Introduction to Adobe FrameMaker

This course teaches how to use FrameMaker in standard (unstructured) mode. Delegates learn a wide range of techniques for generating cohesive and consistent printed documents including:

• Producing books comprised of multiple documents.
• Generating a table of contents.
• Generating an index.
• Inserting cross-references

Following FrameMaker training, delegates are entitled to 30 days email support from their trainer to help with any post-course issues.

An overview of FrameMaker

• Overview of FrameMaker and its UI
• Navigation techniques
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Setting preferences
• Output to PDF
• Using find and change
• Running the spell checker

Working with Frame documents

• Creating, opening and editing documents
• Using Save and Save-As

Find/change, spell checker and thesaurus

• Searching for any item
• Changing items

Managing dictionaries

• Customising the spell checker and using the thesaurus

Templates

• Creating a new document based on a template
• Understanding the difference between character and paragraph formats
• Applying paragraph and character formats

Creating and modifying formats

• Creating and applying predefined paragraph and character formats
• Using the character and paragraph designers to design new formats
• Discussing format overrides, indents and alignments
• Tabs, spacing and hyphenation
• Pagination
• Special heading formats
• Numbered and bulleted lists
• Multiple autonumbers
• Renaming and deleting formats
• Importing and updating formats across files

The graphics editor

• The tools palette
• Drawing and selecting objects
• Applying and changing properties
• Grouping and ungrouping objects

Importing graphics and anchored frames

• Graphic formats and importing techniques
• Creating/positioning/editing anchored frames

Tables

• Inserting tables
• Using the table catalogue
• Filling tables with text and graphics
• Copying and removing tables
• Positioning tables
• Adjusting rows and columns
• Rotating cells
• Controlling page breaks
• Ruling and shading
• Creating table formats and converting between text and tables

Using footnotes and table footnotes

• Inserting footnotes and table footnotes
• Changing footnote formats

Master pages

• Displaying master pages
• Creating headers and footers
• Creating and editing custom master pages
• Assigning master pages to document body pages

Reference pages

• Using references pages to attach artwork to paragraphs

Variables

• A discussion of the role of system and user variables
• Creating, inserting and editing running header and footers
• Creating new user variables

Text insets and cross-references

• Working with imported text files
• Inserting and maintaining cross-references within a document
• Cross-references to other documents
• Creating and modifying cross-reference formats

Conditional text

• Creating a multi-version document using conditional tags

Table of contents creation

• Generating, formatting and updating a table of contents
• Generating a table of figures list for stand-alone documents and books

Index creation

• Inserting and editing index markers
• Generating, formatting and editing an index for stand-alone documents and books

Book building

• Creating a book from scratch
• Setting-up document numbering and pagination properties across multiple documents within a book
• Moving files in and out of a book
• Inserting a TOC into a book file
• Inserting an index into a book file
• Updating and maintaining books to ensure cross-references lists, imported graphics and pages numbers are always correct
• Printing books and generating PDFs from books

The equation editorArmada has been involved in technical authoring for over 20 years. We carry out regular consultancy work and have an in-house authoring team that carries out projects for clients.

• Inserting and editing equations

Armada is an Adobe Authorised Training Centre (AATC). Our FrameMakercourses are hosted by Adobe Certified Instructors (ACIs), who are Adobe Certified Experts in FrameMaker.

This combination industry knowledge and application expertise is reflected in our Basic and Intermediate Adobe FrameMaker courses. Not only do we cover the use of FrameMaker, but we also teach techniques that will be useful in authoring scenarios you are likely to encounter.

Location and Dates:

Milton Keynes:

2016:

22-24 Feb, 22-24 Jun, 21-23 Sep

Newcomers to FrameMaker and novice FrameMaker users. Training is designed for the busy professional, being short and intensive and combining lecture and demonstration. Practical exercises carried out under guidance help delegates to learn the techniques taught.

Delegates have ample opportunity to discuss specific requirements with the trainer.

Delegates should understand basic Windows skills and have experience using a word processor such as Microsoft Word.