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This
is a two-day course that teaches new FrameMaker users skills needed to create documents from existing
templates.
Getting Started in FrameMaker 7
- Compare FrameMaker to other applications
- Understand the FrameMaker approach to creating documents
- Learn about Global Management of Styles and Formats
- Take a brief tour of the FrameMaker interface
- Learn the names and locations of FrameMaker’s tools
- Set up application preferences and document viewing options
Creating a Document from a Template
- Understanding templates and what they can do
- Learn how templates are used
- Locate the FrameMaker Templates directory
- Explore ways to set up an efficient FrameMaker desktop
- Create a new document from a template
- Save the document to a working directory
- Use autonumber Paragraph Formats to number an outline
Formatting and Editing Text
- Select and deselect text in FrameMaker
- Cut, Copy, and Paste text in FrameMaker
- Format text using Paragraph Formats and Character Formats
- Remove Character Formatting
- Use Find/Change for many formatting and editing tasks
Formatting Tables
- Format tables using Table Formats
- Use Paragraph Formats and Character Formats in tables
- Use keyboard shortcuts to navigate through tables
- Select various parts of tables and entire tables
- Learn methods to add rows and columns
- Cut, Copy, and Paste table parts and entire tables
- Resize columns manually, numerically, and automatically
Reducing Manual Text Entry
- Using variables and cross-references to reduce manual text entry
- Insert cross-references
- Insert variables
- Create user variables
Graphics and Content Reuse
- Effective ways to put graphics in FrameMaker documents
- Good practices for file locations
- How to create files for use in multiple locations
- Methods to reuse content
Building Books
- Create a book
- Add FrameMaker documents to book
- Create table of contents (TOC) from template
- Insert index markers
- Create index (IX) from template
- Spell-check the book as one document
- Globally manage formats from the Local Template
FrameMaker Output Formats
- Add hypertext markers prior to PDF conversion
- Learn a simple method to create a PDF
- Add hypertext markers prior to HTML conversion
Self-Paced Review of Concepts
- Format text with paragraph formats and character formats
- Insert a table and a graphic
- Create cross-references and insert variables
- Build a book from separate files
- Insert index markers
- Generate a TOC and an IX
- Apply Master Pages
- Spell-check and proof the document
- Create a PDF
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