Using PDF Converter with Frame

[Dennis Brunnenmeyer]

Emmy...

If I were you and in your position, I would simply ignore their 
requests and not give them the time of day. Don't even discuss it 
with them, beyond telling them ONCE that you know what you're doing, 
what tools you need to do your job...and they do not.

  If they refuse to honor your next purchase requisition, then insist 
that they justify why they are getting in your way. You don't work 
for them, so don't fall into their trap and play their game on their 
turf. Make them do the accounting legwork if that's what they need, 
since they think they know so much about your requirements.

These kind of petty bureaucrats like to wield power that isn't theirs 
to wield. Don't let them intimidate you. Since you surely don't 
report to them, enlist your manager to support you if need be, but 
don't waste your valuable time spinning wheels.

Dennis Brunnenmeyer
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At 07:40 PM 1/23/2008, Emmy A. wrote:
>Hello Everyone,
>
>We use several versions of Frame, from 6+SGML through
>Frame 8, to create software manuals. We have been
>using Frame for many years, but my company's
>purchasing department recently asked us to stop
>ordering Acrobat and to instead try using a product
>called PDF Converter. Cost-cutting.
>
>Because I was asked to, I tested PDF Converter and
>found that it does not recognize Frame files. After
>fiddling around with it, I was able to print an
>individual chapter of one manual to the PDF Converter
>printer, which resulted in a PDF of that chapter, but
>the PDF had no bookmarks or hyperlinks. I believe the
>product may be able to create bookmarks but they have
>to be done manually (imagine doing this at production
>time), but on the topic of hyperlinks, the included
>documentation is silent.
>
>The product also claims that PDFs created from it can
>be edited, but it appears it does so by converting the
>PDF to a Word file. I don't see the appeal of this
>when the source was created in Frame. What am I
>missing? In any case, I was unsuccessful in creating a
>PDF of an entire manual that resembled the manuals we
>have been producing successfully for many years using
>Acrobat.
>
>However, I am still tasked with justifying why we need
>Acrobat. Therefore, if anyone out there is using PDF
>Converter to create PDF files from Frame, and you are
>able to create PDF versions of multi-chapter books
>that contain hundreds of hyperlinks, automatically
>generated bookmarks, and all the other features
>standard with Acrobat, would you please be kind enough
>to write to me and tell me how you do it?
>
>Or, if anyone has made a comparison of the features of
>PDF Converter to Acrobat in the tasks required to
>create complex manuals (automatic bookmarks,
>hyperlinks, accessibility, embedded fonts--you know
>what I mean), I would also appreciate having that
>information.
>
>Regards,
>Emmy Aricioglu
>
>
>
> 
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Dennis Brunnenmeyer
Director of Engineering
CEDAR RIDGE SYSTEMS
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