Word is also a memory hog. It uses more than twice as much RAM as FM at
launch and sucks up more as time goes on. It often runs out of memory and
sends error messages about no longer letting you undo anything. If you are
working in a Word doc over 150 pages or so, you are definitely taking
I agree with most of what you have said about Word. For large documents,
you are often better off using a piece a cardboard and a crayon than
having to resort to Word. However, I've found that Word's autonumbering
feature works better than most people (including me) have complained
about. I used
Hi, Diane.
Diane Gaskill wrote:
Word is also a memory hog. It uses more than twice as much RAM as FM at
launch and sucks up more as time goes on. It often runs out of memory and
sends error messages about no longer letting you undo anything. If you are
working in a Word doc over 150 pages or
Word is also a memory hog. It uses more than twice as much RAM as FM at
launch and sucks up more as time goes on. It often runs out of memory and
sends error messages about no longer letting you undo anything. If you are
working in a Word doc over 150 pages or so, you are definitely taking
At 05:11 -0700 19/5/06, Diane Gaskill wrote:
>The Word autonumbering bug is horrendous to put it nicely. Bulleted and
>numbered lists are reformatted for you while you sleep (whether you want
>them to be or not). When you open the doc again, numbers have changed to
>bullets, numeric lists are
I agree with most of what you have said about Word. For large documents,
you are often better off using a piece a cardboard and a crayon than
having to resort to Word. However, I've found that Word's autonumbering
feature works better than most people (including me) have complained
about. I used
Hi, Diane.
Diane Gaskill wrote:
> Word is also a memory hog. It uses more than twice as much RAM as FM at
> launch and sucks up more as time goes on. It often runs out of memory and
> sends error messages about no longer letting you undo anything. If you are
> working in a Word doc over 150
At 16:15 -0400 17/5/06, Ron Miller wrote:
>If I experiment with style changes, Word creates a new style like Body + blue
>font + 6 pt line spacing. It handles numbered lists very poorly and it is
>quirky and seems to lack any coherent use model. Frame on the other, while not
>perfect (what
Word has its place, but if you want to have a structured/disciplined
approach to document creation, Frame wins hands down. There really is no
comparison. I tried using WWP for Word, but I was so frustrated trying
to set up the Word document for WWP that I gave up and went back to
Frame. And I
I agree with John, tools are always changing, but that said, if you have
a choice, Frame is just so much more solid than Word. I've been working
on two projects recently. In one I'm in Word and I'm having the hardest
time just sticking to a template. If I experiment with style changes,
Word
If you were looking for work in New Zealand, you'd be in one of two situations:
- working in a tech writing team with a company or consultancy. In that case,
the tool is pretty irrelevant. In our company, we take people who've never seen
FM before and get them competent within a week or two.
Hello everyone,
I would like some advice from anyone who has worked in the
technical writing field for more than 3 years. My question is this:
If you knew someone who was looking to enter the technical writing
field at this time, would you advise them to seek out positions
Hi,
Definitely focus on the position and the work.
The tools change all the time and learning a particular bit of software
is the easy part.
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Behalf Of Andy Kelsall
Sent: 11 May 2006 16:40
To:
Position, work, and subject matter. Tools are a snap.
Hello everyone,
I would like some advice from anyone who has worked in
the technical writing field for more than 3 years. My
question is this:
15 years
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
So long and thanks for all the fish.
Hi, Andy:
I've been training technical writers on FrameMaker over the past ten
years. I just wanted to respond to the popular idea of FrameMaker as
having a steep learning curve. It's true that there's a lot the
product can do, and a lot to learn about using all the features
necessary to do
You're kind of asking a Catch-22 question, Andy, because you should
obviously focus on
the position and work But most tech writing gigs will specify or
require skills
with whatever tools the shop uses. So you need to focus on both.
I think that you need to have at least a passing familiarty
Andy,
As some others have said, focus on the task rather than the tools. Having
zero FM experience didn't seem to hurt me when I was looking for a job 5
years ago, I was able to convince the interviewers that I could learn any
tool they wanted me to use.
Lack of programming experience, however,
...would you advise them to seek out positions
where they would be using FrameMaker, or would you tell them not to
worry so much on which application would be used, but instead focus on
the position and the work itself?
Mark,
Position and work and more important, depending on what you mean.
Andy wrote:
If you knew someone who was looking to enter the technical writing field
at this time
would you advise them to seek out positions where they would be using
FrameMaker,
or would you tell them not to worry so much on which application would be
used,
but instead focus on the position
Having been a manual laborer for about 15 years, I've come to
appreciate FM. Word gets better with each new release, but still loses
its mind when the auto-numbering schemes get complex (auto-numbered
chapters and headings, steps, figures, tables, etc.). word is also
limited in the
I've been a technical writer for 15+ years.
To answer your question:
If you knew someone who was looking to enter the technical
writing
field at this time, would you advise them to seek out positions where they
would be using FrameMaker, or would you tell them not to worry so much on
which
Hi!
I don't think that this advice is useful only for New Zealand...
Knowing FM will help you get your foot in the door. In the Silicon
Valley, demand for tech writers is ramping up. My years of experience
suggest to me that tech writing departments will now be *desperate* for
writers. They'll
Hello everyone,
I would like some advice from anyone who has worked in the
technical writing field for more than 3 years. My question is this:
If you knew someone who was looking to enter the technical writing
field at this time, would you advise them to seek out positions
Hi,
Definitely focus on the "position and the work".
The tools change all the time and learning a particular bit of software
is the easy part.
-Original Message-
From: framers-bounces+mark.levitt=betfair@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+mark.levitt=betfair.com at
Position, work, and subject matter. Tools are a snap.
> Hello everyone,
>
> I would like some advice from anyone who has worked in
> the technical writing field for more than 3 years. My
> question is this:
15 years
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
Hi, Andy:
I've been training technical writers on FrameMaker over the past ten
years. I just wanted to respond to the popular idea of FrameMaker as
having a "steep learning curve." It's true that there's a lot the
product can do, and a lot to learn about using all the features
necessary to do
You're kind of asking a Catch-22 question, Andy, because you should
obviously focus on
the position and work But most tech writing gigs will specify or
require skills
with whatever tools the shop uses. So you need to focus on both.
I think that you need to have at least a passing familiarty
Andy,
As some others have said, focus on the task rather than the tools. Having
zero FM experience didn't seem to hurt me when I was looking for a job 5
years ago, I was able to convince the interviewers that I could learn any
tool they wanted me to use.
Lack of programming experience, however,
> ...would you advise them to seek out positions
> where they would be using FrameMaker, or would you tell them not to
> worry so much on which application would be used, but instead focus on
> the position and the work itself?
Mark,
Position and work and more important, depending on what you
Andy wrote:
>>If you knew someone who was looking to enter the technical writing field
at this time
>>would you advise them to seek out positions where they would be using
FrameMaker,
>>or would you tell them not to worry so much on which application would be
used,
>>but instead focus on the
Having been a "manual laborer" for about 15 years, I've come to
appreciate FM. Word gets better with each new release, but still loses
its mind when the auto-numbering schemes get complex (auto-numbered
chapters and headings, steps, figures, tables, etc.). word is also
limited in the
I've been a technical writer for 15+ years.
To answer your question:
If you knew someone who was looking to enter the technical
>writing
>field at this time, would you advise them to seek out positions where they
>would be using FrameMaker, or would you tell them not to worry so much on
>which
Hi!
I don't think that this advice is useful only for New Zealand...
Knowing FM will help you get your foot in the door. In the Silicon
Valley, demand for tech writers is ramping up. My years of experience
suggest to me that tech writing departments will now be *desperate* for
writers. They'll
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