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May 1, 2005 10:53 am
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Hello techies! We currently use FM + WW to generate HTML (Web) help. The result is zipped up and (somehow) displayed in Eclipse's proprietary browser (anyone...
Which is better software to design a financial/corporate report template - Quark or FrameMaker or another program? The report would be more than 10 pages with...
Which is better software to design a financial/corporate report template - Quark or FrameMaker or another program? The report would be more than 10 pages with...
... Honestly I've had a better time with Adobe InDesign myself. Not to knock QuarkXPress, but in terms of ease of use in the making of attractive layouts on...
Greetings! ... There have been rumour circulating that Adobe is going to discontinue development of Framemaker and replace it with InDesign (they've already...
Hi: Suddenly, the program will seem very familiar. Both InDesign and Quark and great programs so your question is rather like asking 'Will I get bettter...
Andy G
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May 7, 2005 2:21 pm
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... InDesign did not replace Framemaker, it replaced Pagemaker. For a while Adobe had InDesign and Pagemaker on the market side by side. Pagemaker was for...
... God, I hope that's not true! I've worked with both. InDesign seems more aimed at newsletters and other types of documents where you want a very particular...
EXFO is a leader in the telecom test and measurement industry. We are looking to hire a technical writer for our Quebec City headquarters. Job description:...
Hello everyone. I am a technical author by day and copywriter by night looking for a bit of advice. My employers are looking to upgrade from FrameMaker 5 to...
Hi, Why don't you switch over to XML completely? You can either buy Arbortext's EPIC editor or develop your own XML transforms to meet your delivery...
Changing the whole environment to XML would be far too costly at this stage in the project (we are 7 years into it). We need to stick to HTML based .chm files ...
I have used conditional text in Frame 6 to do what you plan to do. It worked perfectly. I believe it works the same in Frame 5. Just standardize what exactly...
Howard Kiewe
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May 11, 2005 3:06 pm
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Thanks - seems I better get my act together and swot up on variables and conditional text then. Getting BuildFire might be out of the question but I will look ...
... Hi Craig, Seems as if you have the info you need. I would add only one caveat about using conditional text or variables as a localization approach. If the...
Hey there Gururaj, I just have to answer you on this one. First of all, interesting to see you on this group. Second of all, you can use FM to move to XML to...
Hey Andre, How are you? Yes, it is a wonderful group, and I am really enjoying these discussions. Particularly, I liked the one on gerund and infinitive...
My company is working on a public API. Somehow, after reporting a lot of errors and providing a few suggestions for class, method and data structure names, I...
Hi all ! I am looking for a translation firm, or people who can translate our software and its documentation in all four of the following languages: spanish,...
France Baril wondered: <<A dataset is a collection of elements. For example, a CsCountryDataset is a data structure that holds many country objects, where the...
Nothing much to do with technical communication, but it's a holiday weekend, so... We have a wonderful white stray cat that we rescued, in need of a home: ...
STC Montreal Announcements STC Event: 2005 STC Spring Banquet Version francaise à suivre Spring Forward, Sit Back, and Eat! When: Thursday, June 9, 2005,...
... I'm given to understand that this is a job "pour l'amour ou pour le sport", but you might be able to extract an honorarium out of Randi, since his...
Geoff, How is the quest for a home going? I would take her except that I have two oldsters who are not in the best of health and are very cranky to boot. One...
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