RE: Telecommute: Thanks!

[Heidi Colonna <twins398 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

Hi Gina,
I've held three jobs that allowed me to telecommute. The first two were with the dot com companies back in the 90's. No doubt, those companies were VERY flexible - as long as you got the work done, they didn't care where you worked.
I am currently contracting and telecommuting full-time. A friend who had left my previous employer contacted me about doing side work for him, which I started doing in August. In December, I got laid off from my full-time job. I am now contracting (telecommuting) full-time for the company I was doing part-time work for.
To sum it up, my experience has been that the younger companies and/or smaller companies are more mature in their thought process about telecommuting. The larger companies aren't quite there yet - in my experience. Typically, as others have noted, the larger companies want a business plan and meetings to determine if it's "OK" to telecommute, which to me is a tremendous waste of time. 
One last comment ...telecommuting is wonderful, but I do believe face to face contact with you colleagues on a regular basis is important. I voluntarily go into the office once a week for some face to face. 

> Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 10:26:04 -0400
> From: magk -at- mindspring -dot- com
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> Subject: Telecommute: Thanks!
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> Thanks for all your suggestions. Please keep them coming.
> Gina King
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>>   1. PDF not capturing text in Visio diagram  (Greg Brown)
>>   2. Docbook profiles conditioning (J. H. Koonce)
>>   3. Re: PDF not capturing text in Visio diagram (Mike Starr)
>>   4. Re: telecommute (Gene Kim-Eng)
>>   5. RE: telecommute (Cardimon, Craig)
>>   6. RE: telecommute (Latella, Vincent)
>>   7. Re: telecommute (Suzette Leeming)
>>   8. Re: PDF not capturing text in Visio diagram (Jay Maechtlen)
>>   9. Re: Tools: Free image-processing software (Jay Maechtlen)
>>  10. Re: telecommute (Chris Morton)
>>  11. recent thread - hiding info in Word templates ? (Monique Semp)
>>  12. Re: PDF not capturing text in Visio diagram (Robert Lauriston)
>>  13. Recent thread - hiding info in Word templates ? (Geoff Hart)
>>  14. RE: recent thread - hiding info in Word templates ?
>>      (Lauren M. LeDuc)
>>  15. RE: Amazing what you can do with paper prototypes (Combs, Richard)
>>  16. Re: PDF not capturing text in Visio diagram (Robert Lauriston)
>>
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>>Message: 1
>>Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 13:41:05 +1000
>>From: "Greg Brown" <greg -dot- brown -at- pronto -dot- com -dot- au>
>>Subject: PDF not capturing text in Visio diagram 
>>To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
>>Message-ID:
>>	<4A7A2120936F6A4F9C324B486C670198025FCC2F -at- melbmail -dot- pronto -dot- com -dot- au>
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>>In several of our manuals (authored in Word) there is a Visio diagram
>>included in the introductory section. This diagram will typically be a
>>fairly simple flow chart including arrows, text and shapes. The flow
>>chart is used to indicate the series of steps included in the manual.
>>However, almost all of the time that I create a PDF from the Word
>>document, the Visio diagram is included in the PDF without any of the
>>text. It is definitely there in the diagram and shows in the Word
>>document, but is nearly always missing from the PDF.
>>I have tried a few things like sending the text to front etc but doesn't
>>seem to fix the problem.
>> 
>>Has anyone seen this and know what the problem is?
>> 
>>Tools used:
>> 
>>Adobe Acrobat Standard 7 (Version 7.1.1)
>>Word 2002 SP3
>>Windows XP SP2
>>Visio 2003
>> 
>> 
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>Greg
>> 
>>
>>
>>------------------------------
>>
>>Message: 2
>>Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 05:15:45 -0400
>>From: "J. H. Koonce" <ectdocuments -at- netscape -dot- net>
>>Subject: Docbook profiles conditioning
>>To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>>Message-ID: <8CB9AB00A82A7D6-204-C2E -at- webmail-me07 -dot- sysops -dot- aol -dot- com>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am working with Docbook XML to produce rather large documents with 
>>heavy segmentation. However, this is starting to prove problematic 
>>because managing the segmentation within the single source files 
>>requires a large degree of profiling.
>>We now primarily use ?include? syntax to include images, sections and 
>>OEM sensitive information; does anyone know of an ?exclude? syntax 
>>which could simplify our process? Or perhaps is there an advantage to 
>>using DITA instead of Docbook? Sorry if I am vague about the problem, 
>>but I realize that not everyone is very familiar with Docbook. Please 
>>feel free to ask any questions.
>>
>>Any suggestions would be most welcome.
>>
>>Regards,
>>J. H. Koonce
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>>Message: 3
>>Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 05:45:26 -0500
>>From: Mike Starr <mike -at- writestarr -dot- com>
>>Subject: Re: PDF not capturing text in Visio diagram
>>To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
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>>I've seen this problem as well. Don't know why it happens but I have managed to resolve it (although sometimes the resolution is only temporary) by modifying the size of the image on the page immediately before creating the PDF.
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>>Greg Brown wrote:
>>> In several of our manuals (authored in Word) there is a Visio diagram
>>> included in the introductory section. This diagram will typically be a
>>> fairly simple flow chart including arrows, text and shapes. The flow
>>> chart is used to indicate the series of steps included in the manual.
>>> However, almost all of the time that I create a PDF from the Word
>>> document, the Visio diagram is included in the PDF without any of the
>>> text. It is definitely there in the diagram and shows in the Word
>>> document, but is nearly always missing from the PDF.
>>> I have tried a few things like sending the text to front etc but doesn't
>>> seem to fix the problem.
>>>  
>>> Has anyone seen this and know what the problem is?
>>>  
>>> Tools used:
>>>  
>>> Adobe Acrobat Standard 7 (Version 7.1.1)
>>> Word 2002 SP3
>>> Windows XP SP2
>>> Visio 2003
>>>  
>>>  
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> 
>>> Greg
>>
>>
>>------------------------------
>>
>>Message: 4
>>Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 07:28:09 -0700
>>From: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
>>Subject: Re: telecommute
>>To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
>>Message-ID: <0B608DD57B624568B182490BF35D4579 -at- genekoptx2>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>>	reply-type=original
>>
>>I'm hoping that I will be able to retire before I am.  To date I've managed to 
>>maintain some measure of direct, face-to-face relationship with everyone I've 
>>managed, even those half a world away. That's probably the thing that has helped 
>>me avoid becoming the kind of manager who can think of subordinates as 
>>interchangable cogs that can be shuffled or jettisoned without a second thought.
>>
>>Gene Kim-Eng
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Elaine Garnet" <2egarnet -at- rogers -dot- com>
>>> I would never have thought twenty or thirty years ago that I would be part of 
>>> a virtual company.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>------------------------------
>>
>>Message: 5
>>Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 11:27:10 -0400
>>From: "Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>
>>Subject: RE: telecommute
>>To: "Sarah Stegall" <sstegall -at- bivio -dot- net>
>>Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>>Message-ID:
>>	<19C7D9BC73C7914BAB5D21A6C05F2AD7037C5B0C -at- Delmar2 -dot- m-s-g -dot- com>
>>Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="US-ASCII"
>>
>>> Unfortunately no matter how logical and sensible the reasons for
>>> telecommuting may be, even companies who are innovative and tech-savvy
>>shy
>>> away from it. My company makes network appliances; we're wired to the
>>max
>>> with high-bandwidth access from anywhere. Yet this very week,
>>management
>>> sent out a memo reminding us that telecommuting is the exception, not
>>the
>>> rule. This applies to tech writers like me, even though at least half
>>of
>>> my work is done better from home, where there are no distractions.
>>Alas,
>>> what I call "distractions", management tends to call "networking",
>>> "meeting time" and "face time". And management also thinks it is
>>> demoralizing for those who come to work to find empty cubicles
>>everywhere.
>>> So the real, actual needs of the workforce (telecommuting), which
>>would
>>> probably result in greater productivity, must give way to the
>>insecurities
>>> and neuroses of management.
>>
>>Agreed. I am lucky enough to telecommute one day a week. No one offered
>>it to me. I saw others doing it and I had to make a business case for
>>it. Others in my company do it more often, but some of these people say
>>they struggle for recognition. I think if a company is begun on the
>>principal of the virtual office, telecommuting will be an everyday
>>thing. Otherwise, not so much.
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>>Message: 6
>>Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 14:15:34 -0400
>>From: "Latella, Vincent" <VINCENT -dot- LATELLA -at- saic -dot- com>
>>Subject: RE: telecommute
>>To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
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>>"Agreed. I am lucky enough to telecommute one day a week. No one offered
>>it to me. I saw others doing it and I had to make a business case for
>>it. Others in my company do it more often, but some of these people say
>>they struggle for recognition. I think if a company is begun on the
>>principal of the virtual office, telecommuting will be an everyday
>>thing. Otherwise, not so much." 
>>
>>
>>
>>Just out of curiosity, how did you (or any of the other TECHWR-Lers out
>>there) go about making "a business case for it?" 
>>
>>I am toying with the idea of moving to two hours from my current place
>>of work, and before I *really* start looking, I am preparing to discuss
>>it with my manager to see if a partial telecommute schedule is even an
>>option.  
>>
>>It's not unprecedented here; one of my colleagues lives four hours away
>>and comes into the office three days per week (staying at his in-laws'
>>near work two nights), and works at home on Monday and Friday. 
>>
>>While I can easily put together a case explaining how such an
>>arrangement wouldn't diminish my productivity, I'd probably have a hard
>>time coming up with reasons as to how it would *benefit* the company.
>>Nobody telecommutes 100% here, so everyone has an office or a cubicle.
>>That said, it's not like they'd be saving on space. 
>>
>>Anyway, I was just curious as to how you brought it up, and what your
>>justification entailed. 
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>Message: 7
>>Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 15:01:52 -0400
>>From: Suzette Leeming <suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com>
>>Subject: Re: telecommute
>>To: "Latella, Vincent" <VINCENT -dot- LATELLA -at- saic -dot- com>
>>Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>>Message-ID:
>>	<86656a5c0905041201h18687aeel2f05895c9d35f920 -at- mail -dot- gmail -dot- com>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>>Initially, I had telecommuted because I knew the owners of the company and
>>they wanted me. I said, "If you allow me to work from home, you've got a
>>deal".
>>
>>In my next job, the company had a high degree of turnover in their
>>development staff, and I was often heard to exclaim, "If we have no
>>developers, you won't be needed me too much longer." My manager later asked
>>if there was anything that would convince me to leave. I told her that if I
>>could find a company that would allow me to telecommute, I'd be gone in a
>>flash.
>>
>>I then gave that manager a copy of the Smart Valley Telecommuting Guide,
>>which does a very good job of explaining the implementation of telecommuting
>>policies, measurements, etc. I also did a business plan, showing how I'd be
>>more productive because of the lack of commuting (plus the time we take to
>>dress up, put makeup on, etc.) and the problems we face with each Canadian
>>winter (unable to make it to work, taking my life into my own hands, etc.)
>>There was also electricity to be saved, floor space (for a crowded
>>department), etc. Plus all the intangible stuff life Life/Work Balance,
>>Employee Satisfaction, etc.
>>
>>So, not only did I tell her the benefits of allowing me to telecommute, I
>>also gave her what she needed as a manager to manage a remote employee,
>>measurements of success/failure, etc.
>>
>>Two weeks later, a telecommuting agreement showed up on my desk.
>>
>>If I still had a copy of the business plan I prepared, I'd send it to you,
>>but that was over 10 years ago, and I have no idea if Ikept it.
>>
>>Suzette Leeming
>>Stouffville, Ontairo
>>On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Latella, Vincent
>><VINCENT -dot- LATELLA -at- saic -dot- com>wrote:
>>
>>> "Agreed. I am lucky enough to telecommute one day a week. No one offered
>>> it to me. I saw others doing it and I had to make a business case for
>>> it. Others in my company do it more often, but some of these people say
>>> they struggle for recognition. I think if a company is begun on the
>>> principal of the virtual office, telecommuting will be an everyday
>>> thing. Otherwise, not so much."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Just out of curiosity, how did you (or any of the other TECHWR-Lers out
>>> there) go about making "a business case for it?"
>>>
>>> I am toying with the idea of moving to two hours from my current place
>>> of work, and before I *really* start looking, I am preparing to discuss
>>> it with my manager to see if a partial telecommute schedule is even an
>>> option.
>>>
>>> It's not unprecedented here; one of my colleagues lives four hours away
>>> and comes into the office three days per week (staying at his in-laws'
>>> near work two nights), and works at home on Monday and Friday.
>>>
>>> While I can easily put together a case explaining how such an
>>> arrangement wouldn't diminish my productivity, I'd probably have a hard
>>> time coming up with reasons as to how it would *benefit* the company.
>>> Nobody telecommutes 100% here, so everyone has an office or a cubicle.
>>> That said, it's not like they'd be saving on space.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I was just curious as to how you brought it up, and what your
>>> justification entailed.
>>>
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>>Message: 8
>>Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 12:21:14 -0700
>>From: Jay Maechtlen <techwriter -at- covad -dot- net>
>>Subject: Re: PDF not capturing text in Visio diagram
>>To: Greg Brown <greg -dot- brown -at- pronto -dot- com -dot- au>
>>Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>>Message-ID: <49FF402A -dot- 9040306 -at- covad -dot- net>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>>Word and Visio have some issues there.
>>Best approach I have is to create EMF from Visio, then use the EMF in 
>>Wierd. (uh, Word)
>>cheers
>>Jay
>>
>>Greg Brown wrote:
>>> In several of our manuals (authored in Word) there is a Visio diagram
>>> included in the introductory section. This diagram will typically be a
>>> fairly simple flow chart including arrows, text and shapes. The flow
>>> chart is used to indicate the series of steps included in the manual.
>>> However, almost all of the time that I create a PDF from the Word
>>> document, the Visio diagram is included in the PDF without any of the
>>> text. It is definitely there in the diagram and shows in the Word
>>> document, but is nearly always missing from the PDF.
>>> I have tried a few things like sending the text to front etc but doesn't
>>> seem to fix the problem.
>>>  
>>> Has anyone seen this and know what the problem is?
>>>  
>>> Tools used:
>>>  
>>> Adobe Acrobat Standard 7 (Version 7.1.1)
>>> Word 2002 SP3
>>> Windows XP SP2
>>> Visio 2003
>>>  
>>>  
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Greg
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>>Message: 9
>>Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 12:29:42 -0700
>>From: Jay Maechtlen <techwriter -at- covad -dot- net>
>>Subject: Re: Tools: Free image-processing software
>>To: Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>
>>Cc: CEL <copyediting-l -at- listserv -dot- indiana -dot- edu>,	TECHWR-L Writing
>>	<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
>>Message-ID: <49FF4226 -dot- 5030906 -at- covad -dot- net>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>>Looks like an interesting feature set.
>>Appears to be quite different from Gimp, PaintWhatsit, or Photo Whatever.
>>Not (just) for making 'pretty pictures'.
>>
>>wow- look at the plugins....
>>
>>cheers
>>Jay
>>
>>Geoff Hart wrote:
>>> For those of us who must occasionally grapple with graphics, NIH has  
>>> made available their ImageJ software (http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/). I  
>>> won't have a chance to download and play with this for many weeks, but  
>>> it looks cool, and the price (free) is certainly right. It's designed  
>>> for use by scientists, so downloader beware!
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Geoff Hart (www.geoff-hart.com)
>>> ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca / geoffhart -at- mac -dot- com
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>Message: 10
>>Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 12:32:06 -0700
>>From: Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com>
>>Subject: Re: telecommute
>>To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>>Message-ID:
>>	<746d910c0905041232o63e5a926r852c5f0e8c362df8 -at- mail -dot- gmail -dot- com>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>>Looks like a lot of great resources online found by Googling on that title:
>>
>>http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS293US293&q=Smart+Valley+Telecommuting+Guide
>>
>>> Chris
>>
>>On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Suzette Leeming
>><suzette -dot- leeming -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:
>>
>>> Initially, I had telecommuted because I knew the owners of the company and
>>> they wanted me. I said, "If you allow me to work from home, you've got a
>>> deal".
>>>
>>> In my next job, the company had a high degree of turnover in their
>>> development staff, and I was often heard to exclaim, "If we have no
>>> developers, you won't be needed me too much longer." My manager later asked
>>> if there was anything that would convince me to leave. I told her that if I
>>> could find a company that would allow me to telecommute, I'd be gone in a
>>> flash.
>>>
>>> I then gave that manager a copy of the Smart Valley Telecommuting Guide,
>>> which does a very good job of explaining the implementation of
>>> telecommuting
>>> policies, measurements, etc. I also did a business plan, showing how I'd be
>>> more productive because of the lack of commuting (plus the time we take to
>>> dress up, put makeup on, etc.) and the problems we face with each Canadian
>>> winter (unable to make it to work, taking my life into my own hands, etc.)
>>> There was also electricity to be saved, floor space (for a crowded
>>> department), etc. Plus all the intangible stuff life Life/Work Balance,
>>> Employee Satisfaction, etc.
>>>
>>> So, not only did I tell her the benefits of allowing me to telecommute, I
>>> also gave her what she needed as a manager to manage a remote employee,
>>> measurements of success/failure, etc.
>>>
>>> Two weeks later, a telecommuting agreement showed up on my desk.
>>>
>>> If I still had a copy of the business plan I prepared, I'd send it to you,
>>> but that was over 10 years ago, and I have no idea if Ikept it.
>>>
>>> Suzette Leeming
>>> Stouffville, Ontairo
>>> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Latella, Vincent
>>> <VINCENT -dot- LATELLA -at- saic -dot- com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Agreed. I am lucky enough to telecommute one day a week. No one offered
>>>> it to me. I saw others doing it and I had to make a business case for
>>>> it. Others in my company do it more often, but some of these people say
>>>> they struggle for recognition. I think if a company is begun on the
>>>> principal of the virtual office, telecommuting will be an everyday
>>>> thing. Otherwise, not so much."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Just out of curiosity, how did you (or any of the other TECHWR-Lers out
>>>> there) go about making "a business case for it?"
>>>>
>>>> I am toying with the idea of moving to two hours from my current place
>>>> of work, and before I *really* start looking, I am preparing to discuss
>>>> it with my manager to see if a partial telecommute schedule is even an
>>>> option.
>>>>
>>>> It's not unprecedented here; one of my colleagues lives four hours away
>>>> and comes into the office three days per week (staying at his in-laws'
>>>> near work two nights), and works at home on Monday and Friday.
>>>>
>>>> While I can easily put together a case explaining how such an
>>>> arrangement wouldn't diminish my productivity, I'd probably have a hard
>>>> time coming up with reasons as to how it would *benefit* the company.
>>>> Nobody telecommutes 100% here, so everyone has an office or a cubicle.
>>>> That said, it's not like they'd be saving on space.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, I was just curious as to how you brought it up, and what your
>>>> justification entailed.
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>>Message: 11
>>Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 13:26:23 -0700
>>From: "Monique Semp" <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net>
>>Subject: recent thread - hiding info in Word templates ?
>>To: "techwr-l" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
>>Message-ID: <380-22009514202623562 -at- earthlink -dot- net>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>>
>>I'm thinking I remember a recent thread about people "hiding" their name and/or company info in rarely used paragraph or char styles in a template, with the intent of being able to later track down/prove that they were the one who created said template.
>>
>>Anyone know whether it was on this list or not?  And if yes, do you have the thread's subject name so I could re-read the info?
>>
>>TIA,
>>-Monique
>>
>>------------------------------
>>
>>Message: 12
>>Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 14:04:03 -0700
>>From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
>>Subject: Re: PDF not capturing text in Visio diagram
>>To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>>Message-ID:
>>	<1c13e71c0905041404g5d5350b8p3c7256b08d7a87ae -at- mail -dot- gmail -dot- com>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>>That's basically the same solution I've used the several times I've
>>encountered bad PDF output from Visio diagrams embedded in FrameMaker,
>>though I use AI or EPS, since I've had nothing but trouble with
>>Windows metafiles.
>>
>>On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Jay Maechtlen <techwriter -at- covad -dot- net> wrote:
>>> Word and Visio have some issues there.
>>> Best approach I have is to create EMF from Visio, then use the EMF in
>>> Wierd. (uh, Word)
>>> cheers
>>> Jay
>>
>>
>>------------------------------
>>
>>Message: 13
>>Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 17:04:55 -0400
>>From: Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>
>>Subject: Recent thread - hiding info in Word templates ?
>>To: TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>,
>>	monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net
>>Message-ID: <39636BCE-E759-4D5F-A85E-E346F6E64CB3 -at- videotron -dot- ca>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
>>
>>Monique Semp wondered: <<I'm thinking I remember a recent thread about  
>>people "hiding" their name and/or company info in rarely used  
>>paragraph or char styles in a template, with the intent of being able  
>>to later track down/prove that they were the one who created said  
>>template.>>
>>
>>I don't recall it being discussed here, but it seems like you could do  
>>this easily enough by creating a style named (for example)  
>>ZbyMonique2009 so that the style name appears at the end of the list  
>>of styles, where nobody is ever likely to find it. If you define but  
>>don't use the style, it appears way down at the end; if you set Word  
>>to display "only styles in use", it won't even appear in the list.
>>
>>But there are other ways. Just about nobody seems to know that Word  
>>offers a document properties feature (under the File menu) that lets  
>>you define all kinds of useful stuff, such as the title, creator name,  
>>and organization. Those who do rarely look under the "Contents" or  
>>"Custom" tabs, so both would be good places to hide the information...  
>>particularly if you put "created by" in the Summary tab, so a careless  
>>thief would delete your name there and never look farther.
>>
>>Another great trick is to type your name in the footer, and change the  
>>text color to white. Most would-be pirates won't see it even if they  
>>think to look there.
>>
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
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>>Message: 14
>>Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 17:15:52 -0400
>>From: "Lauren M. LeDuc" <lleduc -at- designnettech -dot- com>
>>Subject: RE: recent thread - hiding info in Word templates ?
>>To: <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net>,	<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
>>Message-ID: <20090504210821 -dot- EEZI732 -dot- dukecmmtar03 -dot- coxmail -dot- com -at- LaurenPC>
>>Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="US-ASCII"
>>
>>
>>
>>Monique Semp wondered...."I'm thinking I remember a recent thread about
>>people "hiding" their name and/or company info in rarely used paragraph or
>>char styles in a template, with the intent of being able to later track
>>down/prove that they were the one who created said template.
>>Anyone know whether it was on this list or not?  And if yes, do you have the
>>thread's subject name so I could re-read the info?"
>>
>>Yes, it was here, see below.  I'm sure you can search the archives with this
>>info to find the rest of the conversation.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: techwr-l-bounces+lleduc=designnettech -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>>[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lleduc=designnettech -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
>>Behalf Of Evans, Diane L (Rosetta)
>>Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 12:32 PM
>>Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>>Subject: RE: Sample document creation for contract position
>>
>>This is the advice that I gave the other woman on how to "copyright"
>>documents:
>>
>>
>>
>>Most people who are dumb enough to steal an electronic file also don't
>>know a lot about Microsoft Word. Here are some ways to "prove" that the
>>template once belonged to you:
>>
>>1. Make a character style called "MyName" and have it identical to
>>Normal. Use it for random words in the document. Chances are, any
>>copy-and-paste will preserve the style. Even if a new style is created
>>later on that replaces it, the style should still hang around in the
>>template.
>>
>>2. Make a picture that is maybe 2 pixels by 2 pixels. It should be
>>totally white, and named "MyNameSpace" or something similar. Use this
>>picture liberally through your template.
>>
>>3. Before handing off a template to someone, be sure that you have put a
>>watermark in the background, "This template is copyrighted by MyName."
>>Don't have it so large that it overwhelms the template, but have it
>>large enough to be noticed.
>>
>>If you do all three of these things, the person receiving the template
>>would probably figure out how to remove the watermark, but not notice #1
>>and #2.
>>
>>Several years ago, I heard of similar techniques for getting a resume
>>noticed. One was to put key words in 1 point font and use this for
>>dotted lines in the resume. The other was to format the key words in
>>white and use them for spaces between lines. In either case, an
>>electronic search would bring your resume floating to the top of the
>>pile.
>>
>>Lesson learned on the dangers of handing over templates to a
>>non-employer; time to just move on.
>>
>>Diane Evans, who has a love-hate relationship with Word.
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>>Message: 15
>>Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 15:55:20 -0600
>>From: "Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>
>>Subject: RE: Amazing what you can do with paper prototypes
>>To: <beelia -at- pacbell -dot- net>
>>Cc: Techwr-l <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
>>Message-ID:
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>>Content-Type: text/plain;	charset="us-ascii"
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>>Beelia wrote:
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>>> Thanks - I'm adding this one to my collection of great web animation!
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>>> I almost missed it, though. Is anyone else sick of those tedious Doc-
>>> to-Help
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>>Um, no, you _aren't_ "constantly having to scroll past them." They
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>>Message: 16
>>Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 22:31:33 -0700
>>From: Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
>>Subject: Re: PDF not capturing text in Visio diagram
>>To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>>Message-ID:
>>	<1c13e71c0905042231m63f8613bme5edd1f525b8b0c0 -at- mail -dot- gmail -dot- com>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>>
>>Bitmaps work but make sure you match the output resolution or it might
>>get munged. Vector (AI or EPS) is safer.
>>
>>On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:19 PM, Greg Brown <greg -dot- brown -at- pronto -dot- com -dot- au> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Thanks for your replies.
>>> I tried the emf file option that was suggested, and it still didn't
>>> work. The text was not included in the diagram in the PDF but seemed to
>>> be included randomly as heading 1 over the next few pages! The png
>>> option seemed to work.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Greg
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: techwr-l-bounces+greg -dot- brown=pronto -dot- com -dot- au -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>>> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+greg -dot- brown=pronto -dot- com -dot- au -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
>>> Behalf Of Robert Lauriston
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 5 May 2009 7:04 AM
>>> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>>> Subject: Re: PDF not capturing text in Visio diagram
>>>
>>> That's basically the same solution I've used the several times I've
>>> encountered bad PDF output from Visio diagrams embedded in FrameMaker,
>>> though I use AI or EPS, since I've had nothing but trouble with Windows
>>> metafiles.
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Jay Maechtlen <techwriter -at- covad -dot- net>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Word and Visio have some issues there.
>>>> Best approach I have is to create EMF from Visio, then use the EMF in
>>>> Wierd. (uh, Word) cheers Jay
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