Subject:Re: My cropped graphics won't compress From:"Edgar D' Souza" <edgar -dot- b -dot- dsouza -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Lauren <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu> Date:Tue, 5 Jun 2007 09:48:47 +0530
Sighh...
I said:
> > Plenty of tech writers have had much better results with linking in
> > separately-saved image files into their documents, rather than pasting
> > screenshots directly into Word docs.
You said:
> I have
> had managers tell me, "Oh, I made some changes to your document and now the
> <whatever> won't work."
Managers <> Tech Writers.
If you have other people messing around with your source docs and
denying you the use of graphics programs and whatever else... I feel
sorry for you, but what you're suffering doesn't change the reality
for the majority of TWs across the world. As I see it, this is a
tools, issue and not a socio-political one. I have already
acknowledged that in your restrictive situation, you have to use what
you're allowed to use. That should be understood to extend to a
situation where you have other people messing with your source docs -
if you're stuck with it, you're stuck with it.
Other TWs, who are empowered with full control of their documents,
should link instead of embedding (IMHO).
Regards,
Ed.
On 6/5/07, Lauren <lt34 -at- csus -dot- edu> wrote:
> to Word documents. In an ideal world that is nice solution. Then I have
> had managers tell me, "Oh, I made some changes to your document and now the
> <whatever> won't work." Oftentimes, the graphics are the "whatever" and
> they get broken if they are not imbedded in the document.
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