FrameMaker – RoboHelp Integration – when to preserve modifications to a RoboHelp file?
© Ugur Akinci If you prepare your source files in FrameMaker and then import (or rather, link) them to a RoboHelp project like I do, there is one feature that you should pay attention to. When you bring in a source file and then save it in RH, the application displays the following warning message:…
Read MoreISNA Function for "Not Available" Excel Data
Data not available creates ugly error messages when we use functions in MS Excel tables. For example, in the below table:
Read MoreHow to Use SUMIF Conditional SUM Function in Excel
Microsoft Excel SUM Functions: SUMSQ – Square and Add Cell Values SUMPRODUCT – Multiply and Add Two Arrays SUMIF – Add with a Condition SUMIFS – Add with Multiple Conditions SUMX2PY2 – Add Sums of Squares of Two Arrays SMX2MY2 – Add Differences of Squares of Two Arrays SUMIF(), Conditional Sum, is a wonderful function that allows you to find the sum…
Read MoreTwo Ways to Work with Conditional Text Tags in RoboHelp and FrameMaker
Conditional text tags are at the heart of “single sourcing integration” between Adobe RoboHelp (RH) and Adobe FrameMaker (FM), especially if you are using FM in the unstructured mode. Even though it is possible to create your source files in RH and then use RH10 or RH11’s many delivery formats including PDF and HTML, a…
Read MoreAdobe FrameMaker Pet Peeve: No Way to Edit and Delete Conditional Text Tags Wholesale Across All the Chapters of a Book
© Ugur Akinci Adobe FrameMaker is a great product that I’ve been using for over 15 years now. It’s dependable, scalable, and won’t leave you stranded in the midst of a project by crashing (unless you run out of RAM, which is a possibility when you’re using FrameMaker together with other resource-hungry applications like RoboHelp,…
Read MoreHow to Write About Changing Contexts in Procedural Task Steps
© Ugur Akinci In using software, the context changes frequently depending on the actions we take. For example, when we click a command button, a new window might open. Or when we select a specific option from a drop-down menu, the system may display a new dialog box in a new tab. A new window,…
Read MoreQ&A: "What is the difference Between a User Guide and a System Admin Guide?"
READER QUESTION: I’m working on a software product that has a GUI. Currently, we have a user guide and a system administration guide. The user guide mainly focuses on tasks that can be done thru the GUI; the admin guide mainly focuses on system maintenance and administration. However, there’s no distinguishing line between the two…
Read MoreHow to Write an Issue Case Study
A “case study” is similar to a “white paper” although white papers can be more technically detailed in nature. Simply put, they are both written to convince the reader that something (a product, a service, a company) works. That “something” could be a product/service, the story of how a product/service or method was implemented successfully,…
Read MoreHow to Write Direct Mail or Marketing Copy for Dentists
Dentists spend a lot of money on advertisement. Especially in large metropolitan centers where competition among medical service providers is high, dental professionals send a lot of direct mail pieces to residential addresses and/or place advertisements and commercials in all kinds of media. Cosmetic and Restorative Dentistry practitioners are prime targets among all dentists for…
Read MoreHow to Configure Macro Settings in MS Word
MS Word macros can ruin your day if you’re not careful enough. A macro is not necessarily a bad thing. There are many occasions when you need to record a macro and distribute MS Word documents that have a macro embedded in them. However, a “black hat” programmer can insert a macro into a MS…
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