Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster

[jackdeland at comcast.net]

Depends on the output! :) 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Coatsworth" <jeff.coatsworth at jonassoftware.com> 
To: "framers" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 8:35:01 AM 
Subject: RE: Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster 


If all your content is in FM, then you're already "single-sourcing" it you know ;>) 


From: jackdeland at comcast.net [mailto:jackdeland at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 8:27 AM 
To: Jeff Coatsworth 
Cc: framers 
Subject: Re: Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster 



Thanks, Jeff 

Yes, it is PDF production only. I have yet to single-source all these thousands of pages (lone writer here). I think e-mail is the most sensible thing to do. 

Jack 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Coatsworth" <jeff.coatsworth at jonassoftware.com> 
To: "framers" <framers at lists.frameusers.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 8:22:27 AM 
Subject: RE: Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster 


You don't mention what format your help docs are produced in, but the implication is that it's PDF - I'd be inclined to encourage the typo-finder to copy & paste the offending section into an e-mail & fire it off to you for it to be fixed; that sounds like the quickest way. The other alternative is to use the commenting/review feature in PDFs to have them add their 2 cents worth and fire back the whole thing for you to import back into FM. 


From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of jackdeland at comcast.net 
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 8:59 AM 
To: framers 
Subject: Minor typos and the QA guy/scrummaster 





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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