FrameMaker Training Courses

Beginner & advanced, structured & unstructured FrameMaker

If you are a user of FrameMaker and you wish to fully understand the features of this powerful software application, these public courses will give you the skills you need.

What will I learn?

FrameMaker Basic/Intermediate

At the end of this 2-day course you will be able to begin creating and modifying FrameMaker documents confidently.

FrameMaker Advanced

At the end of this 2-day course you will be able to create template documents and build and maintain multi-chapter books together with Tables of Contents and Indexes.

Authoring Structured FrameMaker

At the end of this 2-day course 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.

Formatting for Structured Documents

This 3-day course covers the basics of formatting FrameMaker structured documents for users with no previous FrameMaker experience. It introduces the concept of a template and explains how to create new templates and how to use existing templates.

Prerequisites: Completion of Authoring for Structured Documents course or equivalent work experience in-house.

Creating EDDs

At the end of this 2-day 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.

Prerequisites: Completion of the Authoring and Formatting Structured Documents courses, or work experience covering all the topics of these courses.

Importing and Exporting SGML/XML

At the end of this 2-day 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.

Prerequisites: Completion of the Authoring, Formatting and EDD courses or equivalent working experience.

Working with XML (FrameMaker) Workshop

This is a 4-day summary of all the other structured courses.

Prerequisites: Some experience with XML, DTD’s or FrameMaker is desirable, although not essential.

Topics Covered

FrameMaker Basic/Intermediate
  • Getting Started
  • Choosing a template
  • Creating and Modifying Formats
  • Graphics
  • Tables
  • Footnotes
  • Revising Documentation
  • Page Layout
  • Reference Pages
  • Revision
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
  • 15-16 Apr
  • 13-14 May
  • 10-11 Jun
  • 8-9 July

 

 Adobe FrameMaker Basic/Intermediate £500
  • 17-18 Apr
    15-16 May
    12-13 Jun
    10-11 July
 Adobe FrameMaker Advanced £530
Contact us for dates Designing Case Report Forms (CRFs) with Adobe FrameMaker £500
  • 22-23 Apr
  • 20-21 May
  • 26-27 Jun
  • 18-19 July
 Authoring Structured Documents (Structured FrameMaker) £650
Contact us for dates Formatting for Structured Documents £750
  • 24-25 Apr
  • 22-23 May
  • 29-30 July
 Creating EDDs £650
Contact us for dates Importing and Exporting SGML/XML £900
Contact us for dates Working with XML (FrameMaker) Workshop £1300

How to book

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