FrameMaker 6.0 for Windows Level 3

Course description

Overview: Level 3 covers advanced features used to manage larger documents. It includes lessons on creating conditional documents and book files. The course is designed to give the student an understanding of the techniques used to design and manage documents.

Prerequisites: Basic Windows knowledge a solid intermediate level knowledge of Framemaker.

Performance-based objectives

Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Learn to recognize objects used on a master page
• Create and apply master pages
• Use a variety of text frame layouts
• Understand text flow and flow tags
• Create and manage conditional documents
• Create complex auto-numbering schemes and learn how to setup different numbering schemes
• Create and use variables in text and on master pages
• Know how to generate a table of contents and an index
• Know how to format the output for TOC and Index files
• Effectively use building blocks in variable and generated files
• Format documents and reuse formats in other files
• Create book files
• Manage the chapters of a book file
• Understand how the document properties are used in files

Course content

Lesson 1: Before You Begin

Prerequisites

Getting Ready

Loading The Project Files

Software You Will Need Installed

Curriculum Overview

About The Manual

Chapter Overviews

Manual Conventions

Lesson 2: Designing Master Pages

Creating Custom Master Pages

Mixing Portrait and Landscape Master Pages

Working with Multiple Text Frames

Variables at a Glance

Working with Variables

User Variables

Formatting Variables

Using Your Master Pages

Setting Numbering Properties

Lesson 3: Multi-column Layouts

Overview

Multi-column Text Frames

Paragraph Formats and Columns

Using Text Frames for Columns

Understanding Flow Tags

Creating Multiple Flow Tags

Adding Disconnected Pages

Setting Pagination                     

Lesson 4: Conditional Documents

Overview

Viewing Conditional Text

Working with Conditional Text

Placing Text in Multiple Tags

Using Variables as Conditional Text

Making Graphics Conditional

Conditional Text in Tables

Preparing to Print

Lesson 5: Advanced Editing

Copying Formats

Importing Formats from Other Files

Troubleshooting Imported Formats

Globally Replacing Formats

Working with Changes

Comparing Documents

Working with Special Characters

Lesson 6: Complex Numbering

Numbering Explained

Creating Multiple Numbering Levels

Adding a Chapter Number

Separating Numbering Schemes

Lesson 7: Creating Generated Files

Generated Files at a Glance

Creating a Table of Contents

Building Blocks and Generated files

Master Pages in a Generated File

Creating an Index

Working with Multiple Entries

Cross-referencing within the Index

Formatting the Index File

Working with Page Ranges

Lesson 8: Creating Books

Book Files at a Glance

Building a Book

Setting Numbering Properties

Adding Generated Files

Importing Formats

Using Chapter Numbers in Generated Files