TOC within a chapter

[Yves Barbion]

Rick has a good point here, and this brings us to the discussion about the
hidden costs of (doing things manually to create and update) technical
documentation and return on investment (ROI).

You can do the math: 1 tech writer creating, updating and checking all the
local TOCs once in 1 book (of 10 chapters on average) = <n> minutes x $<n>
per minute (the tech writer's rate or wage cost). Multiply this by the
number of books, or by the number of updates per book. You'll have ROI after
less than 10 updates (or books) already.


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On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Rick Quatro <frameexpert at truevine.net>
wrote:

> Hi Darren,
>
> Those that won't buy FrameScript will have to settle for either manual
> method: inserting cross-references to make a chapter TOC, or using Special
> >
> Table of Contents to generate a TOC and then import it by reference into
> the
> chapter. Considering the significant time savings that a script would bring
> every time it is used, the "won't buy" argument doesn't make any sense to
> me. Any serious FrameMaker shop should consider FrameScript as an essential
> plugin, especially at the bargain price of $149/seat.
>
> Rick Quatro
> Carmen Publishing Inc
> 585-659-8267
> www.frameexpert.com
>
>
> Unfortunately, some of my
> clients do not have the FrameScript program and a few of them have no
> plans to purchase it. Therefore, I need a plan "B."
> I'm considering generating the TOC to a separate file, then importing
> the TOC as a text inset.
>
> Any thoughts on this?
>
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