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I used FM almost exclusively at my last gig, for thousands of pages.
Some of the stuff was very complex. However, I didn't need to use
Conditional text, and the last time I'd used it was about 8 years ago.
Test me on it and I'd fail the test, unless you give me a few hours to
get the hang of it again. Does that make me unsuitable?
-----Original Message-----
From: kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com [mailto:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 3:38 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Examining proficiency of job applicants in FrameMaker
Bonnie wrote:
> If a person knows FrameMaker, he or she should know how to use
> conditional text.
Why? When I last used Frame, I had no need for conditional text. It's a
neato feature, and certainly useful, but may or may not fall within a
pro's experience, depending on how they've used Frame in other jobs. I'd
be scrod if you made me do that in a test.
