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Subject:Not allowed to change templates? From:Ballenberger Gerd <Gerd -dot- Ballenberger -at- MED -dot- SIEMENS -dot- DE> Date:Mon, 4 May 1998 17:18:38 +0200
Our (big) department has a standard set of FrameMaker templates, and we are
"NOT" allowed to change them. Now we're writing a department style guide,
and found e.g. that there is no paragraph tag for a literature list, and no
xref format for referencing the list items, like [1]. Of course we created
these formats (plus some others), and now we have to defend our decision.
How did others handle the need for special-purpose formats in a rigid
environment?
Thanks & regards,
Gerd Ballenberger
Technical Writer
Siemens Medical Systems
Erlangen, Germany
gerd -dot- ballenberger -at- med -dot- siemens -dot- de
