Framemaker uses

[Jon Harvey]

I have to agree with Deirdre. I struggled with the same autonumbering
issues in Word that everyone else has before I realized how it actually
works. Even after you know how to use it, you still have to pay
attention to what you are doing so that you don't mess it up. But do I
like it better than how FM does the same thing? Of course not. FM is
much easier to use.

 
Jon Harvey
Manager, Desktop Documentation
CambridgeSoft Corporation
100 CambridgePark Drive
Cambridge, MA 02140
(617) 588-9354

-----Original Message-----
From: Deirdre Reagan [mailto:deirdre.reagan at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:16 AM
To: Robin B White
Cc: Jon Harvey; Frame Users; Leah Smaller
Subject: Re: Framemaker uses

Hi Robin/Will (?)

I use autonumbering in Word all the time and have very few problems
with it.  I've repaired more bolloxed autonumbering jobs than I can
remember.

Autonumbering in Word is fairly easy, once one knows how to do it.

I'd be happy to help anyone who needs help with autonumbering.

Deirdre

On 5/12/08, Robin B White <whitefamily at mac.com> wrote:
> Jon -
> Sorry, but I have to disagree. The huge amount of on-line discussion
by people struggling with Word's numbering contradicts your assertion.
>
> The only reason that your numbering coup was a achievement is  because
the Word autonumbering implementation is a miserable kludge that you
managed to harness one time.
> If you ever have to inherit a Word file where someone has bollixed the
autonumbering scheme, you will find that the document is impossible to
repair.
>
> Pulling off the same thing in FM is, well, child's play.
>
> will white
> vialogy
>
>
> On Monday, May 12, 2008, at 11:46AM, "Jon Harvey"
<JHarvey at cambridgesoft.com> wrote:
> >Hi Leah,
> >
> >The MSWord numbering feature is actually pretty good once you learn
how
> >to use it. The hard part is just that, learning how to properly use
it
> >because it is definitely not intuitive (read: stupidly designed).
After
> >years of using Word 2003, I finally discovered how to use it and
ended
> >up autonumbering a 150-page document with headings six levels
> >deep(Heading 1.2.3.4.5.6.). It worked great.
> >
> >
> >Jon Harvey
> >Manager, Desktop Documentation
> >CambridgeSoft Corporation
> >100 CambridgePark Drive
> >Cambridge, MA 02140
> >(617) 588-9354
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> >[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Leah
Smaller
> >Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 7:10 AM
> >To: Frame Users
> >Subject: Re: Framemaker uses
> >
> >I use Framemaker to write my Feldenkrais ATM (Awareness Through
> >Movement) lessons. I actually tried to write the lessons in MSWord,
but
> >the numbering always  got loused up.
> >
> >The numbering is actually complicated. The lessons generally consist
of
> >8 main steps and each step has sub-steps. I number them 1, a, b, c, 2
,
> >a, b....etc. This probably sounds simple - easy peasy, use
> >autonumbering, but many times a step can be repeated (once on the
left
> >and once on the right). So, I used pgfs for the numbering the main
steps
> >and it is wonderful.
> >
> >Leah Smaller
> >Technical Communicator
> >Certified Feldenkrais Method practitioner
> >leah at compulite.com
> >
> >"What you truly learn best will appear to you later as your own
> >discovery." (Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais)
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