FrameMaker

Overview:

Adobe FrameMaker 8 combines the simplicity of word processing with the power of XML. Author once, and then publish to pront, Adobe PDF, the Web and more.This course teaches you all the basics, as well as many advanced techniques, that you will need in order to know FrameMaker as a complete publishing system.

Description:

Who Should Attend:
Graphic professionals and technical writers who need an essential understanding of page layout and editing for large documents.
   
Prerequisites:
This is a beginning FrameMaker course - no previous experience with the program is required. All students should be familiar with using a mouse, file management and general operations of a Macintosh or Windows operating system.
   
Course Outline:  
   
Day 1

Lesson 1: The User Interface
Topic 1A: FrameMaker: An Object-oriented Approach to Graphic Design
Topic 1B: The FrameMaker Interface
Topic 1C: Displaying Controls in the User
InterfaceTopic
1D: Managing Multiple Documents

Lesson 2: Editing DocumentsTopic
2A: Text FramesTopic
2B: Editing ToolsTopic
2C: Spell Check and Find/ChangeTopic
2D: Viewing and Printing a Document

Lesson 3: Formatting DocumentsTopic
3A: Creating Documents from Templates
Topic 3B: Applying Paragraph Formatting
Topic 3C: The Paragraph Designer
Topic 3D: Applying Character Formatting
Topic 3E: Creating New Formats

Lesson 4: Controlling Formatting and Text Flow
Topic 4A: Using Format Overrides, As Is, and Next Pgf Tag
Topic 4B: Using Page Breaks
Topic 4C: Using the Keep With Property
and Controlling Widows and Orphans
Topic 4D: Minimizing Overrides and Customizations

Lesson 5: Creating ListsTopic
5A: Creating Lists from Default Formats
Topic 5B: Creating Custom List Formats
Topic 5C: Nesting Sequential Lists
Topic 5D: Creating Custom Formats for List Labels

Lesson 6: Creating Page Layouts from Masters
Topic 6A: Master Pages
Topic 6B: Creating Headers and Footers
Topic 6C: Creating Side Headings
Topic 6D: Editing Text Frames

Lesson 7: Converting FrameMaker Files to PDF, XML, and HTML Formats
Topic 7A: Creating a PDF File from a FrameMaker Document
Topic 7B: Creating an XML File from a FrameMaker Document
Topic 7C: Creating an HTML File from a FrameMaker Document

 Day 2

Lesson 1: Tables
Topic 1A: Tables: Creating, Navigating,
Resizing, and Moving
Topic 1B: Tables: Altering, Importing, and Sorting
Topic 1C: Improving Table Readability
Topic 1D: Basic Table Formatting with the Table Designer
Topic 1E: Standard and Custom Formatting

Lesson 2: Graphics
Topic 2A: The Tools Palette Drawing andText Tools
Topic 2B: Formatting Objects
Topic 2C: Importing Graphics
Topic 2D: Object Properties

Lesson 3: Anchored Frames
Topic 3A: Anchoring
Topic 3B: Anchored Frames and Text
Topic 3C: Referenced Frames and Graphics

Lesson 4: Master Pages
Topic 4A: Using Existing Content and FrameMaker Collaboration Tools
Topic 4B: Custom Master Pages
Topic 4C: Multiple Text Frames
Topic 4D: Variables
Topic 4E: Using Custom Master Pages

Lesson 5: Multi-column Layouts
Topic 5A: Creating Columns
Topic 5B: Flow Tags
Topic 5C: Disconnected Pages and Pagination

Lesson 6: Creating and Outputting Books
Topic 6A: Cross-references
Topic 6B: Generated Files
Topic 6C: Making a Book
Topic 6D: Printing a FrameMaker Document