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Advanced FrameMaker 6

($1100, 2 Days)

This class covers template design, modular text, hypertext, and other advanced topics. If you are an intermediate FrameMaker user who knows all the basics, this class is for you. We have unearthed some information that will be news to even seasoned users.

We will provide detailed information about cross-platform file transfer issues, discuss conversion of source documents into FrameMaker, and focus on advanced Frame functions, such as hypertext and designing master pages.

Prerequisites

This course is for individuals who meet the following prerequisites:

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Intermediate knowledge of FrameMaker (or completion of Scriptorium Publishing's Accelerated Introduction to FrameMaker class)
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Actively using the current release of FrameMaker
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Preparing to develop or extensively revise FrameMaker templates, or preparing to use advanced features such as modular text and hypertext linking

Syllabus

Although many of the topics will be familiar to the general FrameMaker user, this class emphasizes design considerations rather than template use.

Day One: Template

Template design
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Agenda

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Major interactions
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Template components

    
 

Paragraph designer
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New paragraph tag

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Numbering properties
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Properties of a paragraph tag

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Autonumber examples
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Basic properties

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Advanced properties
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Tab stops

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Table cell properties
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Default font

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Deleting tags
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Pagination properties

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Documenting the paragraph tags
 

Character designer
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Interactions with other components

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Deleting tags
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Properties of a character tag

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Global updates
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Set window to as is

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Documenting the character tags
 

Master pages
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Interactions with other components

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Modifying a master page
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Column layout

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Adding a master page
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Flow tag

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Adding a landscape master page
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Headers and footers

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Sample master pages
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Variables

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Applying a master page to body pages
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Graphics

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Columns and flows
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Hypertext

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Creating a newsletter
 

Color and printing
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Interactions with other components

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Color definitions
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What is spot color?

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Tint
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How is spot color used?

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Spot color displays
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Assigning spot color to text and graphics

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Printing color separations
 

Document properties
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Interactions with other components

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Footnote properties
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Numbering

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Text options
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Change bars

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Acrobat setup
 

Reference pages
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Interactions with other components

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Modifying the HTML mapping tables
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Adding a reference page

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Hypertext links on reference pages
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Adding objects in named, unanchored frames

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Reference pages for generated documents
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Deleting a reference page

    
 

Variables
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Interactions with other components

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Editing a system variable
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Inserting a variable

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Building blocks for system variables
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User variables

 

Cross-references in gruesome detail
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Interactions with other components

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Spot cross-references
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Cross-references

 

 
Day Two: Completing the Template and Special Topics

Books revisited
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Interactions with other components

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Saving a book file
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What is a book file?

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Closing a book file
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How to make a book

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Importing formats to a book file
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Book Menus

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Updating generated files
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Adding documents to a book

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Printing a book
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Adding a generated document

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Compare books
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Pagination

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Maker Markup Language
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Changing the order of files in a book

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Maker Interchange Format
 

Modular text
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Interactions with other components

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A few text inset "quirks"
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What's a text inset?

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Updating text insets
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What about OLE, Publish/Subscribe?

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Removing a text inset
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Why use text insets?

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A real-life example
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Creating a text inset

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Comfort and convenience
 

Hypertext
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Interactions with other components

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To designate an active area
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Where hypertext is used

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Hypertext commands
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Hypertext in single source documents

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Example of image map
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Preparing a hypertext document

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Example of popup menu
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FrameMaker help: a special case

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Special output considerations
 

Keeping track of changes
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Change bars

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Compare documents
 

Other considerations
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Dictionaries

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File conversion
 

Equation editor (by request)
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Interactions with other components

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Positioning
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Components of the equations palette

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Do the functions really function?
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Creating an equation

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Example of FrameMath

Customizing this class

We can customize this class to meet the needs of your project team and deliver it as a private class at your location or ours. For example, we can use your corporate template in the examples and exercises and include a discussion of single-sourcing considerations for generating different types of output, such as printed documentation, PDF files, online help, or web pages.

To inquire about a customized version of this class, please send a note to training@scriptorium.com including a description of the special topics you'd like covered and the dates you'd like the class taught. Generally, you should request a customized class at least 6 weeks in advance, although occasionally we can deliver custom classes sooner, depending on instructor availability. Prices for customized private classes are listed on the Training Prices page.

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