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Re: Examining proficiency of job applicants in FrameMaker

Subject: Re: Examining proficiency of job applicants in FrameMaker
From: lyndsey -dot- amott -at- docsymmetry -dot- com
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 13:56:01 -0500

cartoon grrl writes:

Good suggestion. I would add, ask them to explain when they'd use variables instead of conditional text, or when to use text insets (and the problems arising from their use).


-- "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> wrote:
Ask them to write a two-page section of a manual explaining how to use
FrameMaker's conditional text.
You two have got to be kidding! I guess I won't be applying for this job. I know how to create conditional text and variables and just about anything else in FM, but I certainly haven't memorized the procedures and could not describe them without going to the help files. Instead, why not create a couple of FM files, and then ask the candidate to create some conditional text and some variables and anything else that will demonstrate her proficiency? Add some errors to the text and to the format and have the candidate fix them. You will get a pretty good idea of her ability to write, edit, and use the tools.
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Lyndsey Amott
www.docsymmetry.com
Winnipeg, MB R3G 2J3



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