? Uma (the network admin) and John (the user)
could be ambiguous without their titles. I can see where actors could help
solidify some concepts, but I don't think they would be the best in all
situations.
Thomas Johnson
Microline Technology Corp.
Traverse City, MI
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Char, thanks for the great clarifications. I had forgotten about Wikipedia
until Robert mentioned it. I've used a couple other sites that function
similar to wiki's, but they don't call themselves anything like wiki. I
guess the edit button is a clue I've missed, but it makes sense.
Thomas
I think I would just take the reference out altogether. If you don't know,
why confuse the buyer? Just let them assume there's no cable. Worse things
could happen than buying a cable you don't need.
Thomas Johnson
Microline Technology Corp.
Traverse City, MI
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Oh, just correct it with a red pen and put it up. You'll be the only one
that knows there's a typo.
Me, I'm wondering if we'll get enough snow to get the XC skis out tomorrow.
We're getting dumped upon right now.
Thomas Johnson
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or grayscale and possibly have I3D
show edges. Having edges visible might give you the definition you need. I'd
seriously think about using just the edges as long as this can be done as a
solid view instead of transparent or wireframe view.
Hope at least something here is useful.
Cheers,
Thomas Johnson
to
a reasonable size. So far it seems I either have to rely on scripting or
resize the image before I import it into Scribus. Is there a way to do this
from within Scribus without writing a script? I can't quite imagine trying
to tweak several graphics by running a script.
Thanks!
Thomas Johnson
Yes, conditional text could be the problem. It's really hard to tell without
digging into the files.
Another possibility is if you jammed all the files into a single ZIP file
without maintaining the relative paths when you sent them out to the
translator.
By the way, how many files are there?
I
Those very militant people just don't get it. Not everyone can drive. Does
that mean we should stop building roads because not everyone can use them?
I'm all for accessibility, but I think we have to be reasonable about what
extent we go to make things accessible--sometimes for nothing. Sometimes
The problem is the manager solved someone else's problem and not yours. Now
you've shown you can pull the rabbit out of the hat and he or she is going
to expect you to do that on a regular basis. If the manager is a good one,
you'll be compensated accordingly.
Tom Johnson
Technical Writer
Previous jobs have provided a few opportunities for travel--mostly
conferences. I started a new job this fall and travel is likely. I may even
get to go to a desert racing event, which would be WAY cool, as part of my
job. Other trips might be to oil rigs or pipeline inspection sites. Those
will
I can't complain about my tower. I have the best one in the building. That's
just because I started at the right time when the boss decided to make dual
core processors the standard. What a blessing!
Last week I splurged a bit and bought myself a Logitech MX Revolution mouse.
In addition to the MX Revolution mouse I just mentioned:
Total Commander - replacement for Windows Explorer, FTP client, among other
things. It took me a while to warm up to it, but now I won't work without
it.
NoteTab - My favorite text editor because I can automate a bunch of text
editing and
Oh, you haven't missed much. It seems that questions about blog problems
don't rate the same as chopped liver, passive voice, diectic pronouns, or
numbered lists in FrameMaker.
A few of the rest of us hang out there to invite other quality contributers
here.
Tom
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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, it actually involves
Folks,
The reason Lisa asked us to stop the STC rant thread was because several
people have unsubscribed in the past couple of days. That should tell us
something. The more emotional the topic, the greater the risk of turning
people off. The longer a thread runs, the greater the risk of turning
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Amen to the last sentence.
I realise if people are unsubscribing then it's a bad thing, but as long
as the Subject line is maintained then I can
What in the world is gutersmelt--a beer? I think it would bring up more
questions than it answers. Oh well.
I'll offer 'geek' as a solution.
Tom
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Behalf Of Al Geist
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 2:49 PM
To: 'Guy K.
Hi Lisa,
With 20 weeks of pay, you've got an excellent chance to get a business
going. That's far better than having to rely on unenjoyment benefits from
the get-go. Use the time wisely and be frugal with the lump sum payment.
Resist the urge to go out and buy something special. People have a
No. There are other resellers out there. I bought the entire suite Creative
Design Suite Premium from ZTech Software for about the same price as Adobe was
charging for just InDesign.
However, when I did that, I was feeling a little vulnerable. I checked reviews
of the company and I gained
Hi Kevin,
Here's the process I use when I run into graphics issues.
Off the bat, it sounds like a compression issue in Distiller.
If checking Distiller doesn't reveal anything obvious, the next thing I try is
making a very simple graphic (a circle and a square, for instance) and place it
in
Hi Donna,
I wouldn't say that large size is necessarily a result of OOo. Don't be too
quick to dismiss a product because of one person's experience. OOo has a lot
going for it and many organizations are using it exclusively and successfully.
If my software licenses purchased by my employer
Hi Gary,
One course that may be helpful would be medical terminology. If I were looking
to hire a medical writer, that would be one of my first questions. Granted, if
you worked in hospitals during college, you may already have a good handle on
the vocabulary.
Tom
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Hi Lisa,
Can you explain more about what you mean by auto tagging?
Tom Johnson
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From: tcp-boun...@techcommpros.com [mailto:tcp-boun...@techcommpros.com] On
Behalf Of Lisa Gielczyk
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 12:33 PM
To: email
Subject: [TCP] desktop publishing and
I don't have Frame 8, but in Frame 7.2, the term placeholders is used in a
number of contexts. A placeholder is something that is used to represent
content that is not yet put into position. One instance might be variables
where you can insert a variable, such as a product name, and change the
Hello Raj,
I'm working with Frame 7.2 (not 8.0), but I would suspect the things I've
noticed will have carried over into version 8. When using Find, pay attention
to the options in the Find dialog box. If you have text selected, I believe
the default is to only search the selected text.
Greetings,
A co-worker asked me if there is some established target for how much time to
spend on each slide in a PowerPoint presentation. We're working on a training
presentation for clients to introduce a new technology/product line. I'd be
interested in what the group has to say about the
Chuck,
Thanks for the grammar mini refresher. I'm sure many of us can stand to brush
up on our punctuation.
I agree with those who say to put the conditional statement first. I've been
trying to do that throughout my career.
Chuck brings up grammar nuances that many readers may never know or
beginning
with 'if) (Thomas Johnson)
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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:05:48 -0400
From: Chuck Beck cb...@swan-cross.com
To: 'raj nair' raj_gree...@hotmail.com, tcp@techcommpros.com
Subject: Re: [TCP] Comma before
Hello Raj,
Maybe you are not asking the correct question. Should your question be, Should
I seriously consider feedback from both reviewers?
Before you ever start writing the manual you should be asking yourself, Who
exactly is my correct audience? You need to define the audience along with
Is there ANY industry that has settled on one tool?
Too many employers emphasize tool skills and don't place enough emphasis on
critical thinking. Instead, they should be looking at real qualities like: the
ability to think, writing skills, and organizational skills. If technical
writers
, April 28, 2010, Thomas Johnson wrote:
An alternative would be to include a disclaimer stating that the
random characters are included to discourage unauthorized re-use of
your samples. I'd avoid that situation if possible.
I agree with most of Tom's comments. Think about it, if my developers
I agree almost entirely with Bill. I would add one precaution.
Bill wrote:
3. Do you think that the future is bright for specialist technical
communicators, rather than generalists?
Always has been, always will be.
To which I add, it's possible to overspecialize. Don't become so specialized
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