Re: [Framers] OT: Punctuation question

At 12:57 +0100 8/1/19, Johan Anglemark wrote: >Could we please take the religious discussions elsewhere than this list? Apologies - you're right, it's not the right forum for this sort of thing. -- Steve Rickaby BSc MBCS CITP MISTC

Re: [Framers] OT: Punctuation question

At 09:33 + 8/1/19, shuttie27 wrote: >Two points:The "Oxford style" is to include the comma, not to omit it. It was >so named because the Oxford University Press, almost alone among British >publishers, mandated it in their style guide. Secondly, as for its being >essential to avoid ambiguit

Re: [Framers] OT: Punctuation question

At 20:45 -0500 7/1/19, Doug wrote: >I've always thought two of a tech writer's top values are accuracy, and >avoidance of ambiguity. The Oxford (or serial) comma is essential for both >of these. I should have been clearer and a bit less grumpy ;-) I follow the Oxford style, which is to omit the

Re: [Framers] OT: Punctuation question

At 19:18 -0700 7/1/19, wrote: >I knew I would get a flurry of answers from the list, so thanks. I have what >I need to make some substantiated edits. Clearly I don't know the context of the surrounding text, but I think I'd favor some sort of list structure that introduces the information, then

Re: [Framers] OT: Punctuation question

...and 'is displayed' is passive voice, which is usually deprecated. -- Steve ___ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at h

Re: [Framers] OT: Punctuation question

As an afterthought, I'm not sure above 'is displayed across' either, but then I don't know your software. It doesn't convey much. Is the user supposed to hunt over the five tabs to find what they want? -- Steve ___ This message is from the Framers mai

Re: [Framers] OT: Punctuation question

John and Tom, yes. Simplest is best, and the three options you list are all massively and unnecessarily verbose. Were I editing it I would deprecate all of them and the punctuation. Who is the target audience? Do they have US or UK English as their first language? From what ethnic culture? Thes

Re: [Framers] Color Views: what are they FOR?

Lin I'd always assumed that they were a hangover from the days of lithographic printing, where separations had to be created... er... separately for each color plate. Like, 2-plate, 3-plate, 4-plate, 6-plate and so on. Even now when PDF is (I guess) a fairly universal pre-press format, prefligh

Re: [Framers] Spelling bee champs out there?

At 19:32 -0600 25/10/18, wrote: >...if anyone has any ideas, I would appreciate it. (I can't believe it, but >yet I can, that FM would be buggy for this one word!) Maybe it's just FrameMaker being a bit more human. I have a few words that I can't abide. Such as 'deal' ;-) To be sensible for a

Re: [Framers] ANN: Where is my PDF?

At 22:09 -0400 23/10/18, Rick Quatro wrote: >To celebrate my 60th birthday on October 24, I have a gift for my FrameMaker >friends using FM 2019! Many congratulations! It's kinda funny that you've felt the need to write a script that codes round a bit of Adobe GUI nonsense. I thought it was onl