RE: FrameMaker and read-only files

2007-01-22 Thread Patterson, Jan
Gordon -- Are you saying the setting for Network File Locking in FilePreferencesGeneral doesn't work in this situation? jan. jan e patterson sr technical writer - environmental systems products - tucson, az -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

FrameMaker and read-only files

2007-01-22 Thread Patterson, Jan
Gordon -- Are you saying the setting for Network File Locking in File>Preferences>General doesn't work in this situation? jan. jan e patterson sr technical writer - environmental systems products - tucson, az -Original Message- From:

RE: Creating x-refs to files using a relative path

2006-11-28 Thread Patterson, Jan
Janice, we used a similar file organization at my former employer, which was a couple of years and versions ago, and we had extensive cross-references throughout our library of manuals. If I remember right, to make the cross-references active in the PDFs, all of the FrameMaker books had to be

RE: Formula for Tech Writing Lead Time?

2006-10-05 Thread Patterson, Jan
How many pages can a technical writer produce in x amount of time? It depends. If you've been with your current employer for a while and you've already completed several projects (manuals), then you could gather metrics from what you've already produced to create an average hours-per-page

Formula for Tech Writing Lead Time?

2006-10-05 Thread Patterson, Jan
How many pages can a technical writer produce in x amount of time? It depends. If you've been with your current employer for a while and you've already completed several projects (manuals), then you could gather metrics from what you've already produced to create an average hours-per-page

RE: Syntax for if/then statement

2006-06-29 Thread Patterson, Jan
The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition, section 5.182, says: Correlative conjunctions are used in pairs, often to join successive clauses that depend on each other to form a complete thought . . . {If the first claim is true, then the second claim must be false} . . . Some examples of

Syntax for if/then statement

2006-06-29 Thread Patterson, Jan
The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition, section 5.182, says: "Correlative conjunctions are used in pairs, often to join successive clauses that depend on each other to form a complete thought . . . {If the first claim is true, then the second claim must be false} . . . Some examples of