A find from 1992

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Penguin

Booh! Frau kaleun destroyed the beauty of the manual!

However I now do understand what they mean

This is exactly the reason why we nowadays use words like "stylesheet" or "template" in german IT-speak, not to sound geeky, but to be able to express what we mean.

Oh, I see, the old traditions aren't good enough for you young hepcats any more. Well let me tell you something, sonny boy - back in my day we used 'Druckformatvorlage' and we liked it.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Oh, I see, the old traditions aren't good enough for you young hepcats any more. Well let me tell you something, sonny boy - back in my day we used 'Druckformatvorlage' and we liked it.

well, dear young lady of honour, back in the days I was Reichsobersturmbanndruckformatvorlagenleiterkapitä n!

(actually I have a friend who was Druckvorlagenhersteller, real job title)

[papa_smurf]

Any computer manual is messed up, regardless of language.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Penguin

well, dear young lady of honour, back in the days I was Reichsobersturmbanndruckformatvorlagenleiterkapitä n!

(actually I have a friend who was Druckvorlagenhersteller, real job title)

Type-setter?

[gimpy117]

as opposed the Gimpy117, the catch from 1991

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Type-setter?

Ja!

Here's a short clip about the joys of long german words: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/germa...ng_words.shtml (in english).
Dunno if I have posted this before, but I am old and senile as I carved Gutenberg's Druckvorlagen!