Who sent the email? Nowhere on that form do you enter any identifying
data. They probably can capture your IP (I doubt they do), but that's
not definitive.
Weird.
Anyway, thanks for getting involved; even if you voted for auto
assign, you did so understanding what you were voting for.
Cheers,
/8/07, Brierley, Sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Silently, and without notice it would reassign members because it was
turned on by default. That behaviour is unexpected and harmful; surely
having it off by default was the right thing?
Maybe harmful is too strong of a word. If you're
Okay, I'll concede that a software problem that changes a users data to
the detriment of the user and causes four months of hassle might not be
harm.
An example of otherside of the pond harm would be, let's say you move
from Manchester to Portsmouth (because you like bad football :?). As a
Hi,
Are you an STC member and do they have your email addy? I believe it was
a blanket email to all members.
If so, vote here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=kJsO1Y5yI0KibbIyi_2fAziQ_3d_3d.
If you want, complain in this thread:
http://forum.stcforum.org/viewtopic.php?id=875p=1. You need
Interesting that you would say their and not our. big grin
However, the poll sent to the CT Chapter on this issue a month or so ago
was confusing. I'm not confident that a technical writer is writing it.
Cheers,
Sean
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However, if STC members do not know what auto assign is, except what
they see in the poll (see http://techcommdood.blogspot.com for the text
that the STC sent out) how can the members make an informed choice? As
presented, the survey is misleading, it assumes the zip code assignment
is logical; it
Depends on the legs
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On Behalf Of Bill Swallow
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 11:20 AM
To: Beth Agnew
Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] How long should a resume be?
That is both brilliant and funny!
What version of Ventura are your files?
FrameMaker has import filters for Ventura (at least, version 6 did) that
handles Ventura 4.2 files.
Otherwise, I think you're out of luck. You might need to scrounge up a
copy of Ventura 8, try ebay, it shouldn't be too costly, or, outsource
the job. Some
I use Symbol when applying for jobs in Greece ... swipe the entire
document and change to Symbol: voila! Of course, you might have to
adjust your page and paragraph breaks
Cheers,
Sean
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On Behalf Of Gilbert, Brian
IMHO,
Long enough to communicate your message and shorter than this thread.
Perhaps include the TOC and cover, but exclude a LOF and LOT.
Mine? 2 pages. Me, 2.5 pages? I'd pad out to a full 3.
Cheers,
Sean
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
Bah.
I want to review 2 pages. I want the content to be fulfilling. I want
the fonts and formats to be spot on. I want to be able to say,
promising, has the elements I'm looking for, let's invite him to present
his portfolio
Why 2 pages? Because I have my regular job to do and, oh by the
. If there's no easy way to
get from Ventura into something else, I'll just have to ask for Word or
text-only files in the future. I was hoping there would be a simple and
FREE solution.
Thanks, Sean!
Donna
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On Behalf Of Brierley
Well,
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gene Kim-Eng
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 4:09 PM
To: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] How long should a resume
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news
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It depends.
How complex is the software? How complex does the user need to be? Etc.
For example, software needs installing and using. Should these be
documented in the same manual? Is this software used by pHD geneticists
in their search for a cancer cure? If so, do we need to document
Not semicolons, colons, exclamation marks, and commas, unless they
belong. Only periods and commas all the time.
Cheers,
Sean
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Chris Vickery
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 1:36 PM
To: Bill Swallow; Sue Heim
: Chris Vickery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 2:10 PM
To: Brierley, Sean; Bill Swallow; Sue Heim
Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: RE: [TCP] Article: Houston, We Have a Shuttle Typo
Wait...not commas unless they belong and only periods and commas all
the time? That seems
To: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] Article: Houston, We Have a Shuttle Typo
On Friday, July 13, 2007, Brierley, Sean wrote:
In U.S. usage, commas and periods always go inside the closing
quotation mark, regardless of whether they belong. Sorry if I was
confusing.
So, U.S. is this: Tree
Well, I'm fluent in three languages: American English, English English,
and Canadian English. Am working on Australian English (pass the dead
horse, mate!) and have given up on Scottish (there's a moose loose aboot
this hoose ... huh? gang oft aglay? what?).
Cheers,
Sean
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Instead of a colon. Sheesh. Where's my mind? On the plus side, I just
installed my 2GB RAM update for my office PC; that should stop the
out-of-memory errors for Photochop and Illustrator, eh?
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On Behalf Of Brierley, Sean
Ha! Get in line. I ought regale you with tales of youth sports!!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Chris Borokowski
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 10:48 AM
To: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] tunes
I was on the best self-pity trip
09, 2007 12:30 PM
To: TCP List
Subject: [TCP] Back On Topic
So... let's get back to technical writing, shall we? :) What is everyone
doing this week?
Me, I am getting ready to launch the TCPwiki today or tomorrow, so watch
for an email about that!
Lisa G.
On 7/9/07, Brierley, Sean [EMAIL
Region 1? ROFL!
You'd hafta deal with me (http://stcct.wordpress.com) oh, and Bill too
(http://techcommdood.blogspot.com). I will try and save you some auto
assign guff, as well. LOL!
Cheers,
Sean
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On Behalf Of John
Hi,
Indeed. You and I both know that evil subject, unfortunately, too well.
So, if my nominee doesn't make it to the list of official nominees, I
would seriously want to know John's position on auto assign before I
voted.
As for the gig, how's your php and mysql?
Cheers,
Sean
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use those terms, especially those who translate.
Light. Airy. Carefree. Friday. Apologies from switching between a dirge and
Bright Side of Life on the fly.
Sean
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From: Bonnie Granat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Fri 7/6/2007 9:42 PM
To: Brierley, Sean; tcp
Hi,
I lost the battle but what are your thoughts?
In our tech docs we are using the term diacritic mark.
I argue that we should say accent mark because more people know what
that is. Also, diacritic is not an adjective. So, it should be
diacritic not diacritic mark.
I lost. And am okay with
You're right, I'm actually using accent. But I have seen accent mark.
Cheers,
Sean
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From: Bonnie Granat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 3:29 PM
To: Brierley, Sean; tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: RE: [TCP] I lost the battle but thoughts
]
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 5:26 PM
To: Brierley, Sean
Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] I lost the battle but thoughts
I'd do exactly what you're doing... keep using accent, snicker into your
hand, and let 'em go off on their merry way.
How are you using it? What's the context? Are you
Oh, no argument. A discussion, decided, case closed.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Bill Swallow
Sent: Fri 7/6/2007 6:12 PM
To: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] I lost the battle but thoughts
Wow. We don't argue these things at work. We're too busy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brierley, Sean
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 7:40 PM
To: Bill Swallow; tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] I lost the battle but thoughts
Oh, no argument. A discussion, decided, case closed.
You said
Oh, come on, go to the blog grin. http://stcct.wordpress.com/
Your comment about adding the ability to change chapters is nice, but
it's taken about 3 months and a fair bit of communication to get to this
point.
What I think is adding the functionality you want, and it makes sense to
add
Hi,
I like to think I've been generally supportive of the STC on this list. (Feel
free to disagree with that, but I think my posting history here backs me up.)
Anyway, the STC members amongst us might want to know about auto assign and
how their membership chapter affiliation can change
How's promotion at your place handled?
I just had my review. Went well, as expected. :?) We rate our employees
on a scale of 1-4, where 1 is underperforming, 2 is doing anything from
a good job to an excellent job, 3 involves doing something really
brilliant AND high profile, and 4, well, 4 ... I
Hi,
PageMaker is probably not represenatative of single-sourcing tools.
I'd tell the poster to go to http://www.adobeforums.com, find the
PageMaker forum, and ask there.
Cheers,
Sean
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On Behalf Of Jones, Donna
Sent:
So, a high rate of turnover is meaningless in that as long as there is
always someone willing to be employed by an employer, retention is
working?
I agree, though, I would say most companies offer some level of
incentives, from free coffee to annual picnics to employee of the month.
Cheers,
Really? That sounds weird.
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On snip
because it's a rare employer that can afford to give employees annual
raises that keep pace with what they can get by quitting.
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snip
If that's how your boss feels, don't list it as a personal development
goal or expect to get approval to use the company's money in whole or in
part for graduate education.
snip
Good luck! Sounds like fun.
(I'm planning to start an executive MBA program
objectives do so
because they're doing the same thing to their boss.
;-)
Growth vs. stagnation... any good manager knows there's more value in
the former than the latter, and any good manager is NOT fearful for
their job. They have no reason to be.
On 6/12/07, Brierley, Sean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Hi,
Anyone know of a good program for an online MBA?
Cheers,
Sean
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Is that it. Two choices:
1) Grin and bear it.
2) Seek another venue.
Is there not at least one more? Push back.
Cheers.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Dori Green
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:24 PM
To: TCP@techcommpros.com
I have not seen a lot of attempts at employee retention over the years.
Do employers still value retaining employees?
For example, having a tuition reimbursement policy is good, but telling
employees that using it is against the company interests sort of negates
the value other than having it
Scooby's cousin?
Anyway, use a thicker blanket. It'll decrease further your chances of
hearing them.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Melissa Nelson
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:31 PM
To: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: [TCP] Whoopsy
Well, based on what I've observed, that's a common point of view.
But, why hire people with graduate degrees and offer tuition
reimbursement?
Is it better to hire an MBA with no experience at my employer or to
train a current, well performing employee with three years of
experience?
Why offer
Oh, I thought I was furthering the discussion? I think there's been some
discussion.
Okay, done then.
Cheers and thanks for the thoughts.
Sean
From: Susan W Gallagher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 1:49 PM
To: Brierley, Sean
Cc
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On Behalf Of Dan Goldstein
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 2:09 PM
To: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] employee retention
What's the name of that rhetorical technique where you pose a question
as a sweeping generality?
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From: Brierley, Sean
Ahhh, jolly joker, eh?
Okay. Let's try this. I started three threads this week based on one
event.
Thread one: tuition reimbursement and graduate courses, worthwhile for
an employer or not.
Thread two: where to get an online MBA.
Thread three: what are some ways employers actively retain
Hi,
We just did our self-evaluations for our employer.
At the department meeting today, the boss said getting a masters degree
was not an objective that supported company goals and was not a good
objective for our self reviews.
Yours truly mentioned pursuing a masters degree in his self review.
Great question! (I was waiting for it.)
Outlining the degree and graduate coursework was not part of my self
evaluation. So my boss doesn't know that.
So, the opinion that getting a masters degree was not an objective that
supported company goals and was not a good objective for our self
reviews
For example, becoming more technically familiar with our products, with
the goal of becoming an SME.
What do you put as objectives for your career for your employer when
doing a self evaluation for an annual review?
Cheers.
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Cc: TCP@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] self evaluation objectives, what do *you* put?
I put things like stay current in the field and explore new
technologies and attend conferences to do those things. I include
design
:13 PM
To: Brierley, Sean
Cc: TCP@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] graduate education not a benefit
What would a graduate degree provide to your employer, in tangible
benefits? Besides personal development, I mean.
I can kinda understand where they are coming from. A graduate degree is
way
Well, you say all of that.
But the statement was that getting a masters degree does not benefit the
company.
That's it. The statement did not include a discussion of MIS degree
versus English Lit. versus Landscaping.
Would a masters in MIS including coursework in networking benefit a tech
LOL! Nah, am teaching that course. grin
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On Behalf Of Wade Courtney
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:40 PM
To: Dana Worley
Cc: TCP@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] graduate education not a benefit
I thought he was
I would do so just so I could live off my millions and putter around in
the back yard.
Cheers,
Sean
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Sue Heim
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 4:44 PM
To: Dana Worley
Cc: TCP@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP]
Hi,
Sorry to hear that. Nice of them to follow up and everything. Sigh.
Cheers,
Sean
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Lisa Gielczyk (TCP)
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 4:37 PM
To: TCP List
Subject: [TCP] employment update
I called last
So,
If you were making a browser-based app for sale. And, said App didn't
work for your tech writer in the default supported browser, and the tech
writer said, the site doesn't display for me, it's blank, would you
then reply works for me and be good with that?
Weird.
See, if it were me and one
the phone? ;)
Dana W.
(I think I like disable/enable sound)
On Tuesday, June 05, 2007, Brierley, Sean wrote:
Is un-mute or unmute an elegant verb to use in the following
circumstances? Thoughts? Alternatives?
To mute the phone, do X, Y, and Z.
To unmute the phone, do A, B, and C
Hi,
I'd not rule out your bosses desires off the top ... I'd find out why
your boss wants that and then email the reasons to the list. I am
assuming he's reasonable and so has a reason or two
Cheers and grins,
Sean
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL
: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 6:00 PM
To: Brierley, Sean
Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] Backatcha ... if the app doesn't work for the TW ...
If the tech writer had the correct system requirements and the app
didn't work, I'd try and figure out why. Cause, well, it's a BUG!
...sue
On 6/5
: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 6:06 PM
To: Brierley, Sean
Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] Backatcha ... if the app doesn't work for the TW ...
And the first time a customer has the issue, what will happen then? :)
Not to mention the problems one has trying to document something that
cannot
-right columns for balance.
Cheers and gluck,
Sean
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Sue Heim
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 6:04 PM
To: Brierley, Sean
Cc: TCP List
Subject: Re: [TCP] Question on 2 column layouts
My boss said, and I quote
Hey,
Telephone engineers AND communications professionals are my audience.
g
Cheers,
Sean
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Sue Heim
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 5:34 PM
To: Roberts, Katie
Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP]
Hi,
Our STC chapter has a new blog: http://stcct.wordpress.com/. Please
visit.
Specifically, I didn't go to the STC annual conference in Minneapolis
this year, and I know we've had a discussion here on that, and I was
wondering if, to help kick things off on http://stcct.wordpress.com/,
you
Be yourself. (Cos, if you lie about that, well, it's hard to remember
)
Remember an interview is a two-way street. Be sure to find out about
things that matter to you, things that make you comfy or uncomfy.
Remember your portfolio, list of references, copies of your resume, etc.
AND,
Thanks for the report.
Why wasn't I there, in order:
1) Cash. I don't have any to spare, and it would have been my dime, not
my employer's.
2) Time. I get a whopping two weeks of vacation and already used one
going to the house of mouse with my family. Taking time off without pay
is forbidden.
Yes and more.
I dropped off the Single Sourcing SIG this last renewal. My feeling was
that it was sometimes an SM tool for things that weren't on my path.
Too many takers, not enough givers there.
I'm still in the STC, but am ratcheting that back. I gave leadership a
try. I have put in more than
Hi,
1) What do you want proposals on? (I really don't know. I don't suppose
you want my thoughts on the advantages of playing a 4-4-2 with a
flat-back four versus a diamond-back sweeper-stopper arrangement?)
2) Will the STC pick up my conference attendance and hotel bill?
3) Can we have it in
I might go to philly. Are would the STC pay my speeding tickets? ROFL!!
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From: John Garison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 4:04 PM
To: Brierley, Sean
Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] STC Conference this past week
Brierley, Sean wrote
Hi,
Am honestly not sure if you do this or not. (I mentioned my reasons for
not going, and content was not one of those reasons and I had not
checked out content.)
How about real tracks?
How about a programming for help track, wherein you take two sessions a
day for all three days and you
Oh, I installed the language bar.
I was just curious what Japanese fonts were installed by Windows XP.
Cheers,
Sean
From: Sue Heim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 10:59 AM
To: Brierley, Sean
Cc: tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP
Auuugh. No worries before today (except an incoming email that got
rejected because it used the words guinea pig) and now, at
lunchtime, I try to get my daily news from news.bbc.co.uk.
Does Web filtering work well? Is it a good tool for employers? Perhaps
communicating the new tool and its
I dunno.
(Sipping mai tai's on the deck on a hot summer day may be out though...)
There is quality of life.
That and sometimes working as an employee can be frustrating as all hell ... as
I am often (right this minute, for example) reminded.
I'd go the contractor route.
Sean
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I think Google missed a marketing opportunity.
And, Google didn't do that for left-coast directions, which
discriminates against those folks and might be annoying.
Finally, how, m, sophisticated is your audience that you expect them
to google directions from New York to London?
Cheers,
Well, that sounds typically American to me.
What your humour has to be is less Three Stooges, less Benny Hill, less
Mr. Bean, less laugh track, and more ... subtle, more inside, more high
brow.
For example, not the following:
1) Click File Compact. This feature doesn't work because we
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From: Chris Vickery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 4:25 PM
To: Brierley, Sean; tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: RE: [TCP] Appropriate humor in tech comm
Is don't quit your day job too American?
I kid
Chris
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From: [EMAIL
Hi all,
JPG is a lossy format. Image data is discarded. BMP is not lossy. JPG is great
for photos and such because of it's small file size. JPG is not so good for
things with sharp shapes and such, like screen captures, because the loss of
data tends to blur the sharpness. Each time you edit a
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On Behalf Of Brierley, Sean
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:47 PM
To: TCP List
Subject: [TCP] solved RE: Care to share a PowerPoint tip?
Esc gets you out of full screen mode.
Shift+F5 takes you back to full screen mode at the current slide (versus
F5
Esc gets you out of full screen mode.
Shift+F5 takes you back to full screen mode at the current slide (versus
F5 which opens full screen mode at the first slide).
Cheers.
Sean
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Sent
I like the graphics part.
Why not the bulleted outline? It helps keep you on track and you can go
into detail and pursue topics at length off the slide.
Attendees (students) can use the bullets as an outline for their notes,
followup questions, etc.
Cheers,
Sean
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So, I press Esc to drop off full screen, and alt-tab to the (dreaded)
live software demo I'm doing, I run the software demo, then alt-tab back
to PPT and press F5 to go full-screen and WHAM-O, I'm back at page one
of the presentation. What the heck? How do I stop that? How can I go
back full
Well, duh.
I am curious to know of a way that incorporates Esc and F5 as well; if
there be one.
Thanks and cheers,
Sean
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From: Charles Beck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 3:07 PM
To: Brierley, Sean; TCP List
Subject: RE: [TCP] Care to share
Not an option, but thanks. I'd love to present where you present,
though!!!
Sean
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Dori Green
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 3:29 PM
To: TCP List
Subject: Re: [TCP] Care to share a PowerPoint tip?
If you
Hi,
I know how to manually apply a sequence field to a Word paragraph: SEQ
seriesname.
I know how to use autocorrect to change text.
However, what I want to do is have a way, a button perhaps, of selecting
a range of text and applying the SEQ seriesname to the text range.
Then, I want a way to
Hi,
How do I use VBA to see if the first item in a paragraph is a Field
(specifically, a Seq field)?
Anyone know?
Cheers,
Sean
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Hi,
We have an omni-everything programmer who wants to document the
product using tooltips and only tooltips. Can anyone point me to
third-party document that explains why this is a bad idea?
My boss would like me to throw together some discussion and samples of
c-s
Thanks, but not really.
Cool reference though.
Cheers,
Sean
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From: Bill Swallow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 2:09 PM
To: Brierley, Sean
Cc: TCP List
Subject: Re: [TCP] samples of online help formats ...
Would something like this help
No thanks, it sounds as I expected.
So, the reader has to remember what they read if they want to use what
they read after they mouse off the tooltip to go perform a task?
Cheers.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of Lisa M. (Bronson)
, 2007 4:59 PM
To: Brierley, Sean; 'TCP List'
Subject: RE: [TCP] samples of online help formats ...
Take a look at this, Sean.
http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/archive/2005/12/02/499371.aspx
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I'm not sure where the conditions are and are not appearing.
Are they appearing and not appearing in the chapters?
Are they displaying or are they just named?
Are they only named at the book level? Remember, the book stores a list
of condition tags, amongst other things.
This might be an issue
Well, plugin aside, here's what's needed.
1) Create the new condition.
2) Apply the new condition so you can copy the conditional text
settings.
3) Find the old condition.
4) Replace by pasting.
5) Do 3 and 4 for all files in the book.
6) Open the .book file in a text editor and delete the
Given 1-5, what you needed to do was save the bookfile.book as a MIF,
bookfile.mif. Open bookfile.mif in a text editor. Search for OLDTAG and
delete the entry for the OLDTAG condition. Save the MIF file as text
using bookfile.mif name, close the MIF, open bookfile.mif in FM and save
it as
NOTE: If you've not done this before, save a backup of the file you
intend to play with.
Actuellement, Sean's first suggestion was to save the file as MIF and
ONLY then open the file in notpad.
After you make your edits, save the MIF as a text file with the MIF
extension and close the file.
I'd offer you less
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Dori Green
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 3:23 PM
To: TCP List
Subject: [TCP] Titles Revisited
Saw this one recently and I think I might adopt it. Shouldn't it be
good for a $10K
Well, my HS diploma got me into college, my college degree got me into
my first tech writing job and directly led to my second. Mission
accomplished.
Not sure how certification by the STC ties in with hs diplomas though.
All things being equal, I consider an STC member, someone with a
It always helps when you mention version information. However, from
http://www.quadralay.com/ePublisher/formats.aspx:
WebWorks Help 5, HTML 3.2, XHTML 1.0, CHM, Sun JavaHelp, Oracle
JavaHelp, PDF, XML (obviously, you don't need this from structured FM),
plus others. But, excepting XML and PDF,
I'm curious why tha tlooks terrific?
It seemed vague. I couldn't pin down any text that said tech writing
credits were underwritten by a specific accredited university, just that
the certifying agency works with a couple of universities on some
programs. Not sure where Clarkson comes in; isn't
It's a mixed bag. OTJ experience without training can reinforce misconceptions
and bad practices.
Sean
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of John Posada
Sent: Wed 2/28/2007 9:42 AM
To: Gene Kim-Eng; TCP List
Subject: Re: [TCP] certification (was: ranting STC)
I don't know why people would be so upset by talking about the STC that they
would unsubscribe. That is strange, but it is what was implied.
I do know that volume of posts could cause someone to go NOMAIL, but not
unsubscribe.
And, I do know that you can set a rule for your mail to autotrash
This rechartering form has me interested
So, what happens after you and the secretary have filled it out?
Why is the rest of the board not involved?
What do you think filling out the form will get you?
I'm happy to see you stepped up to the plate, though. And, as far as
rechartering goes,
That's what I think is part of this rechartering stuff, rebooting the
mission, purpose, and goals of each chapter, making them more relevant,
and refreshing those things in the mind of the chapter leaders and
members.
Cheers,
Sean
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