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Robert Pearson
technotes2003
Feb 3, 2004 8:17 pm
Hehehe... I even wonder who does the STC ask about rates for its annual survey... (I know, the membership) and where do those people work? :) Or as a friend...
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Susan Daoud
susan_daoud
Feb 5, 2004 7:49 pm
Hiya, I'm using Word (2000) to create some SRS/SDD documentation and am running into a little glitch concerning conditional text: namely, there doesn't seem to...
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Crotogino, Tiffany
la_mayimba_
Feb 5, 2004 7:52 pm
As best I can tell, this is the only way to go about this is Word. I have had to resort to similar stratagems in the past. If anyone has a more "elegant",...
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kandis
kandis_rock
Feb 5, 2004 8:12 pm
Hi All, We have a dialog box that allows users to import file(s) and perform various function(s) on them. Because one or many file(s) can be imported and...
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kandis
kandis_rock
Feb 5, 2004 8:58 pm
I should just clarify that it is the text in the dialog box that I'm considering changing (because it's got so many (s)), not the actual description of the...
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Marcus Baake
onkel_hotte_hue
Feb 6, 2004 8:41 am
Hi, Crotogino, Tiffany wrote: --> If anyone has a more "elegant", a.k.a. less labour-intensive, --> way of doing this, please share! I found this in the...
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Geoff Hart
ghart@...
Feb 6, 2004 2:58 pm
Kandis wondered: <<We have a dialog box that allows users to import file(s) and perform various function(s) on them. Because one or many file(s) can be...
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John Coghlan
johncoghlan69
Feb 6, 2004 3:10 pm
Members, I have recently moved to Rome, where I have part-time work consulting. I would like to find consulting or full-time work in technical writing either...
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kandis
kandis_rock
Feb 6, 2004 7:18 pm
Thanks Geoff. I think I will try and get them to rename the dialog box so that we can eliminate those (s)'s everywhere. They really look wonky in there. ...
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writeronline2000
writeronline...
Feb 9, 2004 2:14 pm
Hi, I'm new here. Sort of working my way through some of the great yahoo writer's groups that are available and posting my introduction. I'm always open to...
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Michel Thibodeau
michthibodeau
Feb 9, 2004 4:37 pm
Has anyone documented or worked with OpenOffice.org? My question is: can we simply document it as OpenOffice, or do we need to always include the ".org" ...
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Patricia Kack
pckack
Feb 9, 2004 4:49 pm
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David Tremblay
tremda2001
Feb 9, 2004 6:24 pm
I'm always using it, I simply droped using MS-office You should check at their license if there's any sort of legal stuff about that, but I have used open...
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Robert Pearson
technotes2003
Feb 10, 2004 4:04 pm
My guess would be, when referring to them that you can just say "Open Office" and skip the dot-org. But have you contacted them directly or viewed their own...
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Glen Srigley
glensrigley
Feb 10, 2004 4:25 pm
Hi ... I have the program. The program's title bar, and all accompanying documents refer to the product as "OpenOffice.org". So I'd say that's the name. You...
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Andrew Bernstein
harma71
Feb 10, 2004 7:08 pm
I'm a new user of OpenOffice.org and Linux in general. I have not used OOO (a common shorthand for the program) for documentation but I've used it for a number...
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Robert Pearson
technotes2003
Feb 12, 2004 12:04 pm
Hi All, Does anyone have experience with Visio drawings and inserting them into word docs? I have made a document that has several drawings embedded. The...
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Lydia Shuster
lshuster@...
Feb 12, 2004 2:25 pm
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karine_besson
Feb 12, 2004 2:43 pm
Hello Robert, I usually use Edit > Paste Special > Image for importing Visio and PPT drawings into Word. It does give you more control on size and anchoring...
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tcfodor_ca
Feb 12, 2004 2:54 pm
A somewhat complex, but sort-of elegant solution to your problem: 1. In your original document, create a Bookmark called e.g. "insert" 2. Save the item you...
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Susan Guttman
sguttman@...
Feb 12, 2004 2:59 pm
I've never had that problem. I have a number of Visio diagrams in the document I'm working on now, and I insert as Object and then resize within Word.I prefer...
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France Baril
grimpeuseagile
Feb 12, 2004 3:28 pm
I'm thinking of going to STC's annual conference in Baltimore. As this would be a trip I take during my vacation at my own expenses, I'm trying to find a women...
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Diane Sahakian
dianesahakian
Feb 12, 2004 3:33 pm
Hello France, When does this event occur ? _____ De : France Baril [mailto:france.baril@...] Envoyé : 12 février 2004 10:28 À :...
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Chantal Proulx
proulxchantal
Feb 12, 2004 3:44 pm
Hello, I have tested to convert in PDF the way Karine is embedding the drawing, but it did not work either... The only solution I found is to convert the...
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France Baril
grimpeuseagile
Feb 12, 2004 3:48 pm
May 9-12. http://www.stc.org/conference.asp ... From: Diane Sahakian [mailto:diane.sahakian@...] Sent: February 12, 2004 10:32 AM To:...
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Robert Pearson
technotes2003
Feb 12, 2004 6:46 pm
Thanks Karine, I used the Paste Special > Picture option and this does what I need for now (and that is print the darn thing so it looks good!). Robert ... so...
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Andre Liss
halo_andre1
Feb 16, 2004 3:54 pm
Hello Techies, I haven't yet encountered this problem. Upon creating a new WebWorks 2003 project, all the original FM styles are picked up and displayed in the...
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kandis
kandis_rock
Feb 16, 2004 4:02 pm
Howdy Andre, <snip> ... From: Andre Liss Upon creating a new WebWorks 2003 project, all the original FM styles are picked up and displayed in the Project...
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technodoc64
Feb 18, 2004 12:33 am
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