RE: Tips to convert Google Docs into clean HTML?

[Lin Laurie <linlaurie1 -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

No kidding. I argue it out most of the time and tell them that the lines are in there for developers and not technical writers. However, on my current contract, they have me carrying errors and omissions insurance. 

And as I mentioned about the issues with my last contract, had I not been so vocal about how I didn't think that the conversion would work within a week of starting to work there, and if those words hadn't been taken out of the contract, in theory, they could have either made me rework it or possibly made me give them the money back. I think I barely dodged a bullet with the google to html conversion workflow. I would not do another project that involved doing it that way. 

And also, read those contracts carefully. They keep sneaking in new ways to make US liable for things outside our ability to control. 

Lin Laurie
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Oh, that sounds like a _truly_ ugly thing to find in a contract. Do you get to add language like, "experts are required to review every page and sign off on the accuracy before I submit this project"?

On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 6:28 PM Lin Laurie <linlaurie1 -at- hotmail -dot- com> wrote:

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> I guess that point of view cost them a lot of money. I am just 
> fortunate that they didn't try to make me pay for their mistake. There 
> is a new trend out here in Seattle where they want tech writers to 
> sign contracts that include language regarding having them redo 
> mistakes or pay for them. But I was very vocal about how their plan 
> wasn't going to work or if they had someone do it, it might take about 
> 2 1/2-3 months to do just the conversion work. And it wasn't going to be me doing it.
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