All print materials and course samples are provided to attendees.
Follow up support on topics covered is available for 60 days.
Please contact us for a list of available dates.
This course is 2 days in duration.
FrameMaker for Structured Authors
Course-at-a-glance: This two–day course is developed for people who need to work with FrameMaker—using the Structured Interface—to develop content based on existing structured templates. Learn about its WYSIWYG authoring in a structured environment optimized for editing and production. Acquire hands–on experience with document publishing including the use of structured templates and the creation and management of book documents.
Prerequisite: You must have a solid working familiarity with your operating system.
Objectives: Upon successful completion attendees will be able to:
- Understand the FrameMaker model and its word processing and desktop publishing features
- Recognize structured documents and the elements which are to be used in the creation of content
- Use the Element Catalog, Attributes and the Structure view in the creation of documents
- Understand the relationship between siblings, parents, children, ancestors and descendants
- Insert content using elements which are moved, deleted, merged or split as required
- Validate structured files to ensure that all ‘rules’ are adhered to in the document
- Apply master pages manually or automatically
- Work with footnotes in text and table locations
- Insert, modify and delete content in table heading, cells, headers and footers and merge cells
- Work with graphics and anchored frames that are imported or created within FrameMaker
- Insert, modify and delete cross–references and variables within documents and between files
- Apply conditional settings to content
- Work with conrefs to reuse content between files
- Create and maintain files such as tables of contents, indices and book documents for publishing
- Create PDF documents for distributation
Further Learning: FrameMaker template development
Delivery: The following delivery is available:
- Self study using our training materials and online tutorials
- Instructor–led, group–paced, online–delivery learning model with structured hands–on activities and assignments
- Customized classroom training at your location
Fees: Course pricing is as follows:
- Self study materials and video tutorials: $395/copy (multiple copy rates available)
- Instructor–led, online–delivery: $795/participant (group rates available)
- Customized classroom training at your location: $1500/day for up to 8 participants plus travel expenses