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Subject:RE: strange capitalization problem in Word 2010 From:Daniel Feiglin <daniel_f -at- radwin -dot- com> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Sun, 18 May 2014 05:34:07 +0000
I use the same procedure: I run a FrameMaker shop and send out reviewing material in both PDF (authoritative) and docx. (The docx, however produced is not always completely accurate.) The advantage of using the docx for review is that reviewers can:
1. Make inline changes
2. Set tracking enabled so that I can determine easily whether to accept the changes or otherwise
I provide the material at a "known location" on our server or to outside reviewers by Dropbox link or by FTP download (some have Dropbox blocked).
About getting the docx from PDF in all capitals: That's weird. Are you using a FM|Acrobat font not installed for MS Office? If you export some other PDF (not from FM) to docx, do you get the same thing?
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From: techwr-l-bounces+daniel_f=radwin -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com [mailto:techwr-l-bounces+daniel_f=radwin -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On Behalf Of Chris Morton
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 20:45
To: Fred Wersan
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: strange capitalization problem in Word 2010
I'm with Lynne; why can't they learn to embed comments in Acrobat? In my experience, many Acrobat users don't even know about this feature. A little education might save a lot of aggravation.
Chris
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Fred Wersan <fwersan -at- mak -dot- com> wrote:
> I don't use word to create manuals, I use Framemaker, so I don't have
> a word doc to give them to review. If they want to export to word
> instead of commenting on the pdf, that's OK with me. I take feedback
> any way a reviewer wants to provide it.
>
> Fred
>
> On 5/16/2014 12:35 PM, Lynne Wright wrote:
>
>> Just wondering...
>>
>> If reviewers don't want to/can't comment directly on the pdf, why
>> can't you supply them with a Word doc, so they don't have to convert it?
>>
>> If it's a question of the Word docs being too large to deliver by
>> email (or whatever method you are using), why not use a file-sharing
>> site like Dropbox ?
>>
>>
>>
>> Fred Wersan
>> VT MAK, Principal Technical Writer
>> 150 Cambridge Park Drive, 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02140
>> 857-209-3469 fwersan -at- mak -dot- com
>>
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