Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster

[Lin Sims]

To be fair, you CAN save it elsewhere, and it's probable that you can
set the options to a different default.

But Microsoft making their cloud the default out of the box kinda worries me.

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 10:06 AM,  <jackdeland at comcast.net> wrote:
> I think #2 would be the most convincing for him. We are big on security.
>
> Jack
>
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> From: "Lin Sims" <ljsims.ml at gmail.com>
> To: jackdeland at comcast.net
> Cc: "framers" <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 8:42:01 AM
>
> Subject: Re: Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster
>
> Well, let's see, off the top of my head:
>
> 1. Word2013 isn't available yet, so it's going to be hard for your
> developers to make use of it anytime soon. Not only that, but
> according to one article, it won't work on any OS prior to Windows 7.
>
> 2. From the article I saw on PCWorld, when it IS available, you've got
> the issue with it defaulting to saving out to Microsoft's
> Skydrive--does your scrum master, much less your company, really want
> to put its IP out in the cloud? Particularly a cloud they don't
> control? I've seen no mention (so far, but admittedly I haven't been
> looking) that Microsoft has addressed the corporate customer's need
> for security and IP control and the likelihood that they'll want to
> keep things on their own storage network.
>
> 3. Tell him you'll let him and his developers edit your source when he
> lets you edit theirs. ;-)
>
> 4. Point out to him that each profession has specialized tools to make
> things easier and more efficient, and ask him if he thinks correcting
> some minor typos is worth handicapping you. Tell him that his trying
> to get you to work in Word rather than Frame is like you telling him
> that his developers should all be working in Notepad rather than in an
> IDE.
>
> OK, #3 is a bit snarky, so unless you know him really well, I wouldn't
> try it. My bet is on #4, but I'm betting there are others on this list
> who can give you more cogent arguments.
>
> Good luck with it. (As an aside, what IS it with people who don't work
> as writers trying to tell writers what tools they should be using?)
>
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 8:58 AM,  <jackdeland at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Hello, Framers -
>>
>> My QA guy has a problem with chasing minor typos in our docs: it takes
>> longer to document the typo than it does to fix it. He wants a solution
>> that
>> bypasses the need for FrameMaker, and has read an article that says Word
>> 2013 will allow editing of PDFs in native format. He wants the developers
>> to
>> be able to do this to my docs.
>>
>>
>>
>> I’ve explained all the many problems with using Word, but he is still
>> searching for an answer, which means I am too.
>>
>>
>>
>> What is your solution to the problem he sees?  To me, it should be a
>> non-problem, i.e., typos should not exist anyway, and the developers
>> should
>> not be allowed anywhere near my “source”, but the reality is that he has
>> more say in it than I (he is also scrummaster).
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> Jack DeLand
>>
>>
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