FrameMaker Structured Authoring Workbook (2019 Edition): Updated for FrameMaker 2019 Release

by Matt R Sullivan

Overview

Learn to use FrameMaker to produce structured content. This workbook contains exercises and practice files that will have you quickly producing content in a provided structure model. See techcomm.tools for information on FrameMaker training and development services.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780996715775
Publisher:	Tech Comm Tools
Publication date:	11/30/2018
Series:	Structured FrameMaker Training , #1
Pages:	166
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.35(d)

Table of Contents

Overview of FrameMaker

Introduction

Module Objectives

How to Think About FrameMaker

FrameMaker Features

More About FrameMaker

Documentation Set

Documents

Introduction

Module Objectives

Starting FrameMaker and Opening a Sample File

Saving Documents

Zooming the Document

Using View Menu Commands

Changing Pages

Printing Documents

Closing and Saving Documents

Deleting Documents

Optional Exercise

Document Structure

Introduction

Module Objectives

FrameMaker Document Pages, Formatting, and Structure

Download Course Data Files

Structure characteristics

Manipulating Elements

Parent, child, sibling, ancestor, and descendant relationships

Viewing Attributes

The Element Catalog

Optional Exercise

Structure Terms

Editing Text

Introduction

Module Objectives

Adding and Deleting

Selecting and Changing

Clear and Undo commands

Cutting, Copying and Pasting

Smart Spaces and Smart Quotes

Special Characters

Spelling Checker

Find and Change

Editing Structure

Introduction

Module Objectives

Manipulating Elements

Importing Structured Content

Moving Elements

Wrapping and Unwrapping Elements

Merging and Splitting Elements

Attributes

Introduction

Module Objectives

Working with Attributes

Inserting New Elements and Attributes

Recognizing and Correcting Attributes with Errors

Validation

Introduction

Module Objectives

Validating a Document’s Structure

Special Cases for Elements and Attributes

New Documents and Structure Shortcuts

Introduction

Module Objectives

Creating Structured Documents

Element Keyboard Shortcuts

Cross-references, Variables, and Footnote Elements

Introduction

Module Objectives

Cross-references

Variables

Footnotes

Anchored Frames and Imported Graphics

Introduction

Module Objectives

Graphic elements

Adding Graphics

Tables

Introduction

Module Objectives

Using Tables

Moving Around in a Table

Selecting Parts of a Table

Column Width and Row Height

Modifying Table Structure

Custom Cell Formatting

Generating a Book, Tables of Contents, and Indexes

Introduction

Module Objectives

Creating A Book

Generating a Table of Contents

Updating a Book

Marking Text for an Index

Numbering and Pagination in a Book

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