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Frame-to-Acrobat: Advanced Techniques

Taught by Shlomo Perets

($1,250, 2 Days)

Course syllabus and description provided by MicroType.

The FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques 2-day seminars are designed for users with good working knowledge of FrameMaker and Acrobat, who would like to create and maintain high-quality, interactive Acrobat PDF files. The usual procedure for creating such files—and the only one referred to in the FrameMaker and Acrobat manuals—is to use Acrobat to add all interactivity/settings over and above the links created automatically by FrameMaker. This is a repetitive and time-consuming process which is limited to the current PDF: as soon as you update the source file and redistill, you lose all features previously added in Acrobat.

In the FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques Seminar you will learn a multitude of undocumented techniques, creative solutions, and tips and tricks for defining all Acrobat features in the FrameMaker source file so that they are automatically and consistently reproduced in the PDF file when the source is updated (see seminar outline, next page).

Note: The techniques taught in this seminar are equally applicable to FrameMaker 5–7, Acrobat 4–6.

For more information, visit the MicroType website. (PDF 70K)

Syllabus

Making the Most of FrameMakerÈs Built-in PDF-Related Capabilities and More
	PostScript printer drivers and recommended settings
	Distilling & the Save As PDF function
	Avoiding negative side-effects in the PDF file (text/graphics)
	PDF features supported by FrameMaker
	Cross-references: uses & techniques in PDFs
	Hypertext capabilities
	Bookmarking techniques (properties, hierarchy, extracting Figure/Table bookmarks and more)
	Handling FrameMaker books with cross-file links
	Creating optimized print and screen versions from a single FrameMaker source
	Problems, solutions & workarounds
	Testing your PDFs
Automating the Creation of High-Quality Interactive PDFs Authored with FrameMaker
	Using pdfmark commands to define Acrobat features in FrameMaker (via TimeSavers shortcuts, PostScript text frames, or prologue/epilogue files)
	Additional bookmark options
	Enhancing navigation and interactivity