Problem breaking at headers when saving book as html

2007-11-01 Thread Inbar, Paul
Hi all, I am posting this on behalf of a colleague: I need to save a FrameMaker Book (Frame 7.2) (9 files, approx. 200 pages) to html for use as an online help. FrameMaker has the option of breaking the web pages according to Headings. This creates small, usable web pages. I edited the

RE: radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread Gordon McLean
I spy a Mark Twain quote in your email signature... Are you familiar with the one about sarcasm? Gordon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] com] On Behalf Of Whites Sent: 01 November 2007 02:49 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com

RE: radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread Gordon McLean
I'm on that list too Peter, I find both to be engaging at different times. Glad to hear that someone is using the delete key though! Gordon P.S. TechCommPro is currently discussing the horror of the fact that postings there may be being archived by another service. Not really that engaging at

RE: radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Do tell :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gordon McLean Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 4:27 AM Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: radical revamping of techpubs I spy a Mark Twain quote in your email signature... Are you

RE: radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread Technical Writer
Again, that is a design progroblem, not a documentation problem. Good GUI design never, ever results in an interface that doesn't make sense. If it did, it wouldn't be good GUI design. On the typical large-scale project, GUI designers serve the dual function of designers and usability experts;

RE: radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread Technical Writer
Contract exclusively, preferably three- to six-month. Contractors tend to be more fully focused on task completion, and doing the job right, both of which suit my inclinations perfectly. Full-time work becomes more a social issue, in which the most importance is attached to fitting in with the

RE: radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread John Posada
Contract exclusively, preferably three- to six-month. Contractors tend to be more fully focused on task completion, and doing the job right, both of which suit my inclinations perfectly. Full-time work becomes more a social issue, in which the most importance is Allow mw to offer a different

SOLVED: Re: Need a few references

2007-11-01 Thread Rick Quatro
Thanks to all who generously provided recommendations. I really appreciate it. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Distinguishing markers

2007-11-01 Thread Doug
Some of my documents have Index markers, Reference markers, and other markers all located such that you cannot see more than a single marker on the screen. The central way to determine how many markers there are is to count how many times the cursor fails to move each time you press an arrow key.

RE: Distinguishing markers

2007-11-01 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Doug, The easiest way to do this is to move the overlapping markers so that there is space between them. Cut and paste one marker at a time to a different location, even if it is only one letter away from the other existing markers. To do this, you must be displaying text symbols (View menu

Re: Distinguishing markers

2007-11-01 Thread Stuart Rogers
Doug wrote: Some of my documents have Index markers, Reference markers, and other markers all located such that you cannot see more than a single marker on the screen. The central way to determine how many markers there are is to count how many times the cursor fails to move each time you press

Re: Distinguishing markers

2007-11-01 Thread Scott Prentice
There are a few plugins that will expand the markers in place, but MarkerTools lets you select multiple markers at once (or the whole file) and browse through them one at a time or filter on a specific marker type and get the total count of marker selected. (In addition to other useful

Re: Fixing Numbers in PDF Bookmarks

2007-11-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I think the soft return is the simplest and most elegant solution. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson William Abernathy wrote: Here's an annoyance I'm stumped on. I've been working on updating my group's template, which is a unification of two work groups' templates. One group had chapter title

RE: radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread Technical Writer
There are situations in which being a full-time employee is more advantageous than being a contractor. I don't know that training would be one of them, because a lot depends on the quality of training, and how transferrable the skills are. It also depends on how close a fit the training is for

RE: radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread Technical Writer
It is almost comical to see a job description that stresses knowledge of project management, apparently a euphemism for we have to work 70 hours a week withut extra compensation to make the deadline, when the same job tends to exclude those with experience as PMs.

RE: radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread John Posada
There are situations in which being a full-time employee is more advantageous than being a contractor. I don't know that training would be one of them, because a lot depends on the quality of training, and how transferrable the skills are. It also depends on how close a fit the training is

Easy find for soft Returns?

2007-11-01 Thread Paul Pehrson
Is there an easy way to search through a Frame book to find places where I've inserted a soft return and replace it with text? I know Frame's Find/Change window is quite powerful, but I'm not sure which combination of options to choose to find the item I'm looking for. Thanks! -- Paul Pehrson

Problem breaking at headers when saving book as html

2007-11-01 Thread Inbar, Paul
Hi all, I am posting this on behalf of a colleague: I need to save a FrameMaker Book (Frame 7.2) (9 files, approx. 200 pages) to html for use as an online help. FrameMaker has the option of breaking the web pages according to Headings. This creates small, usable web pages. I edited the

radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread Gordon McLean
I'm on that list too Peter, I find both to be engaging at different times. Glad to hear that someone is using the delete key though! Gordon P.S. TechCommPro is currently discussing the horror of the fact that postings there may be being archived by another service. Not really that engaging at

radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread Gordon McLean
I spy a Mark Twain quote in your email signature... Are you familiar with the one about sarcasm? Gordon -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+gordon.mclean=grahamtechnology.com at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+gordon.mclean=grahamtechnology.com at lists.frameusers.

radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread Pinkham, Jim
Do tell :) -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+jim.pinkham=voith@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+jim.pinkham=voith.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Gordon McLean Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 4:27 AM Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE:

radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread Technical Writer
Again, that is a design progroblem, not a documentation problem. Good GUI design never, ever results in an interface that doesn't make sense. If it did, it wouldn't be good GUI design. On the typical large-scale project, GUI designers serve the dual function of designers and usability experts;

radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread Technical Writer
Contract exclusively, preferably three- to six-month. Contractors tend to be more fully focused on task completion, and doing the job right, both of which suit my inclinations perfectly. "Full-time" work becomes more a social issue, in which the most importance is attached to "fitting in with

radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread John Posada
> Contract exclusively, preferably three- to six-month. Contractors > tend to be more fully focused on task completion, and doing the job > right, both of which suit my inclinations perfectly. "Full-time" > work becomes more a social issue, in which the most importance is Allow mw to offer a

SOLVED: Re: Need a few references

2007-11-01 Thread Rick Quatro
Thanks to all who generously provided recommendations. I really appreciate it. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com

Distinguishing markers

2007-11-01 Thread Doug
Some of my documents have Index markers, Reference markers, and other markers all located such that you cannot see more than a single marker on the screen. The central way to determine how many markers there are is to count how many times the cursor fails to move each time you press an arrow key.

Distinguishing markers

2007-11-01 Thread Charles Beck
Hi Doug, The easiest way to do this is to move the overlapping markers so that there is space between them. Cut and paste one marker at a time to a different location, even if it is only one letter away from the other existing markers. To do this, you must be displaying text symbols (View menu >

Distinguishing markers

2007-11-01 Thread Stuart Rogers
Doug wrote: > Some of my documents have Index markers, Reference markers, and other > markers all located such that you cannot see more than a single marker > on the screen. The central way to determine how many markers there > are is to count how many times the cursor fails to move each time you

Fixing Numbers in PDF Bookmarks

2007-11-01 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
I think the soft return is the simplest and most elegant solution. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson William Abernathy wrote: > Here's an annoyance I'm stumped on. I've been working on updating my > group's template, which is a unification of two work groups' templates. > > One group had chapter title

radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread Technical Writer
There are situations in which being a full-time employee is more advantageous than being a contractor. I don't know that training would be one of them, because a lot depends on the quality of training, and how transferrable the skills are. It also depends on how close a fit the training is for

radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread Technical Writer
It is almost comical to see a job description that stresses "knowledge of project management," apparently a euphemism for "we have to work 70 hours a week withut extra compensation to make the deadline," when the same job tends to exclude those with experience as PMs.

radical revamping of techpubs

2007-11-01 Thread John Posada
> There are situations in which being a full-time employee is more > advantageous than being a contractor. I don't know that training > would be one of them, because a lot depends on the quality of > training, and how transferrable the skills are. It also depends on > how close a fit the training

Easy find for soft Returns?

2007-11-01 Thread Paul Pehrson
Is there an easy way to search through a Frame book to find places where I've inserted a soft return and replace it with text? I know Frame's Find/Change window is quite powerful, but I'm not sure which combination of options to choose to find the item I'm looking for. Thanks! -- Paul Pehrson