Framers Digest, Vol 33, Issue 12

2008-07-12 Thread Keith Smyth
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:29:17 -0400 From: JIm Owens Subject: Floating figures and tables was RE: question about overrides To: "'Framers'" ,"Mike Bradley" Message-ID: <.1215815357 at magma.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >Floating figures and tables are useful for automa

Reasons for using graphic and table anchor tags

2008-10-23 Thread Keith Smyth
Linda, the reason I use anchors for graphics, and tables is that I can: 1. do a search for Anchor_F (which is my graphic anchor) or Anchor_T 2. Set next paragraph format 3. Spacing above and below 4. span columns 5. etc., etc., -- Keith L. Smyth President Smyth Consulting --

Anchored Frame Border

2009-04-17 Thread Keith Smyth
r, but by default a >frame has no border. > >Thanks . >Kind regards, vriendelijke groet, >Wim Hooghwinkel >Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker >iDTP >International DTP and Documentation Consultancy >tel. +31652036811 -- Keith Smyth President Smyth Cons

Framers Digest, Vol 5, Issue 23

2006-03-24 Thread Keith Smyth
RE: Paragraph tag with Frame below At my last contract (I am retired now), we put "This page added for pagination purposes" on the otherwise blank page, headers and footers included. Received compliments from the customers, as it made more sense to them that "This page intentionally

OT:Funny

2006-03-31 Thread Keith Smyth
1980? Try 1935! >David Schor wrote: > >And for those of us who became legal before 1980: > >* Using a dial on telephones without redial or answering machines - Try >to reach someone without your finger falling off. > >* Write a school project by HAND, making sure there were no crossouts or >other

Frame Cross-Ref source jumps to top of page in PDF created using Acrobat

2007-02-23 Thread Keith Smyth
Sure can explain this. When you insert the cross reference, you reference the FIGURE TITLE. When you pdf the material, Acrobat will take the cross reference to the top of the page. Blame programmers. They do not live in the known universe with the rest of us. Solution, put the figure title ABO

I want the crossreference to show the whole image

2007-01-18 Thread Keith Smyth
No Richard, it is never too late for another coffee - especially with a dram of drambue! We had to modify the corporate style guide to move the figure captions above the graphic, however once the "powers that be" observed the problem John Posada is running into, objections to the modifications

Entry Level Technical Writer - Contract - Moorpark, CA

2007-05-15 Thread Keith Smyth
As in "So easy a Caveman could do it"? I am sure all of us have had the experience of someone totally clueless thinking all we do is type. Had a gal at one of our square dances from our church in 1983 tell me that while she is a store clerk, she is going to become a tech writer, "because if you ca

Love Framemaker

2007-05-19 Thread Keith Smyth
I will give you a better on. I had a client call me and want me to "edit and format" a manual he had written. When I got there, there were 1250 pages of gunge, in PageMaker format, many, many graphics. He wanted me to turn it into something that could indexed, using Word. I told hime I would take

Radical revamping of techpubs (aside to Chris Borokowski and Gillian Flato)

2007-10-11 Thread Keith Smyth
Hey Chris - got any good recipes for Coq Aau Riesling? I need one for our next Tech Pubs conference on how to talk to programmers without using a baseball bat. Gillian, I have a receipe for a dynamite pumklin pie. Let me know if you want it. Smitty -- Keith L. Smyth President Smyth Consulting

Re: Anchored Frame Border

2009-04-18 Thread Keith Smyth
r, but by default a >frame has no border. > >Thanks . >Kind regards, vriendelijke groet, >Wim Hooghwinkel >Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker >iDTP >International DTP and Documentation Consultancy >tel. +31652036811 -- Keith Smyth President Smyth Cons

Re: Radical revamping of techpubs (aside to Chris Borokowski and Gillian Flato)

2007-10-11 Thread Keith Smyth
Hey Chris - got any good recipes for Coq Aau Riesling? I need one for our next Tech Pubs conference on how to talk to programmers without using a baseball bat. Gillian, I have a receipe for a dynamite pumklin pie. Let me know if you want it. Smitty -- Keith L. Smyth President Smyth Consultin

Re: Framers Digest, Vol 33, Issue 12

2008-07-13 Thread Keith Smyth
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:29:17 -0400 From: JIm Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Floating figures and tables was RE: question about overrides To: "'Framers'" ,"Mike Bradley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >Floating figures

Re: Reasons for using graphic and table anchor tags

2008-10-27 Thread Keith Smyth
Linda, the reason I use anchors for graphics, and tables is that I can: 1. do a search for Anchor_F (which is my graphic anchor) or Anchor_T 2. Set next paragraph format 3. Spacing above and below 4. span columns 5. etc., etc., -- Keith L. Smyth President Smyth Consulting --

Re: framers Digest, Vol 89, Issue 25

2013-03-25 Thread Keith Smyth
My Gospel for indexing was "The Art Of Indexing", by Larry S. Bonura, before I retired. It is an excellent study for beginners. It is still available from Amazon, a well with the price. -- Keith Smyth President Smyth

Re:Engineers As Authors.

2013-10-08 Thread Keith Smyth
each the engineers tech writing to specs. They had to design the stuff, we had to translate it into theory of operation, and maintenance. That was why we got the big bucks. -- Keith Smyth President Smyth Consulting --

Re:Structured FrameMaker Developer's Guide for FM 11?

2013-10-17 Thread Keith Smyth
H Maybe Adobe should hire you guys to do their writing. You folks up for a trip to India?   -- Keith Smyth President Smyth Consulting -- "I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will f

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2012-02-22 Thread Keith Smyth
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Re: framers Digest, Vol 77, Issue 17

2012-03-22 Thread Keith Smyth
Ken, it might be a good idea to inform you MANAGER of the Third Tort Law. You need to protect yourself by getting written instructions on what to include, and not include in the document. I saw this happen to an individual I was working with. Fortunately, he had signed instructions from the Pro

Re: framers Digest, Vol 77, Issue 18

2012-03-23 Thread Keith Smyth
about unions and big business and ploiticians, which have no place on the FrameUsers list. -Fred Ridder -- Message: 21 Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:47:33 -0700 From: "Combs, Richard" To: Keith Smyth , "framers@lists.frameusers.com" Subject: RE

Re: I want the crossreference to show the whole image

2007-01-18 Thread Keith Smyth
No Richard, it is never too late for another coffee - especially with a dram of drambue! We had to modify the corporate style guide to move the figure captions above the graphic, however once the "powers that be" observed the problem John Posada is running into, objections to the modifications

Re: Frame Cross-Ref source jumps to top of page in PDF created using Acrobat

2007-02-23 Thread Keith Smyth
Sure can explain this. When you insert the cross reference, you reference the FIGURE TITLE. When you pdf the material, Acrobat will take the cross reference to the top of the page. Blame programmers. They do not live in the known universe with the rest of us. Solution, put the figure title ABOVE

RE: Entry Level Technical Writer - Contract - Moorpark, CA

2007-05-15 Thread Keith Smyth
As in "So easy a Caveman could do it"? I am sure all of us have had the experience of someone totally clueless thinking all we do is type. Had a gal at one of our square dances from our church in 1983 tell me that while she is a store clerk, she is going to become a tech writer, "because if you c

Re:Love Framemaker

2007-05-19 Thread Keith Smyth
I will give you a better on. I had a client call me and want me to "edit and format" a manual he had written. When I got there, there were 1250 pages of gunge, in PageMaker format, many, many graphics. He wanted me to turn it into something that could indexed, using Word. I told hime I would take

No subject

2012-02-22 Thread Keith Smyth
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framers Digest, Vol 77, Issue 17

2012-03-21 Thread Keith Smyth
Ken, it might be a good idea to inform you MANAGER of the Third Tort Law. You need to protect yourself by getting written instructions on what to include, and not include in the document. I saw this happen to an individual I was working with. Fortunately, he had signed instructions from the Pro

framers Digest, Vol 77, Issue 18

2012-03-22 Thread Keith Smyth
about unions and big business and ploiticians, which have no place on the FrameUsers list. -Fred Ridder -- Message: 21 Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:47:33 -0700 From: "Combs, Richard" To: Keith Smyth , "framers at lists.frameusers.com" Subjec

Hey

2012-11-12 Thread Keith Smyth
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framers Digest, Vol 89, Issue 25

2013-03-25 Thread Keith Smyth
My Gospel for indexing was "The Art Of Indexing", by Larry S. Bonura, before I retired. It is an excellent study for beginners. It is still available from Amazon, a well with the price. -- Keith Smyth President Smyth

Engineers As Authors.

2013-10-07 Thread Keith Smyth
easible to teach the engineers tech writing to specs. They had to design the stuff, we had to translate it into theory of operation, and maintenance. That was why we got the big bucks. -- Keith Smyth President Smyth Consulting --

Structured FrameMaker Developer's Guide for FM 11?

2013-10-17 Thread Keith Smyth
H Maybe Adobe should hire you guys to do their writing. You folks up for a trip to India? ? -- Keith Smyth President Smyth Consulting -- "I?ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will f

Re: [Framers] An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.

2017-12-14 Thread Keith Smyth
As an engineer turned tech writer, it is not is the glass half full, or half empty.  The glass is refillable. Keith L. Smyth President Smyth Consulting --The question is not "What is the meaning of life?" Life is the question. You are th

Re: Framers Digest, Vol 5, Issue 23

2006-03-24 Thread Keith Smyth
RE: Paragraph tag with Frame below At my last contract (I am retired now), we put "This page added for pagination purposes" on the otherwise blank page, headers and footers included. Received compliments from the customers, as it made more sense to them that "This page intentionally

Re: OT:Funny

2006-03-31 Thread Keith Smyth
1980? Try 1935! David Schor wrote: And for those of us who became legal before 1980: * Using a dial on telephones without redial or answering machines - Try to reach someone without your finger falling off. * Write a school project by HAND, making sure there were no crossouts or other unsigh