Re: Tech writing for web apps - style guides?

2012-08-24 Thread Robert Lauriston
I use Microsoft MS4. It covers all that stuff. On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Amy Super asu...@confluence.com wrote: Hi all, My company is working on web-based applications. In the past, we’ve used the Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications as our style guide for installed

RE: Tech writing for web apps - style guides?

2012-08-24 Thread Jack DeLand
Oops, cancel that. You wanted web only. Sorry. Jack DeLand 734 972 3026 (cell) www.adamcharlesconsulting.com http://www.adamcharlesconsulting.com/ www.linkedin/in/jackdeland jack.deland (skype) From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com]

Re: How to reset Frame's Default Configuration

2012-08-24 Thread Robert Lauriston
To restore FrameMaker to its defaults, close the application, delete or rename maker.ini, and restart. http://helpx.adobe.com/framemaker/kb/troubleshoot-system-errors-freezes-framemaker.html On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Thomas, Lynn lynn.tho...@inin.com wrote: I inadvertently converted my

Re: New, comprehensive and illustrated REVIEW of FrameMaker 11

2012-08-24 Thread Robert Lauriston
So for non-structured users I see object styles and putatively improved keyboard shortcuts. http://framegurus.wordpress.com/2012/08/19/framemaker-11-beyond-expectations/ ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send

Re: Framemaker Publish WebHelp via RH feature

2012-08-24 Thread Robert Lauriston
The Publish thing didn't seem properly implemented to me, or at least it's not designed for my purposes. I created a project in RoboHelp 9 with all the content in FrameMaker 10. I also wrote an ExtendScript to automate WebHelp generation. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:14 AM, John Garison

Job Opportunity - Morgan Hill California USA

2012-08-24 Thread De Rosier, Edward
Hi Framers, Anritsu Company has a full-time, on-site writer position available: http://www.anritsu.com/en-us/about-anritsu/employment/current-vacancies/job000893.aspx This company designs and builds test and measurement instruments for RF and Microwave (radio frequency and microwave

RE: Plugin for extracting information for XSLT Designer

2012-08-24 Thread Gillian Flato
Lin, I tried to install it but unfortunately, MIFMuncher is not compatible with Win 7. -Gillian -Original Message- From: Lin Sims [mailto:ljsims...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:23 AM To: Gillian Flato Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Plugin for extracting

Hyperlink or cross reference to another book

2012-08-24 Thread Pam Harper
Can I add a link in one book to another book? How would I do it in Frame 10. I want to reference a specific section in a another book and am not sure how to do it, despite searching for answers on this. If I use a cross reference, what would I select for a Building Block in the list? Thanks

RE: PDF Printing Issues in FrameMaker 11

2012-08-24 Thread Magnus, Thomas C
Salome, I had an issue with Win 7 64-bit, FM 9, and Acrobat X. Win 7 32-bit prints fine. Performing the following steps resolves the error for me. Although I had previously cleared this option in Printing Preferences, the solution seems to be clearing this option in the Printing

Re: Tips/tools/resources for converting unstructured to structured

2012-08-24 Thread Robert Lauriston
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4094654 Also check this list's archive for Resources to help a newbie create DITA documents in FrameMaker 10. Probably you'll want to subscribe to framemaker-d...@yahoogroups.com On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Pat Christenson pxen...@gmail.com wrote: I'm

Re: Tips/tools/resources for converting unstructured to structured

2012-08-24 Thread Doris Pavlichek
I'm interested in this, too, so I'll be following the discussion closely! Doris E. Pavlichek dpavliche...@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone On Aug 23, 2012, at 3:23 PM, Pat Christenson pxen...@gmail.com wrote: I'm about to start a unstructured-to-structuredconversion project in either Frame 9 or

MindTouch FrameMaker migration ideas

2012-08-24 Thread Robert Lauriston
I have developers drafting stuff in a MindTouch Core wiki that needs to be incorporated into unstructured FrameMaker documents. MindTouch Core has no native export function. The source is XHTML. Best bet I've found is copying from IE in WYSIWYG mode and pasting as RTF. Formatting is largely

RE: Tips/tools/resources for converting unstructured to structured

2012-08-24 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
The location of the Aldous webinar series has been moved to an Adobe server. To speed things up for you on the link to Tom Aldous' 7-part series (it is excellent; I went through it), here are links to individual episodes: Part 1: Unstructured To XML Workflow Series Part 1: Analyzing Your

OT - Using a Defect Tracking System to Create a Glossary

2012-08-24 Thread Roopa Belur
Hi All, I have been assigned to create a comprehensive and a single glossary for documentation purposes. I am researching and evaluating several options at this time, and one of the suggestions i have received is to define a workflow (from Product Manager to Dev to Doc) using our defect

Re: Tips/tools/resources for converting unstructured to structured

2012-08-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Maxwell, Thank you very much. I have been following this thread because I have one product line that is almost entirely Unstructured and would like to convert it to Structured, with eventually moving on to DITA. This list of videos looks like it should be able to get this project going

RE: Hyperlink or cross reference to another book

2012-08-24 Thread Combs, Richard
Pam Harper wrote: Can I add a link in one book to another book? How would I do it in Frame 10. I want to reference a specific section in a another book and am not sure how to do it, despite searching for answers on this. I only vaguely remember how to do this, but I don't see any responses.

RE: Patent Listing

2012-08-24 Thread Alison Craig
I'd certainly like to your PP presentation. Obviously I'm starting (almost) from ground zero here. Alison -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net) [mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 9:38 PM To: Combs, Richard; Alison Craig;

RE: Patent Listing

2012-08-24 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Noted. So far, I have a few requests for it ... I will get back to those who have asked, once I have some feedback from our lawyers ... :) Regards, Z -Original Message- From: Alison Craig [mailto:alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 9:50 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain

Re: Tips/tools/resources for converting unstructured to structured

2012-08-24 Thread Pat Christenson
Hi all - Thanks for the suggestions. Luckily, I don't have to build the template, EDD and DTD. I just have to convert some unstructured files to the structure so I'll be diving into conversion tables and see how it goes. Pat ___ You are currently

RE: MindTouch FrameMaker migration ideas

2012-08-24 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Robert, If the XHTML is valid XML (which it should be), you could use FrameScript and MSXML to parse through the XML and convert the content to unstructured FrameMaker. Obviously, this would be a custom solution, but it could be pretty much push-button if the input is consistent. If you send

Re: Tips/tools/resources for converting unstructured to structured

2012-08-24 Thread Writer
If you can, consider Yves' suggestion about using Mif2Go. If I recall correctly, it's easier/faster than using conversion tables in FM. Nadine Hi all - Thanks for the suggestions. Luckily, I don't have to build the template, EDD and DTD. I just have to convert some unstructured files to

Fw: Hyperlink or cross reference to another book

2012-08-24 Thread David Spreadbury
Sorry I selected Reply and not Reply All. - Forwarded Message - From: David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com To: Combs, Richard richard.co...@polycom.com Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:50 AM Subject: Re: Hyperlink or cross reference to another book I have thought about using this

Re: MindTouch FrameMaker migration ideas

2012-08-24 Thread Yves Barbion
Hi Robert With FrameMaker 11, you could also use the new Smart Paste feature: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtWb53fgJZ0 I have just tested this with topics which I copied from our own Confluence wiki and our website. Some of them have some pretty complex structures to transform back to XML,

Re: OT - Using a Defect Tracking System to Create a Glossary

2012-08-24 Thread Roopa Belur
Thanks, David, for your response. I should have furnished more details, sorry about that. The localization team in our company does use a legacy in-house system to add, review and edit terms and definitions to the localized glossary. This process has proved to be efficient and self-sufficient,

OT - Using a Defect Tracking System to Create a Glossary

2012-08-24 Thread Roopa Belur
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Tips/tools/resources for converting unstructured to structured

2012-08-24 Thread David Spreadbury
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Hyperlink or cross reference to another book

2012-08-24 Thread Combs, Richard
Pam Harper wrote: > Can I add a link in one book to another book? How would I do it in > Frame 10. I want to reference a specific section in a another book and > am not sure how to do it, despite searching for answers on this. I only vaguely remember how to do this, but I don't see any

Patent Listing

2012-08-24 Thread Alison Craig
I'd certainly like to your PP presentation. Obviously I'm starting (almost) from ground zero here. Alison -Original Message- From: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) [mailto:syed.hos...@aeris.net] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 9:38 PM To: Combs, Richard; Alison Craig;

Patent Listing

2012-08-24 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Noted. So far, I have a few requests for it ... I will get back to those who have asked, once I have some feedback from our lawyers ... :) Regards, Z -Original Message- From: Alison Craig [mailto:alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 9:50 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain

Tips/tools/resources for converting unstructured to structured

2012-08-24 Thread Pat Christenson
Hi all - Thanks for the suggestions. Luckily, I don't have to build the template, EDD and DTD. I just have to convert some unstructured files to the structure so I'll be diving into conversion tables and see how it goes. Pat

MindTouch > FrameMaker migration ideas

2012-08-24 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Robert, If the XHTML is valid XML (which it should be), you could use FrameScript and MSXML to parse through the XML and convert the content to unstructured FrameMaker. Obviously, this would be a custom solution, but it could be pretty much push-button if the input is consistent. If you send

Tips/tools/resources for converting unstructured to structured

2012-08-24 Thread Writer
If you can, consider Yves' suggestion about using Mif2Go. If I recall correctly, it's easier/faster than using conversion tables in FM. Nadine > Hi all - > > Thanks for the suggestions. Luckily, I don't have to build the template, EDD > and DTD. I just have to convert some unstructured files

Fw: Hyperlink or cross reference to another book

2012-08-24 Thread David Spreadbury
e currently subscribed to framers as dspreadb at yahoo.com. >> >>Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. >> >>To unsubscribe send a blank email to >>framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >>or visit >>http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/dspreadb%40yahoo.com >> >>Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >>http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >> >> >> > > -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120824/fda87103/attachment.html>

MindTouch > FrameMaker migration ideas

2012-08-24 Thread Yves Barbion
default Fm templates to publish DITA as PDF and customize that one. Kind regards -- Yves Barbion www.scripto.nu -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120824/c657428e/attachment.html>

OT - Using a Defect Tracking System to Create a Glossary

2012-08-24 Thread Roopa Belur
ht be impacting your choice of workflows, which is leading you to reach out for advice...? -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120824/300f8fb9/attachment.html>

Tips/tools/resources for converting unstructured to structured

2012-08-24 Thread Robert Lauriston
If you're converting from unstructured to structured, would that not be the time to adopt DITA? On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 6:25 AM, David Spreadbury wrote: > Maxwell, > Thank you very much. I have been following this thread because I have one > product line that is almost entirely Unstructured and

Hyperlink or cross reference to another book

2012-08-24 Thread Pam Harper
Thank you and others for the great responses. This is going to take some experimenting. Pam Harper -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:20 AM To: Pam Harper; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Hyperlink or

Hyperlink or cross reference to another book

2012-08-24 Thread David Artman
Richard is right on all counts: * You must have the target FM file open, and select it in the "Document" drop-down. * Then, your "Source Type" is "Paragraphs", and you select the appropriate para tag. * Select the target paragraph from "Source Text". FM insert an xref marker in the target doc

OT - Using a Defect Tracking System to Create a Glossary

2012-08-24 Thread David Artman
I might be the only one confused... but what is the point of a defect tracker to develop a glossary? Are you trying to use the tracker as a means of handling review and edit? I mean... there's TONS of ways to handle such a workflow, if the goal is merely: * Someone comes up with a new term for the

Hyperlink or cross reference to another book

2012-08-24 Thread Magnus, Thomas C
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MindTouch > FrameMaker migration ideas

2012-08-24 Thread Robert Lauriston
Does "Smart Paste" work in unstructured mode? The template I'm stuck with is extremely complex so porting it to structured would be too time-consuming. If we were using Confluence, I wouldn't need to do this at all, I'd just tweak Confluence's PDF output so it looked right. On Fri, Aug 24, 2012

New, comprehensive and illustrated REVIEW of FrameMaker 11

2012-08-24 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
For those who use unstructured: Other enhancements in FM11 of probable interest to you (not heavily covered in review) include: == Interactive multimedia links generated from 3D graphics (e.g. a hyperlinked table of parts, animations, or views). In PDF output (and some other formats) you can