FrameMaker Introduction
Course length: 1 day
Prerequisites: Windows Introduction and use of a word processor or equivalent
knowledge.
Overview: You will learn how to work with basic FrameMaker document layouts.
The course will take you through the process of creating paragraph and character
tags, show you how to do a basic document layout, introduce master pages, and
allow them to work with the spelling checker and search feature.
Course content
Lesson 1: Before You Begin
- Prerequisites
- Getting Ready
- Software You Will Need Installed
- Curriculum Overview
- About The Manual
- Chapter Overviews
- Manual Conventions
Lesson 2: Learning Your Way Around
- FrameMaker at a Glance
- How Documents are constructed
- The Interface
- Button Bars
- Page Navigation and Zoom Controls
- The View Menu
- Working with Multiple Documents
Lesson 3: Basic Editing Features
- Text Symbols and Text Frames
- Smart Spaces and Smart Quotes
- Basic Text Editing
- Changing Page Viewing
- Spelling Checker
- The Find/Change Command
- Basic Printing Features
Lesson 4: Creating Basic Formats
- Formatting at a Glance
- Starting a New Document
- Applying Paragraph Formats
- The Paragraph Designer
- Editing Basic Paragraph Properties
- Editing Default Font Properties
- Creating New Paragraph Formats
- Automating Next Tags
- Working with Character Formats
- Understanding As Is
- Creating New Character Formats
Lesson 5: Format Overrides and Page Breaks
- Understanding Format Overrides
- Pagination and Flow Overview
- Controlling Page Breaks
- Deciding How to Use Page Breaks
- The Keep With Feature
- Widow and Orphan Line Control
Lesson 6: Creating Sequential Lists and Bullets
- The Numbering Property
- Understanding Sequential Lists
- Creating a Numbered List
- Creating Alpha Lists
- Understanding How to Mix Lists
- Character Formats and Numbering
- Working with Bullet Lists
- Creating Labels with Auto-numbering
- Changing Similar Properties in Multiple Tags
Lesson 7: Creating Page Layouts
- Master Pages at a Glance
- Working with Headers and Footers
- Creating Side Headings
- Editing Text Frames
- Customizing Text Frame Properties
- Editing Header and Footer Text Frames
Lesson 8: Review Project
- Custom Document Specifications
- Column Layout
- Text Frame Layout
- Header and Footer Paragraphs
- Header and Footer Contents
- Paragraph Formats
- Character Formats
- View Options
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