RE: Flare problem: Images not displaying in WebHelp

Subject: RE: Flare problem: Images not displaying in WebHelp
From: "Ed" <hamonwry12 -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: <magk -at- mindspring -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 13:32:39 -0500

That's odd.

The first thing that comes to mind is the "Mark of the Web" setting. See if
it is selected in your target: advanced tab> Insert mark of the web.

The other thing I can think of is if the path to the images is absolute, but
I wouldn't expect that to be an issue since you see the images in Firefox.

Good luck!
-=Ed.

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> Subject: Flare problem: Images not displaying in WebHelp
>
> Hi,
>
> I used MadCap Flare to build a WebHelp-based online help
> system. Everything displays well in Firefox, but none of my
> images display in IE. I submitted a support call to MadCap
> and downloaded a copy of my project, but have not heard anything else.
>
> I also checked MadCap's knowledge base and tried a solution
> posted there, but this did not work.
>
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
> Gina
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> > 1. Framers list problems? (Caroline Tabach)
> > 2. Re: Framers list problems? (Yves Barbion)
> > 3. RE: Snag-It 9.0 Again (Roger Bell)
> > 4. RE: Snag-It 9.0 Again (Downing, David)
> > 5. Re: What's MS Experience worth on your resume?
> > (Laura Praderio Lynn)
> > 6. Re: What's MS Experience worth on your resume? (Dana Worley)
> > 7. TOOLS: SnagIt, remove the middle of the capture, was Re:
> > Snag-It 9.0 Again (Gregory P Sweet)
> > 8. Re: What's MS Experience worth on your resume? (Jerry Kindall)
> > 9. FrameMaker 8: Table numbering reset after text inset?
> (Lin Sims)
> > 10. Re: FrameMaker 8: Table numbering reset after text inset?
> > (Lin Sims)
> > 11. Re: What's MS Experience worth on your resume? (Gene Kim-Eng)
> > 12. Re: FrameMaker 8: Table numbering reset after text inset?
> > (Peter Gold)
> > 13. An organizational conundrum (Holly Steele) 14. Re:
> FrameMaker 8:
> > Table numbering reset after text inset?
> > (Lin Sims)
> >
> >
> >-------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------
> >
> >Message: 1
> >Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:15:11 +0300
> >From: "Caroline Tabach" <caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com>
> >Subject: Framers list problems?
> >To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
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> > <ff2460010808040215t60a72394rf9f5e86fbabff0ff -at- mail -dot- gmail -dot- com>
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> >Has anyone noticed problems with the Framers list in the
> last week? It
> >seems that I have not received any mail on that list since
> July 25th,
> >which is a shame since it is a very useful list
> >
> >--
> >Caroline Tabach
> >Technical Writer
> >e-mail: caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 2
> >Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:51:08 +0200
> >From: "Yves Barbion" <yves -dot- barbion -at- gmail -dot- com>
> >Subject: Re: Framers list problems?
> >To: "Caroline Tabach" <caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com>
> >Cc: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
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> >
> >Indeed Caroline
> >
> >I have the same problem here. I hope it gets fixed soon.
> >
> >
> >--
> >Yves Barbion ? Managing Director Scripto ? Adobe-Certified
> FrameMaker
> >Instructor www.scripto.nu ? skype: yves.barbion ? T: +32 494 12 01 89
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> >
> >On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Caroline Tabach
> ><caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com>wrote:
> >
> >> Has anyone noticed problems with the Framers list in the
> last week?
> >> It seems that I have not received any mail on that list since July
> >> 25th, which is a shame since it is a very useful list
> >>
> >> --
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> >Message: 3
> >Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:46:21 -0400
> >From: "Roger Bell" <RBell -at- vcgsoftware -dot- com>
> >Subject: RE: Snag-It 9.0 Again
> >To: "Rick Stone" <rstone75 -at- kc -dot- rr -dot- com>
> >Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> >Message-ID:
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> ><DB814513BA91294C8F2CB0B21BC5A76602644013 -at- vcgexch1 -dot- corp -dot- vcgso
ftware.com
> >>
> >
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> >
> >Thanks for the info., Rick. I don't use callouts or highlights and I
> >don't rescale, so I can't speak to HyperSnap's capabilities. While I
> >don't use any torn edge effect, such stamps are available in
> HyperSnap.
> >Don't know about RSC.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Roger
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Rick Stone [mailto:rstone75 -at- kc -dot- rr -dot- com]
> >Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 11:27 AM
> >Subject: Re: Snag-It 9.0 Again
> >
> >Hi Roger
> >
> >SnagIt makes some of the editing tasks super easy. Keep in mind that
> >I'm comparing to RoboScreenCapture (RSC), so HyperSnap may
> well do some
> >of the things easily that I've noticed are either outright
> impossible
> >to achieve, or very difficult.
> >
> >Want to add a callout to your capture? Click the callout
> icon and add
> >it. With RSC, you had better have the text positioned
> exactly where you
> >want it, as it isn't added in another layer. With SnagIt,
> you add the
> >callout and can move it around and adjust the callout pointer. Same
> >goes with highlight shapes like arrows or circles or other outlines.
> >Highlights seem to be limited to four colors with RSC
> >
> >This next feature falls more into the category that some
> will view as
> >pure fluff, but that little SnagIt torn edge effect is like
> crack to me.
> >
> >I love it. I think it's great because it allows me to
> illustrate (quite
> >easily) that I'm calling focus to one corner of a much
> larger dialog.
> >More exists, but we are looking here in this area.
> >
> >With SnagIt, if you rescale the image, I find the results
> more pleasing
> >to the eye than rescaling using RSC. So the algorithm used must be
> >different for each app.
> >
> >Now here is an area where RSC has a definite advantage over SnagIt.
> >Touching up images. Using tools like Microsoft Paint offers to touch
> >up, remove portions, stuff like that.
> >
> >Cheers... Rick :)
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 4
> >Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:14:14 -0400
> >From: "Downing, David" <DavidDowning -at- Users -dot- com>
> >Subject: RE: Snag-It 9.0 Again
> >To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> >Message-ID: <EAA7B77830F16A42A67406DE98EC1B9F0B06B81E -at- ptah -dot- users -dot- com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> >From: "Roger Bell" <RBell -at- vcgsoftware -dot- com>
> >Subject: RE: Snag-It 9.0 Again
> >
> >Regarding Snag-It in general...not this particular version,
> what is the
> >upside of Snag-It over less expensive screen capture and editing
> >programs such as HyperSnap? We use the most recent version
> of HyperSnap
> >and it works like a breeze and has had the multiple image
> feature for
> >quite awhile. RoboHelp's included screen capture utility is based on
> >HyperSnap, although it may be an older version. I tried an older
> >version of Snag-It but didn't see any feature that stood out.
> >
> >-----------------------------------------------------
> >
> >I've got a co-worker here who really likes the "ragged edge"
> feature,
> >the ability to draw red circles around selected parts of a
> picture, and
> >the ability to dim out all but a selected part of the picture.
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 5
> >Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:16:52 -0600
> >From: Laura Praderio Lynn <lpraderio -at- alpineclimbs -dot- com>
> >Subject: Re: What's MS Experience worth on your resume?
> >To: voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com>
> >Cc: "McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>, TECHWR-L
> > <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> >Message-ID: <48971D64 -dot- 3050300 -at- alpineclimbs -dot- com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> >
> >HP had a similar experience a few years ago whereby they let go of a
> >group in the U.S. then rehired them back immediately as contractors.
> >the former employees filed a lawsuit and won. the new rule at HP is
> >that you can't hire someone back for one year as either a
> contractor or
> >full-time employee.
> >
> >voxwoman wrote:
> >> This has to do with the 9th Circuit Court ruling many
> years ago (2000? 2001?
> >> 1999? '98?). The contractors sued microsoft because they
> were denied
> >> stock options and watched the "real" employees doing the same work
> >> one desk over become millionaires while they just collected their
> >> paychecks. The Court ruling found that since the contractors were
> >> continuously employed for a long period of time (sometimes
> 10 or more
> >> years), they were de-facto employees and then granted a
> large settlement.
> >>
> >> The 100 days of layoffs is the loophole to keep from
> hiring real employees.
> >> After the ruling, most US corporations started similar practices.
> >>
> >> -Wendy
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 12:18 PM, McLauchlan, Kevin <
> >> Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From:
> >>>
> techwr-l-bounces+kevin -dot- mclauchlan=safenet-inc -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> >>>
> [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+kevin.mclauchlan<techwr-l-bounces%2Bkevin.m
> >>> clauchlan>
> >>> =safenet-inc -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-
> >>>> l.com] On Behalf Of Milan Davidovic
> >>>> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 11:31
> >>>> To: TECHWR-L
> >>>> Subject: What's MS Experience worth on your resume?
> >>>>
> >>>> Just saw this posting over at the STC Forum:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://stcforum.org/viewtopic.php?id=1481
> >>>>
> >>>> and it got me wondering whether having experience
> working for MS in
> >>>> itself could make him a more attractive candidate, or
> what ways he
> >>>> could use it to his advantage in looking for other work
> to fill in
> >>>> those 100-day gaps.
> >>> Are there no workarounds that he could use?
> >>>
> >>> Does Microsoft (or any other big company) create projects
> that last
> >>> only
> >>> 265 calendar days (or whatever lesser number of working-days that
> >>> works out to...)? Or do they just have big projects into
> which they
> >>> slot one contractor after another?
> >>>
> >>> What would the US employment and taxation rules say about the guy
> >>> having a corporation that would hire him (who co-incidentally was
> >>> the major/only share-holder) for 100 days out of every year, and
> >>> that corporation would contract to provide writing services to
> >>> Microsoft when he wasn't working directly for Microsoft itself...?
> >>>
> >>> No, huh?
> >>>
> >>> Tax man discourages that sort of thing?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On a different-but-related note, how persuasive is recent,
> >>> successful Microsoft working experience, when one is applying to
> >>> Microsoft after 100 days away from them? Does one tend to slide
> >>> easily back into an existing project when one's
> successor-contractor
> >>> is ready to depart? Or does one start over and fight for
> the job like anybody off the street?
> >>>
> >>> - Kevin
> >>> (in Canada, and a staffer, not a contractor, so I'm just curious
> >>> how the other half lives)
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> >Message: 6
> >Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:35:06 -0600
> >From: "Dana Worley" <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com>
> >Subject: Re: What's MS Experience worth on your resume?
> >To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> >Message-ID: <4896CD4A -dot- 6512 -dot- 3097C2 -at- dana -dot- campbellsci -dot- com>
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> >On Friday, August 01, 2008, Milan Davidovic wrote:
> >
> >> and it got me wondering whether having experience working
> for MS in
> >> itself could make him a more attractive candidate, or what ways he
> >> could use it to his advantage in looking for other work to fill in
> >> those 100-day gaps.
> >
> >
> >To answer the original question ;) -- Yes.
> >
> >I have known people who have applied for positions at
> Microsoft, and I
> >know folks who work at Microsoft (as we all probably do :) The
> >interviewing/hiring process is rigorous and all the people I
> know who work there are top notch.
> >The ones I've met are dedicated (most work long hours) but remain
> >upbeat and enthusiastic. All the qualities one wants in a potential
> >employee (smart, hardworking, and nice to be around).
> >
> >This is my experience -- as always, YMMV.
> >
> >Dana W.
> >
> >(Yes, I am a Microsoft MVP. No, I don't work for them and they don't
> >pay me to say nice things about them or their employees ;)
> >
> >
> >***************************
> >Dana Worley
> >Software Product Manager/Manager, Software Support Group Campbell
> >Scientific, Inc.
> >Microsoft MVP, Windows Help
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 7
> >Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 12:58:57 -0400
> >From: Gregory P Sweet <gps03 -at- health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us>
> >Subject: TOOLS: SnagIt, remove the middle of the capture, was Re:
> > Snag-It 9.0 Again
> >To: "Meryl R. Cohen" <merylster -at- gmail -dot- com>
> >Cc: techwr-l-bounces+gps03=health -dot- state -dot- ny -dot- us -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com,
> > techwr-l List <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> >Message-ID: <20080804165726 -dot- EA7398E421 -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
> >
> >Meryl,
> >
> >> And yes I love the ragged edge thing! One thing I wish I
> could do is
> >> take
> >a
> >> slice out of the middle of a screenshot sometimes. So that
> I can show
> >> the top and a few items and then the controls on the bottom.
> >>
> >
> >You can do this right now in either SnagIT 8 or 9.
> >
> >In 8:
> >1. Select the region to cut out of the middle of the image 2. Select
> >Edit > Join
> >
> >In 9
> >1. Select the area to be cut out of the image 2. Select the
> Image tab,
> >and click Cut Out
> >
> >As the basic Join/Cut Out doesn't highlight that some thing
> is missing
> >from the page, I do the following:
> >
> >In 8
> >1. Select the bottom portion and apply torn edge 2. Select the top
> >portion and apply a second torm edge 3. Select the middle
> portion space
> >and select Edit > Join.
> >
> >In 9 You can create a custom work flow. You have a little
> more to do to
> >set everything up inthe begining but then you could work really fast.
> >1. Add the selection tool to the quick access tool bar.
> >2. Add a top section torn edge style to your Quick Access
> Styles 3. Add
> >a bottom section torn edge style to your Quick Access Styles
> >
> >When you are ready to process an image:
> >1. Select the bottom portion and apply quick style 2. Select the top
> >portion and apply a second quick style 3. Select the middle
> portion and
> >click Cut Out
> >
> >Now the next thing they can do to make task like this even
> easier is to
> >give the option of turning those ragged edges to the inside of the
> >bounding box. The you'd only have to select the middle section adn
> >apply the edge effect once.
> >
> >Gregory P. Sweet
> >Health Media Training Specialist, Certified Synchronous
> Learning Expert
> >
> >Bureau of HEALTHCOM Network Systems Management New York State
> >Department of Health
> >
> >
> >
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> >Message: 8
> >Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 09:50:59 -0700
> >From: "Jerry Kindall" <j -dot- kindall -at- tecplot -dot- com>
> >Subject: Re: What's MS Experience worth on your resume?
> >To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> >Message-ID:
> > <E1571DB16CBC0946A1D36FA15112E706024AEDB0 -at- tecsvr40 -dot- amtec -dot- org>
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> >
> >Just to fill in some background on the mechanics of contracting at
> >Microsoft:
> >
> >There are two types of contractors at Microsoft: agency temps and
> >vendors. (These are often referred to as "a-dash" and
> "v-dash" because
> >all agency temps have aliases beginning with "a-" and
> vendors have "v-".
> >"Alias" in this context is Microsoftese for your network account ID.)
> >
> >Agency temps are subject to the 100-day rule: after 365 days of
> >continuous service, you must take 100 days off from
> Microsoft. Vendors
> >are not subject to this rule. However, you must take a
> 100-day break
> >when going from agency temp to vendor, specifically to rule out
> >continuing as a vendor after your year as an agency temp.
> (Going from
> >vendor to agency temp is no problem; your 365-day clock only starts
> >when you start as an a-dash. And of course you can go from either
> >status to employee with no hiatus.)
> >
> >What's the difference between the two types of contracts?
> Vendors must
> >provide all their own equipment (computer, etc.) and often
> work mostly
> >or entirely off site, often at home. Vendor contracts are typically
> >for the duration of a project rather than for a specific
> period of time.
> >Agency temps, on the other hand, are provided their equipment and
> >on-site office by Microsoft. Their contracts are time-limited.
> >
> >To further confuse matters, it is possible to do a vendor contract
> >through an agency. They provide your equipment, benefits,
> and so on,
> >and you are their employee, just like as if you were an
> agency temp. I
> >was recently an a-dash through Volt, but they also have a division
> >(VMC) that does v-dash contracts. (I worked with Lesli
> Sager at Volt's
> >Bothell office, which specializes in placing writers and other
> >"creatives," and highly recommend her.)
> >
> >Steyer Associates is a small agency I've had some dealings with that
> >specializes in placing technical writers on vendor
> contracts. There is
> >also a company called Workforce Logic that just takes a modest
> >percentage off the top -- you get no benefits, but you get to keep a
> >lot more of the cash, and you don't have to deal with incorporating,
> >becoming an approved vendor, and so on. (This can be a good deal if
> >you have insurance through your spouse's employer.)
> >
> >Getting back to the matter at hand, I had no difficulty getting a
> >non-Microsoft contract at a small non-MS company after my
> first year at
> >Microsoft was up. That contract was intended to be
> open-ended, but the
> >company ran low on money and let all their contractors go
> right about
> >the time I was eligible to go back to Microsoft. I can,
> however, see
> >this being more of a problem if you are young and don't yet
> have a lot
> >of experience.
> >
> >My advice in that case is not to waste your hiatus just collecting
> >unemployment and making the required three job contacts a week.
> >Instead, work on something that can serve as a sample while you're
> >looking for a job. Contribute documentation to an
> open-source project,
> >pitch in at a community forum, or start a Web site -- something that
> >will increase your visibility, show off your skills, and demonstrate
> >that you are motivated. This will look good regardless of where you
> >end up working in the future.
> >
> >In my experience, employers do like to see full-time
> employment rather
> >than extended contracting, although Microsoft is a bit of an
> exception
> >to this rule, since everyone knows they use a lot of agency temps.
> >Still, if you do two or three contracts at Microsoft and
> aren't offered
> >a full-time position, you may face pointed questions at
> interviews at
> >other companies about why you continued contracting. There
> are ways to
> >explain this (actually, if you're just out of school, you
> have a great
> >excuse: you're trying different things to see what you might
> like) but
> >you should be prepared to address it.
> >
> >If you do want a full-time position at Microsoft and are currently
> >working with an agency, you should definitely tell your
> recruiter that
> >you are interested in temp-to-hire contracts and preferentially take
> >contracts with that potential. As far as I can tell, it is
> not a faux
> >pas to ask about open headcount at a MS interview your
> agency has sent
> >you on, either. Definitely bring it up when they ask if you
> have any
> >questions.
> >
> >Good luck to Microsoft job hunters!
> >
> >--
> >Jerry Kindall - Tecplot
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 9
> >Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:31:54 -0400
> >From: "Lin Sims" <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>
> >Subject: FrameMaker 8: Table numbering reset after text inset?
> >To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com, framers -at- omsys -dot- com
> >Message-ID:
> > <4e5a15440808041131g5dc1fee5n9396cdc9d6781754 -at- mail -dot- gmail -dot- com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> >I have a chapter with 15 tables in it, all of which number perfectly
> >except for table 15, which for some reason thinks it's table 1.
> >
> >The table's title uses the same tag as all the other tables. None of
> >the paragraph tags between the last correctly numbered table and the
> >incorrectly numbered one use an autonumber scheme with the
> same label.
> >
> >There is a text inset between table 3-14 (correctly
> numbered) and 3-15
> >(incorrectly numbered as 3-1).
> >
> >All I can think is that the text inset has messed up the
> numbering, but
> >I don't know how.
> >
> >Has anyone else run into this? If so, how did you solve it?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >--
> >Lin Sims
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 10
> >Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:17:07 -0400
> >From: "Lin Sims" <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>
> >Subject: Re: FrameMaker 8: Table numbering reset after text inset?
> >To: john -at- garisons -dot- com, framers -at- omsys -dot- com, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> >Message-ID:
> > <4e5a15440808041217r5cdb2d37u6c94a742ca30b640 -at- mail -dot- gmail -dot- com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> >This is the numbering for the TableTitle.
> >
> >T:Table <$chapnum>-<n+>:\t
> >
> >I put my cursor in a correctly numbered table title and selected
> >Command > Global Update Options > Numbering Properties Only > All
> >Tagged TableTitle. I also tried Update All. Neither of these
> fixed the
> >problem.
> >
> >I think I'd better look at the MIF, and hope I remember enough to
> >decipher what's happening. :(
> >
> >On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 3:07 PM, <john -at- garisons -dot- com> wrote:
> >> Try this:
> >>
> >> Open Paragraph Designer (Format->Paragraph->Designer) with
> the last
> >> correct tag selected.
> >>
> >> Click the Numbering tab in Paragraph Designer
> >>
> >> Click something with the "wrong" tags
> >>
> >> Compare the numbering value of the right tag to the
> numbering value
> >> of the wrong tags
> >>
> >> Look for <n=0> and see if changing it to <n> or <n+> fixes it.
> >>
> >> Good luck!
> >>
> >> John G
> >>
> >>
> >>> I have a chapter with 15 tables in it, all of which
> number perfectly
> >>> except for table 15, which for some reason thinks it's table 1.
> >>>
> >>> The table's title uses the same tag as all the other
> tables. None of
> >>> the paragraph tags between the last correctly numbered
> table and the
> >>> incorrectly numbered one use an autonumber scheme with
> the same label.
> >>>
> >>> There is a text inset between table 3-14 (correctly numbered) and
> >>> 3-15 (incorrectly numbered as 3-1).
> >>>
> >>> All I can think is that the text inset has messed up the
> numbering,
> >>> but I don't know how.
> >>>
> >>> Has anyone else run into this? If so, how did you solve it?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Lin Sims
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 11
> >Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:18:33 -0700
> >From: "Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
> >Subject: Re: What's MS Experience worth on your resume?
> >To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> >Message-ID: <59B66FFF1A9E4E8A92D135F65EE8C84E -at- TDGKimEng>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> > reply-type=original
> >
> >This is a purely personal preference on my part, but if what
> I wanted
> >was a direct position with a company, I would not accept
> more than one
> >contract with them, and only on a clearly stated
> temp-to-hire basis.
> >If that 100-day temp employee layoff started to rear its
> head and there
> >was no direct offer in the works to convert me before it
> hit, I'd write
> >them off and move on.
> >
> >Gene Kim-Eng
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jerry Kindall" <j -dot- kindall -at- tecplot -dot- com>
> >> In my experience, employers do like to see full-time employment
> >> rather than extended contracting, although Microsoft is a
> bit of an
> >> exception to this rule, since everyone knows they use a
> lot of agency temps.
> >> Still, if you do two or three contracts at Microsoft and aren't
> >> offered a full-time position, you may face pointed questions at
> >> interviews at other companies about why you continued
> contracting.
> >> There are ways to explain this (actually, if you're just out of
> >> school, you have a great
> >> excuse: you're trying different things to see what you might like)
> >> but you should be prepared to address it.
> >>
> >> If you do want a full-time position at Microsoft and are currently
> >> working with an agency, you should definitely tell your recruiter
> >> that you are interested in temp-to-hire contracts and
> preferentially
> >> take contracts with that potential. As far as I can tell,
> it is not
> >> a faux pas to ask about open headcount at a MS interview
> your agency
> >> has sent you on, either. Definitely bring it up when they
> ask if you
> >> have any questions.
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 12
> >Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 16:07:43 -0500
> >From: "Peter Gold" <peter -at- knowhowpro -dot- com>
> >Subject: Re: FrameMaker 8: Table numbering reset after text inset?
> >To: "Lin Sims" <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>
> >Cc: framers -at- omsys -dot- com, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> >Message-ID:
> > <905e72990808041407u3f2621c9vbcd9a2814e8bb4b8 -at- mail -dot- gmail -dot- com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> >
> >Hi, Lin:
> >
> >If all other autonumbered items that follow the text inset are
> >incorrect including the table, it's likely that the text
> flow is broken
> >near the inset. Have you tried selecting all in flow and
> viewing in 25%
> >view, to see that the selection is continuous throughout the file?
> >
> >If only the table is incorrect (ie, all other autonumbered items
> >following the inset are correct), then it may be possible that the
> >table is somehow disconnected from the flow, perhaps by
> being in a text
> >frame in a graphic frame.
> >
> >Another possibility that you mentioned having checked may be extra
> >tricky; if there's a tiny blank paragraph that's autonumbered in the
> >same series, it's possible to overlook its presence, and
> just see its
> >effect - resetting the table number.
> >
> >Have you tried selecting the inset and perhaps a paragraph or two
> >before and after it, and cutting to the clipboard, to see if
> the table
> >number is corrected? That could indicate that the problem is located
> >somewhere in the stuff on the clipboard.
> >
> >HTH
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Peter
> >__________________
> >Peter Gold
> >KnowHow ProServices
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 13
> >Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 17:04:08 -0500
> >From: "Holly Steele" <hsteele1 -at- gmail -dot- com>
> >Subject: An organizational conundrum
> >To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
> >Cc: "lara. johnson Johnson" <llfjohnson -at- gmail -dot- com>, "lara. johnson"
> > <Lara -dot- Johnson -at- cengea -dot- com>
> >Message-ID:
> > <bf1679400808041504k733e8a2fge7f846ea742d3779 -at- mail -dot- gmail -dot- com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
> >
> >Hello everyone
> >
> >I want to say first how grateful I am to all you who read my
> questions
> >and give suggestions. Techwr-l is a really excellent resource, so I
> >want to thank you all.
> >
> >I have an organizational conundrum. I have a solution, but I
> don't like
> >the solution because document management is not controlled.
> >
> >The company I am working for has four common documents that
> are used in
> >different user guides. Some user guides use all four, some two or
> >three, and some only one.
> >
> >These common documents live on the network drive as subfolders in a
> >folder called Common.
> >
> >Clear, easy document management so far.
> >
> >Here is where the problem starts...
> >
> >User guides are designed for an Agriculture and Forest
> audience. I have
> >used templates and hidden styles to create conditional text
> and images
> >in the areas where the User Guides differ for the different users.
> >
> >Each manual is composed of chapters.
> >
> >Manual A has 13 chapters plus 4 common chapters
> >
> >Manual B has 1 chapter and 2 common chapters
> >
> >I need to create one full document for the client and also
> to send to
> >reviewers.
> >
> >Using INCLUDETEXT is not an option because when I do that,
> the document
> >won't open properly or display the images. Also, I need to embed all
> >the images in each chapter because I am importing to Flare and Flare
> >doesn't accept linked images. With all the embedded images, the
> >document is too large for the computer and odd things start
> to happen.
> >
> >So, my co-worker and I decided to use PDF to try to solve
> the problem
> >and grab the individual chapters by PDF and put it all together.
> >
> >Sounds great, right. Keep the common chapters in the common
> folder and
> >the specific user guide chapters in their respective folders
> and just
> >grab what you need. Place the PDF somewhere that makes sense and we
> >have a good document organizational system.
> >Unfortunately, things are seldom as easy as they seem. What
> about the
> >Table of Contents? Ah yes, RD fields.
> >
> >To create RD fields, all the chapters need to be in the same folder.
> >This means that, for example, the QB common chapter will
> need to be in
> >the Manual A folder as well as the Manual B folder.
> >
> >To make matters worse, the page numbers will be different (I
> suspect)
> >when using the Agriculture template, the Forest template, and the
> >review template. So, to get the pagination right for the RD
> fields we
> >need to make three copies of QB (one for the Agriculture
> folder, one
> >for the Forest folder, and one for the review folder (Review
> copy shows
> >all conditional
> >text))
> >
> >My concern is that with all these copies around someone will make
> >changes to a copy and those changes will not get transferred
> to the QB
> >document that lives in the common folder.
> >
> >I could use read-only files in the different user guide
> folders. That
> >would solve the problem of people changing the wrong version, but I
> >would have a bigger problem: if a change was made to QB (in
> the Common
> >folder), that document would have to be copied to all the
> manuals that
> >use that chapter (I am not sure how many use that
> chapter...but I think
> >at least 5, possibly more).
> >
> >They want single-sourcing so this kind of mess doesn't happen. But,
> >putting the chapters together with INCLUDETEXT doesn't seem
> to work either.
> >
> >I would love to be able to do this project in a system that
> would suit
> >my needs better (like FrameMaker). However, the company wants
> >everything in Word and on-line help.
> >
> >So, if you are up for a puzzle, I would love to hear your
> suggestions.
> >
> >Thanks everyone.
> >
> >Holly
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
> >
> >Message: 14
> >Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:02:17 -0400
> >From: "Lin Sims" <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com>
> >Subject: Re: FrameMaker 8: Table numbering reset after text inset?
> >To: peter -at- knowhowpro -dot- com, art -dot- campbell -at- gmail -dot- com, jeremy -at- omsys -dot- com,
> > Fred -dot- Staal -at- schilling -dot- com, john -at- garisons -dot- com
> >Cc: framers -at- omsys -dot- com, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> >Message-ID:
> > <4e5a15440808041702u5adbffbag5eb064d61fb0dcca -at- mail -dot- gmail -dot- com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> >Sometimes it's so obvious you miss it.
> >
> >I found the problem. Like an idiot, I apparently used the
> same bloody
> >label for the Table numbering AND the table step numbering tags. My
> >only excuse is that I'm trying to develop a template at the
> same time
> >I'm trying to create documentation, all of which was wanted
> yesterday.
> >(Isn't that always the way?) And I missed it. *sigh*
> >
> >Thank you, Fred, for making me look VERY closely at some of the tags
> >I'd created. Your suggestion of removing from a few
> paragraphs before
> >to a few paragraphs after the inset got me to it.
> >
> >As an aside to something that Peter said, I don't have a blank
> >paragraph after any of the insets. It's merging very nicely into the
> >rest of the document, which is good since it happens to contain the
> >beginning of a list of steps that continue on after it. Maybe that's
> >something they tweaked for FrameMaker 8?
> >
> >(Art, I'm using FM 8.0p277, on Windows XP Pro SP3.)
> >
> >On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Peter Gold
> <peter -at- knowhowpro -dot- com> wrote:
> >> Hi, Lin:
> >>
> >> If all other autonumbered items that follow the text inset are
> >> incorrect including the table, it's likely that the text flow is
> >> broken near the inset. Have you tried selecting all in flow and
> >> viewing in 25% view, to see that the selection is continuous
> >> throughout the file?
> >
> >The other autonumbered items are correct, but they're in a different
> >numbered series.
> >
> >> If only the table is incorrect (ie, all other autonumbered items
> >> following the inset are correct), then it may be possible that the
> >> table is somehow disconnected from the flow, perhaps by being in a
> >> text frame in a graphic frame.
> >>
> >> Another possibility that you mentioned having checked may be extra
> >> tricky; if there's a tiny blank paragraph that's
> autonumbered in the
> >> same series, it's possible to overlook its presence, and
> just see its
> >> effect - resetting the table number.
> >>
> >> Have you tried selecting the inset and perhaps a paragraph or two
> >> before and after it, and cutting to the clipboard, to see if the
> >> table number is corrected? That could indicate that the problem is
> >> located somewhere in the stuff on the clipboard.
> >>
> >> HTH
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Peter
> >> __________________
> >> Peter Gold
> >> KnowHow ProServices
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >Lin Sims
> >
> >
> >------------------------------
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