
Whaaa . . . . It WORKS! Thank you, eter. In case anyone else is interested, here is what works: Scenario: I have two conditional text tags: PDF and Online. For my PDF, which people will print and use in the field, I want this to show as my table title: Table 5.1 Connections and Switches