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FrameMaker training courses: Beginner & advanced, structured & unstructured FrameMaker

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 begin creating and modifying FrameMaker documents confidently.

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.

Working with XML

This is a 3-day summary of all the other structured courses.

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
13-14 Sept 11-12 Oct 15-16 Nov 6-7 Dec		Adobe FrameMaker Basic/Intermediate	£500
15-16 Sept 13-14 Oct 17-18 Nov 8-9 Dec		Adobe FrameMaker Advanced	£530
Contact us for dates		Designing Case Report Forms (CRFs) with Adobe FrameMaker	£500
20-21 Oct 13-14 Dec		Authoring Structured Documents	£650
3-5 Nov		Formatting for Structured Documents	£750
21-22 Sept 8-9 Nov 15-16 Dec		Creating EDDs	£650
Contact us for dates	Importing and Exporting SGML/XML		£900
22-25 Nov	Working with XML		£1300

FrameMaker training courses: Beginner & advanced, structured & unstructured FrameMaker

What will I learn?

FrameMaker Basic/Intermediate

FrameMaker Advanced

Structured FrameMaker

Creating EDDs

Importing and Exporting SGML/XML

Working with XML

Topics Covered

Course documents

Cost and Dates of Courses

Dates

Course

£ ex VAT per delegate

How to book