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Understood. Thank you very much for sending the correction, I appreciate
understanding your point of view.
Regards,
Sean
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From: Ronquillo, Michael [mailto:mronquillo -at- equitrac -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 10:25 AM
To: Sean Brierley; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Single Sourcing in Framemaker
Hi,
Actually I've seen it all over the place and others have voiced it as
well. I only spoke about it now. Please don't be quick to assume or draw
false conclusion without facts.
Thanks
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From: techwr-l-bounces+mronquillo=equitrac -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+mronquillo=equitrac -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Sean Brierley
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 10:22 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Single Sourcing in Framemaker
Hi,
Thank you for your concern. I regret that you construed my response as
proud and condescending. Thank you for raising the concern. Please judge
techwr-l by the sum of the responses and not just one.
Regards,
Sean
-----Original Message-----
From: Ronquillo, Michael [mailto:mronquillo -at- equitrac -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 10:01 AM
To: Sean Brierley; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Single Sourcing in Framemaker
Are people always this condescending and proud off list? So much for
unity. Makes me wonder why I even came back to Techwr for help.
Michael Ronquillo
Technical Writer - Equitrac
1-800-472-9532 x2334
mronquillo -at- equitrac -dot- com
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From: techwr-l-bounces+mronquillo=equitrac -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+mronquillo=equitrac -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Sean Brierley
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 9:46 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: RE: Single Sourcing in Framemaker
Yes, I have for multiple products and different audiences.
Once you set the book up you can just show/hide, regenerate, then BAM!
Of course, when applying conditions you must consider spacing ... but
you should figure out how pretty quickly.
Don't use hard returns. Don't. It makes more work even if you don't use
conditions or even if you don't use FrameMaker.
What happened to the previous tech writers? Too efficient and left for
greener pastures? LOL! <j/k>
Cheers,
Sean
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From: techwr-l-bounces+sbrierley=accu-time -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+sbrierley=accu-time -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Ronquillo, Michael
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 9:39 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Single Sourcing in Framemaker
The previous Tech Writers at my company single sourced a book for three
brands. I'm finding it a huge chore with conditional text, mainly with
respects to spacing and hard returns. As the books get larger it's even
more of a chore because I have to find every single instance. I wish it
was just show/hide conditional text, and bam your book does not have to
be inspected.
Having said that, has anyone ever successfully single sourced books in
Framemaker? Is it even worth your time, or should I just create separate
books for each brand to save the headaches and time?
TGIF!
Michael Ronquillo
Technical Writer - Equitrac
1-800-472-9532 x2334
mronquillo -at- equitrac -dot- com
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