Structured FrameMaker consultant

2013-08-25 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, I'm looking for someone to provide occasional help with structured FrameMaker projects. The work is spotty, but when a project comes in, it must be executed quickly. This is localization work, which explains the spottiness of the work and the attention it demands. The broad details:

Structured FrameMaker consultant

2013-08-21 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, I'm looking for someone to provide occasional help with structured FrameMaker projects. The work is spotty, but when a project comes in, it must be executed quickly. This is localization work, which explains the spottiness of the work and the attention it demands. The broad details:

Need DITA expert, San Francisco Bay area

2011-02-21 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, I am looking for somebody skilled in DITA to help a medical device manufacturer convert from DTP to XML/DITA/content management. The job requires working in house with the content development team. Experience with content management tools and localization a plus. Please respond off

Need DITA expert, San Francisco Bay area

2011-02-21 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, I am looking for somebody skilled in DITA to help a medical device manufacturer convert from DTP to XML/DITA/content management. The job requires working in house with the content development team. Experience with content management tools and localization a plus. Please respond off

RE: Round-tripping Chinese XML

2010-09-11 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello Morgan and Richard, Formatting requires almost no language skills. I have formatted tens of thousands of pages in 30 or so languages, and have not needed a translator at my desk with me. As long as a linguist is accessible by marked up PDF, fax or even telephone, you can get all of your

Round-tripping Chinese XML

2010-09-08 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello Morgan and Richard, Formatting requires almost no language skills. I have formatted tens of thousands of pages in 30 or so languages, and have not needed a translator at my desk with me. As long as a linguist is accessible by marked up PDF, fax or even telephone, you can get all of your

Re: Off topic - Parallels price loading

2010-08-17 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, I'm not about to defend Parallels, as I have my own troubles with them, but I downloaded a version a few weeks ago and did not pay the download service fee. I just looked at the web site and found I could buy another copy, not that I would, without the service. Just click the Remove

Off topic - Parallels price loading

2010-08-17 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, I'm not about to defend Parallels, as I have my own troubles with them, but I downloaded a version a few weeks ago and did not pay the download service fee. I just looked at the web site and found I could buy another copy, not that I would, without the service. Just click the "Remove"

RE: Frame's File Comparison Feature

2010-05-07 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hi Dr. Reng, You're right in some of the things you said, but other things need a little tuning. I've salted some responses and corrections in below. Kevin Hi Steve, I do not use XML yet. Therefore I may be wrong. Please correct me, if this is not correct! My understanding is this: o Of

Frame's File Comparison Feature

2010-05-07 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hi Dr. Reng, You're right in some of the things you said, but other things need a little tuning. I've salted some responses and corrections in below. Kevin >Hi Steve, > >I do not use XML yet. Therefore I may be wrong. Please >correct me, if this is not correct! My understanding is >this: > >o

Re: pure XML

2010-02-17 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hi Meg, I think you're confusing pure with valid and impure with proprietary. A file can adhere to the XML standard without being valid against any particular DTD or schema, and being invalid against any content model doesn't mean it's not adhering to the XML standard. I shy away from

pure XML

2010-02-17 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hi Meg, I think you're confusing "pure" with valid and "impure" with proprietary. A file can adhere to the XML standard without being valid against any particular DTD or schema, and being invalid against any content model doesn't mean it's not adhering to the XML standard. I shy away from

Re: XML Output from FrameMaker not Pure XML?

2010-02-14 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, Not true, but first is the problem of pure XML. It's been a while since I used Flare, but I recall it wrote only XHTML and elements in its own namespace. As XML should be extensible, I'd say Flare, while what its storages format is indeed pure XML, is not purely an XML authoring tool.

XML Output from FrameMaker not Pure XML?

2010-02-14 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, Not true, but first is the problem of pure XML. It's been a while since I used Flare, but I recall it wrote only XHTML and elements in its own namespace. As XML should be extensible, I'd say Flare, while what its storages format is indeed pure XML, is not purely an XML authoring tool.

Re: Frame xml to sgml conversion

2010-01-13 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, The DTD is an arbitrary document. There should be no limit within FrameMaker. You may need to create a custom structured application, but that can mean as little as an hour's work, depending on the target DTD. Granted, it can also mean a week's work, depending on the target DTD.

Frame xml to sgml conversion

2010-01-13 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, The DTD is an arbitrary document. There should be no limit within FrameMaker. You may need to create a custom structured application, but that can mean as little as an hour's work, depending on the target DTD. Granted, it can also mean a week's work, depending on the target DTD.

Re: FM on a Mac

2010-01-08 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, The particulars are different, but I did this with VirtualPC many years ago. I had two images, one sort of a testing machine, that shared a common drive for my applications. It was not all that bad to set up, and saved me a lot of very valuable drive space on my little G4 PowerBook.

FM on a Mac

2010-01-07 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, The particulars are different, but I did this with VirtualPC many years ago. I had two images, one sort of a testing machine, that shared a common drive for my applications. It was not all that bad to set up, and saved me a lot of very valuable drive space on my little G4 PowerBook.

Headings reference page

2009-08-18 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, I have a question about the Headings reference page. Has anyone ever modified it by changing its name? Does anyone know anyone who has? I need to find out if the name is likely to change on a project. Wait, two questions. Has anyone, even if the name of the page was changed, ever

Headings reference page

2009-08-11 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, I have a question about the "Headings" reference page. Has anyone ever modified it by changing its name? Does anyone know anyone who has? I need to find out if the name is likely to change on a project. Wait, two questions. Has anyone, even if the name of the page was changed, ever

RE: Tageditor and Framemaker, any special rules

2008-09-17 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hi, Not so. S-Tagger can manage the markers with a simple configuration, but if you leave them alone, you get something like this: this is:imk 1 a word :imk 2with a ma:imk 3rker It's better to manage the markers and not subject your translators to half words, but the letters are still there.

Tageditor and Framemaker, any special rules

2008-09-16 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hi, Not so. S-Tagger can manage the markers with a simple configuration, but if you leave them alone, you get something like this: this is<:imk 1> a word <:imk 2>with a ma<:imk 3>rker It's better to manage the markers and not subject your translators to half words, but the letters are still

Re: S-Tagger Conversion Error 60

2008-08-27 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, I don't want to state the obvious, but since no one else did, just follow the instructions S-Tagger gives you in the error message. I usually check all character and paragraph formats, because the one you don't check is the one that will cause a problem. This doesn't mean clear the

S-Tagger Conversion Error 60

2008-08-26 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, I don't want to state the obvious, but since no one else did, just follow the instructions S-Tagger gives you in the error message. I usually check all character and paragraph formats, because the one you don't check is the one that will cause a problem. This doesn't mean clear the

Sequential page numbers on alternate pages

2007-09-03 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, I have been asked to help out on a funny problem. A client is looking for a better way to publish bilingual files in which the source language is on the left pages and the target language is on the right. Page numbers are only on the left pages, but the sequence ignores the right

Sequential page numbers on alternate pages

2007-09-03 Thread Kevin Farwell
Hello, I have been asked to help out on a funny problem. A client is looking for a better way to publish bilingual files in which the source language is on the left pages and the target language is on the right. Page numbers are only on the left pages, but the sequence ignores the right