Evans, Diane L (Rosetta) wrote:
Hi, Dick. This is the list for those of us either thrown out of the
dark side, or who care to no longer associate there.
I have a dual citizenship, but spend way more time over here.
Did you get your blog problem taken care of?
Hi Diane,
Ironically, yes,
Roberts, Katie wrote:
Deictic pronoun
SYNTAX/SEMANTICS: a pronoun whose reference must be fixed through the
context of the utterance. EXAMPLE: the purported referents of you and me
in you will get to know me better are the speaker and the addressee(s)
of this utterance. Deictic
Thomas Johnson wrote:
Good morning,
Has anyone here worked on a project to implement an industry standard? Our
company needs to comply to an emerging industry standard (API-1163) and I
get to write all the policies and procedures. First of all, it's a very
different type of writing. Second,
Barry Campbell wrote:
On 2/20/07, Gordon McLean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What professional organisations are you a member of? STC? ISTC? HCI? IAI?
Or are all those acronyms just an annoyance and a waste of money?
STC, ISTC, APMP (Association of Proposal Management Professionals) and
PMI
Brierley, Sean wrote:
Does this sound right.
1) If Word 2003 can find Normal.dot locally, all is well.
2) If Word 2003 cannot find Normal.dot locally, because you deleted the
file, then Word 2003 uses an Internet connection and uses resources at
microsoft.com.
3) If Word 2003 cannot
Brierley, Sean wrote:
What's the best tip you can offer about using or how to use MS
PowerPoint.
Am not looking for advice against using the product. Just for a variety
of things that people think are nifty or good to know.
In presentation mode, press the B key to toggle between the
Brierley, Sean wrote:
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.
A bulleted outline is a great way to organize your thoughts as you
prepare the presentation. Use it. Create a
Brierley, Sean wrote:
Hi,
More questions.
1) Can I display non-printing characters in PPT?
2) Why would bullets appear aligned on-screen and not in print?
No worries if not or not known, this is a marketing problem that got
pushed way down the food chain to me.
Answers as of 2003
Paragraph mark.
Lisa M. (Bronson) Gielczyk (TCP) wrote:
Can you give an example of a non-printing character?
Thanks,
Lisa G.
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Guy K. Haas wrote:
Can anyone here advise me on how to take a series of .BMP files and
craft them into a PDF?
Convert them to TIFFs and print the TIFFs to your AdobePDF printer. (I
think you can set up a script in Photoshop, but it might be faster to
just do it manually in Photoshop
Buckheit, William wrote:
That would be the long way. :)
Or, assuming you have Acrobat Professional, just go to:
Create PDF From Multiple Files
Navigate to each directory and select the bmp files you want to convert
to pdf
Rearrange order if needed
Click OK
Voila!
Jones, Donna wrote:
I don't know anything about CanoScan and not much more about PhotoShop,
but I would guess that going from BMP to JPG would make image fuzzier
rather than sharper. What I have learned is that you're better off using
JPG for photographs, where you don't usually need sharp
Lisa Gielczyk (TCP) wrote:
Hi everyone,
I recommend that you whitelist the TCP list address so that you don't
miss any messages. It appears that some posts may have just the right
combination of words that trips a filter here and there. If you
whitelist the address, you should get all
This just popped up in an email notification from guru.com. If you're
signed up with them, you should be able to look up Project ID 298605.
A professional services firm in Santa Barbara is looking for an
experienced tech writing trainer to teach people (many of whom might
have English as
Jones, Donna wrote:
I'm not sure if that's true. If you're paying hundreds of dollars a
month in premiums, is it better to pay that or to put that money into a
personal account that you use to pay for health-related costs? Add up
the premium, copay, and deductibles for COBRA or any other
John Garison wrote:
You could make an argument that some of the Romans (Julius Caesar and
Claudius among them) were doing technical writing when describing how to
build fortifications, aqueducts, ports, and the like.
Joe Chapline was the very first person whose full time job was Software
John Garison wrote:
Hi all,
I'm in a similar position. I've sent in my resume for a couple of
positions for which I think I am very qualified.
Of course you're qualified, John. What's your point?
_Because_ you've been on the other side of the desk, you know all of the
following to be
Sue Heim wrote:
Funny, a common thread is... do what your boss wants you to do. Is the boss
always right? What if he/she isn't? What do you do then? Shut up, grin, and
bear it? Fight to win the battle, if not the war? Declare you disagree but
then do what you're told? Stick to your principles
- Original Message -
From: Chris Borokowski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: TCP@techcommpros.com
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [TCP] employee retention
You could phrase it this way:
In which restaurant would you rather eat?
A) a high employee turnover joint
Lisa Gielczyk (TCP) wrote:
So... let's get back to technical writing, shall we? :) What is everyone
doing this week?
Waiting for a TECHNICian to come fix the air conditioning and waiting
for a different TECHNICian to come fix the dishwasher. That's about it
for technical stuff. Other than
Dana Worley wrote:
I read an article today about a man who was hit by a train
because he had his head down looking at his cell phone.
(Apparently he looked up and waited on one train, but then looked
back down and walked right out in front of the other). How tragic.
Please don't
nothing (as opposed to the thousands of dollars a year I was spending on
Google AdWords), and it's an effective way to attract clients to my
business Web site.
YMMV,
Dick Margulis
http://ampersandvirgule.blogspot.com/ (mostly not tech writing-related,
so don't waste your time, Sue
Jones, Donna wrote:
Okay, here's my second question.
For those of you who have written white papers on a freelance basis, how
did you bill for them? Was it a flat rate for each white paper or did
you bill some other way (such as per page or per hour)?
I'm looking at writing
Hello,
I'm updating my resume to include some contract work I've done in the last
couple of months. This is the first time I've done contract work, so I'm
wondering, how do those of you who do contract work include it on your
resumes? I was thinking of putting a category called
Cardimon, Craig wrote:
The inquisitive part of me really wants to know why.
If he has an MBA, the reason is clear enough. It's part of the
education. If you can't see them working, you can't trust them to be
working. Management vs. Employees.
For the other recently released study...
Lisa Gielczyk (TCP) wrote:
I'm wondering if there's a name for this. An article quotes portions of an
original text, but does not use ellipses or any other means to show that it
was not a continuous quote. Because it looks like a single quote, the
meaning is altered. Is there a name for this?
Lisa Gielczyk (TCP) wrote:
It's a theology article. Someone is quoting a sermon out of context,
making it look like the speaker was making one theological point when,
in context, he was making a different theological point.
That's a violation of copyright law. The speaker has an inherent
Gene Kim-Eng wrote:
True, but considering that in this case the potential monetary
damages are probably laughable compared to the cost of
bringing a suit, if copyright was in effect the only reason to
bring suit would be if the current owner was sufficiently
ticked off to want to force the
I'm building a client site with somewhat complicated geometry, and I've
hit a snag. Here's the situation.
I've created a table consisting of a sliced up image, and I've done it
in such a way that the image resizes when the window is resized. I
calculate the exact dimension of every image
J M wrote:
Sorry for the .xcl typo (should be .xls), but it doesn't really matter from
what directory you check the associations. Once you're anywhere in the File
Explorer, you can do that Tools Folder Options step and go on from there.
-j-
The basic file type association is fine, or Excel
Al Geist wrote:
Dick Margulis wrote:
The basic file type association is fine, or Excel wouldn't open when Al
clicks the file.
Here's what to check:
1. Open Explorer.
2. Tools Folder Options File Types.
3. Scroll down to XLS and select it.
4. Click the Advanced button. The second
I have a client--a major publishing company, with thousands of titles in
print and well over a thousand new titles a year--for whom I do some
editing. Their workflow for a book is as complex as any you're likely to
see, even in the most regulated industries, for document creation of any
kind.
Mike Starr wrote:
Your client has developed, based on many years in their industry, their
own system and it serves them well. There's no need for them to
upgrade their system.
However, many of these tools are designed to give the completely
clueless a systematic approach and save them
to obtain a free login ID. Or
not. One can never tell with the Times.
Dick Margulis
http://ampersandvirgule.blogspot.com/
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Rick Ferrell wrote:
Back it up. And delete the xpj and cpd files and open the hhp and it
should bring it backn
That reminds me (although the last time I worked in RH was in 1999, I
think, so you'll have to test this with the current version). The XPJ
file is readable by Access. It consists
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