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FrameMaker Training Courses: Beginner & Advanced, Structured & Unstructured FrameMaker

Are these courses for me?

These two day public courses are aimed at users of FrameMaker who wish to fully understand the features of this powerful software application. The courses are held in the South East of England.

What will I learn

FrameMaker Basic/Intermediate

At the end of this course you will be able to confidently begin creating and modifying FrameMaker documents.

FrameMaker Advanced

At the end of this course you will be able to create template documents and build and maintain multi-chapter books together with Tables of Contents and Indexes.

Structured FrameMaker

At the end of these courses you will be able to create and edit documents using structured FrameMaker templates, and feel confident with the authoring environment and the steps required to produce a valid document instance prior to export to SGML or XML.

Creating EDDs

At the end of this course you will be able to build an Element Definition Document and link elements using formatting rules to a FrameMaker template. You will also learn how to convert legacy data to a Structured FrameMaker file using a conversion table.

Importing and Exporting SGML/XML

At the end of this course you will be able to edit the FrameMaker Application file and create their own applications, and create and update an EDD from a DTD and vice versa. It covers importing SGML/XML documents into FrameMaker and exporting structured FrameMaker documents to SGML/XML.

Topics Covered

FrameMaker Basic/Intermediate
  • Getting Started
  • Choosing a template
  • Creating and Modifying Formats
  • Graphics
  • Tables
  • Footnotes
  • Revising Documentation
  • Page Layout
  • Reference Pages
  • Review

FrameMaker Advanced
  • Working with Text Flows
  • Variables
  • Text Insets and Cross References
  • Conditional Text
  • Exporting to HTML and using Hypertext Markers
  • Template Creation
  • Tables of Contents
  • Indexing
  • Book Building
  • Colour
  • Equations

Structured FrameMaker Authoring
  • Overview of Structured FrameMaker
  • Getting Started
  • The Structured Environment
  • Working with Text Elements
  • Attributes
  • Importing Files into a Structured Flow
  • Validation
  • Object Elements
  • Table Elements
  • Indexing
  • Book Building
  • Tables of Contents

Structured FrameMaker Formatting
  • Overview
  • Working with Character and Paragraph Formats
  • Working with the Paragraph Designer
  • Tables
  • Footnotes
  • Master Pages
  • Reference Pages
  • Text Flow
  • Variables
  • Cross References
  • Conditional Text
  • Tables of Contents
  • Indexing

Creating EDDs
  • What is an EDD?
  • Creating an EDD
  • Defining Container Elements
  • Importing the EDD into a Template
  • Defining Table Elements
  • Inclusions and Exclusions
  • Auto insertions
  • Object Formatting
  • Attributes
  • Text Format Rules
  • Book Building
  • Conversion Tables.
  • Export to HTML

Importing and Exporting SGML/XML

  • SGML Import/Export Preview
  • Read/Write Rules
  • Elements and Attributes
  • Object Elements - Graphics
  • Tables
  • Entities
  • Importing/Exporting
  • Defining SGML/XML Applications

Course documents

Delegates receive a set of printed handouts.

Cost and Dates of Courses

Dates

Course

£ ex VAT per delegate
  • 2-3 April
  • 6-7 May

FrameMaker Basic/Intermediate

500
  • 9-10 April
  • 8-9 May

FrameMaker Advanced

530
  • 21-22 April
  • 21-22 May

Authoring Structured Documents

650
  • 23-25 April

Formatting Structured Documents

795
  • 28-29 April
  • 28-29 May

Creating EDDs

650
  • Contact us for dates

Working with XML in FrameMaker 7

1050

24-25 April

Designing Case Report Forms (CRFs) with Adobe FrameMaker

500

How to book

Contact us to book your place on one of these courses.