RE: need help selecting doc tools

2007-04-16 Thread Gordon McLean
Aaron, Have you posted this question anywhere else? To a non FrameMaker list for example (TechWR?). Just a thought. As others have said, I'd want to know more about what outputs were required, how often you have to build them, and what the usage of the docs will be. FrameMaker + WWP is a good

Re: FW: Graphics and Reference Pages

2007-04-16 Thread Stuart Rogers
Kristy Nolan wrote: From: Kristy Nolan Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:11 PM To: 'framers@lists.frameusers.com' Subject: Graphics and Reference Pages Hello, All! This has been my first real venture into reference pages and I have managed to befuddle myself. I am trying to connect a small

document window size

2007-04-16 Thread Natalie Bircher
Can I specify the size of the window that opens when I open a new file? Sometimes the window opens at 120% sometimes it opens as a rectangle, and other times it just opens the file and is minimized at the bottom of the screen. My objective is to have the window open at 83% so I can view the info

RE: document window size

2007-04-16 Thread Lester C. Smalley
On Monday, April 16, 2007 12:05 PM, Natalie Bircher wrote: | Can I specify the size of the window that opens when I open | a new file? Sometimes the window opens at 120% sometimes it | opens as a rectangle, and other times it just opens the file | and is minimized at the bottom of the screen. My

Re: document window size

2007-04-16 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Natalie... If you're working on binary FM files (not opening an XML file), it *should* open to the size, zoom, and position that it was last saved. If you have the document minimized and you do a Save All Files .. it'll reopen in a minimized state. Or possibly someone else has been working

How many writers/engineer

2007-04-16 Thread Krishna Mukherjee
Hello, I work for a semiconductor company in Silicon valley and my manager asked me to find out the following: Are there are any stats regarding how many writers per engineer various companies and industries have? Frankly, I don't know where to start from and would appreciate your help

RE: document window size

2007-04-16 Thread Natalie Bircher
Ah,yes. It is not a new window, it is a saved doc. Strange that FM saves the zoom level, I think. The time that the file opens minimized, is when I open a file from the book. I may pass your suggestions on to the power$ that be to see if I could get another monitor. I always hate to ask for

RE: How many writers/engineer

2007-04-16 Thread Dodd, Frank J
I wear both hats in my company. And in many cases in industry, I feel this is true. But no hard facts like you requested. -Original Message- From: Krishna Mukherjee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 10:24 AM To: Subject: How many writers/engineer Hello, I work

Re: PS to PDF (Distiller) Error

2007-04-16 Thread John Pilla
Thanks, after trying everything else, that worked! (Short of PDFing ea book file, and putting it all back together, which worked in the short time.) I used our Corporate required TechDoc printer driver, but changed the file extension to .prn instead of the default .ps and it worked just as

RE: How many writers/engineer

2007-04-16 Thread Mary Anthony
Krishna, The exact ratio you need depends on a number of factors. Meaning, a team is responsible for documenting APIs and none of the writers have experience with this type of doc, it kind of doesn't matter whether you have 1 or 5 writers. If you have three writers and all have API experience

RE: How many writers/engineer

2007-04-16 Thread Daniel Doornbos
Hello Krishna, I have not seen any official statement of the proper ratio. But I did read an article that said, in general, an organization should have one tech writer per eight developers or engineers. Asking around my STC chapter and in tech writing classes, it seems that one writer per 15 to

need help selecting doc tools

2007-04-16 Thread Marcus Carr
It was written: > Something that you may want to look into is using DITA as your > underlying data model (if you're entertaining the idea of using > structured authoring). One of the biggest problems that people have in > using DITA is the migration of legacy content .. you don't have this >

need help selecting doc tools

2007-04-16 Thread Gordon McLean
Aaron, Have you posted this question anywhere else? To a "non" FrameMaker list for example (TechWR?). Just a thought. As others have said, I'd want to know more about what outputs were required, how often you have to build them, and what the usage of the docs will be. FrameMaker + WWP is a

FW: Graphics and Reference Pages

2007-04-16 Thread Stuart Rogers
Kristy Nolan wrote: > From: Kristy Nolan > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 12:11 PM > To: 'framers at lists.frameusers.com' > Subject: Graphics and Reference Pages > > > > Hello, All! > > This has been my first real venture into reference pages and I have > managed to befuddle myself. I am

document window size

2007-04-16 Thread Natalie Bircher
Can I specify the size of the window that opens when I open a new file? Sometimes the window opens at 120% sometimes it opens as a rectangle, and other times it just opens the file and is minimized at the bottom of the screen. My objective is to have the window open at 83% so I can view the info

document window size

2007-04-16 Thread Lester C. Smalley
On Monday, April 16, 2007 12:05 PM, Natalie Bircher wrote: | Can I specify the size of the window that opens when I open | a new file? Sometimes the window opens at 120% sometimes it | opens as a rectangle, and other times it just opens the file | and is minimized at the bottom of the screen. My

document window size

2007-04-16 Thread Scott Prentice
Hi Natalie... If you're working on binary FM files (not opening an XML file), it *should* open to the size, zoom, and position that it was last saved. If you have the document minimized and you do a "Save All Files" .. it'll reopen in a minimized state. Or possibly someone else has been

How many writers/engineer

2007-04-16 Thread Krishna Mukherjee
Hello, I work for a semiconductor company in Silicon valley and my manager asked me to find out the following: "Are there are any stats regarding how many writers per engineer various companies and industries have?" Frankly, I don't know where to start from and would appreciate your help

document window size

2007-04-16 Thread Natalie Bircher
Ah,yes. It is not a new window, it is a saved doc. Strange that FM saves the zoom level, I think. The time that the file opens minimized, is when I open a file from the book. I may pass your suggestions on to the power$ that be to see if I could get another monitor. I always hate to ask for

document window size

2007-04-16 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Natalie, The zoom setting for a document gets saved with the document. You can also set the zoom for all of the files in a book, although you can only choose from several settings. If you have FrameScript, you could set all of the FrameMaker files on your hard drive to any zoom percent you

PS to PDF (Distiller) Error

2007-04-16 Thread John Pilla
Thanks, after trying everything else, that worked! (Short of PDFing ea book file, and putting it all back together, which worked in the short time.) I used our Corporate required TechDoc printer driver, but changed the file extension to .prn instead of the default .ps and it worked just as

How many writers/engineer

2007-04-16 Thread Mary Anthony
Krishna, The exact ratio you need depends on a number of factors. Meaning, a team is responsible for documenting APIs and none of the writers have experience with this type of doc, it kind of doesn't matter whether you have 1 or 5 writers. If you have three writers and all have API experience

How many writers/engineer

2007-04-16 Thread Daniel Doornbos
Hello Krishna, I have not seen any "official" statement of the proper ratio. But I did read an article that said, in general, an organization should have one tech writer per eight developers or engineers. Asking around my STC chapter and in tech writing classes, it seems that one writer per 15 to