Acronyms

Hi all,
Some acronyms are not known to everyone so... here are some, and please add others.
Thanks.
SP - Stored Procedure
CFL - Choose From List
UDF - User Defined Field
UDT - User Defined Table
UDO - User Defined Object

Use the button tool to draw a recangle over the letters. In the button properties, add your tool tip and set the appearance to no fill or outline.

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Hi Laura_mac !
Does it depend on the application?
Using Yosemite I added
tas to Keyboard ====> Text
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It worked via Safari 8.03
via Pages and Numbers (3.5.2)
It did not work in BBEdit
nor Firefox
nor Word
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http://smilesoftware.com/TextExpander/index.html

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This may have been answered previously but couldn't find answer. Am using RH7 WebHelp. I have many pages with acronyms in title and body. Searching in RoboHelp by the acronym brings no results, except for a couple of Word docs and .pdfs that have the acronym.
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There's a little used feature in RoboHelp that may help with this. You might open the Index designer and list the acronyms there.
Just tell your users it's "Enhanced Search". Not sure who coined that term. LOL
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Really? Even Sun contradicts themselves here:
(2002) http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jdbc/
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One of things that I have been asked to do is to look at creating PDF "replacement text" for a list of acronyms as they occur in a document. I believe the optimal outcome would be to somehow make the acronyms as "marked-content" and created "replacement text" for the marked-content (The marked-content being an acronym).
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Leonard
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I guess I am struggling a little to understand how the content streams relate to the items in the basic PDF structure (e.g. replacement text for marked content) and the document structure.
Sorry about rambling..
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I am using an IR report with around 140 columns.
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Hi,
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thnx,
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Edited by: Agasti Kale on Jun 12, 2008 6:26 PM

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Hi,
I am having a bit of trouble understanding the following acronyms I have found in the ASAP methodology.
"Handover information from OMP" What is OMP?
"Delivery model drafted according to ISD guidelines" What is ISD
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Edited by: Gerald Dunn on Apr 13, 2011 12:08 PM

Gerald,
lucky for you today is my BPX forum answering day ;-). All kidding aside thank you for your feedback. It is important for us to keep this dialog going to improve the methodology.
As for the content of the pre-project phase - each organization has its own process for pre-project phase. Unfortunately PMI PMBOK does not elaborate on what should be done prior to the project start. The second version of PMI Program Management and Portfolio Management standard may give better guidance for projects that are part of larger program or that are managed as part of larger portfolio. Take a look at that along with the PMBOK standard.
I'm sure you can find few places on the web that compare the PRINCE2 and PMBOK. The standards are very similar for Project Management, but for Program Management the MSP seems little better and more practical. The first version of PMI PgM Mgmt standard was more like a carbon copy of PMBOK with few small changes. Second version is better, but not quite there.
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We distinguish the project kickoff and the actual solutioning kickoff which happens for the most part in Blueprint (though there are some deliverables we already complete in Project Prep as input to Blueprinting).
Solution Manager is not required to use ASAP, but we do recommend using it as through its use in project you are building foundation for solution operations in Run phase. You can manage blueprint and config without it, but in more complex landscapes it is easier with help that Solution Manager provides.
Let's keep this discussion going. I do not mind chatting here or in person being it at an event or over the phone. Next big event I'll be at is ASUG/SAPPHIRE NOW in Orlando in May.
Jan

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