FRAMEMAKER 4.x Training

BASIC FRAMEMAKER 4.X

INTERMEDIATE FRAMEMAKER 4.X

ADVANCED FRAMEMAKER 4.X

EQUATIONS

INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHICS

ADVANCED GRAPHICS

HYPERTEXT

MACROS

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Course Title:

BASIC FRAMEMAKER 4.X

Topics:

• Editing and Formatting Text
• Applying Paragraph and Character Formats
• Modifying Paragraph and Character Formats
• Using the Thesaurus and Spell Checker
• Creating and Editing Graphics using Drawing Tools
• Using FrameMaker Templates and Clip Art Files
• Using Tables and Basic Table Formatting
• Adding Illustrations to a Document (Anchoring Frames)
• Changing the Basic Layout of a Document (On Master Pages)
• Creating Custom Documents

Audience:

Students should have some familiarity with a computer, but they do not need to have any experience with other computer software to take this course.

Course Length:

Two Full-Days

Price:

$700 per student

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Course Title:

INTERMEDIATE FRAMEMAKER 4.X

Topics:

• More About Paragraph Properties
• Using Footnotes in Text and Tables
• Importing graphic Files and Capturing Screen Images
• Generating a Table of Contents
• Generating an Index
• Creating a Book with Multiple Files
• Using Cross-References
• Creating Documents that Contain Conditional Text and Graphics
• Using Colors

Audience:

Students should have successfully completed the basic FrameMaker 4.x course.

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Course Title:

One Full-Day

Price:

$350 per student

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Course Title:

ADVANCED FRAMEMAKER 4.X

Topics:

• Creating Side and Run-In Heads
• Advanced Paragraph Formatting Including Autonumbering
• Reference Pages and Referenced Art
• Formatting Footnotes
• Table Formats, Row Formats, and Table Variables
• Formatting Text in Table Cells
• Customizing Table Formats
• Document Management Tools
• Custom Page Design
• Creating Templates for Documents, TOC's, and Indexes
• Multiple Flows, Multiple Columns, and Connecting Columns
• Creating a Newsletter

Audience:

Students should have successfully completed the Intermediate FrameMaker 4.x course.

Course Length:

Two Full-Days

Price:

$700 per student

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Course Title:

EQUATIONS

Topics:

• Using the Equation Window
• Creating simple and complex equations
• Positioning Equations within a Document
• Create Equations using Keyboard Shortcuts
• Add Operands to an Equation
• Format Equations
• Recover form Mistakes

Audience:

This class shows students how to create equational examples within documents. Students should be familiar with FrameMaker.

Course Length:

One Full-Day

Price:

$350 per student

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Course Title:

INTRODUCTION TO GRAPHICS

Topics:

• Drawing Objects: lines, rectangles, circles
• Snap vs. Gravity
• Invisible vs. Visible Grid Lines
• Pen and Fill Patterns
• Creating Perfect Squares, Lines, etc.
• Smart Selection Tool vs. Object Selection Tool
• Selecting Objects
• Resizing, Moving Objects
• Text Lines vs. Text Columns
• Line Caps
• Creating Polylines and Arcs
• Manipulating Curves
• Anchored Frames

Audience:

Students will be introduced to the many graphic tools and commands contained within FrameMaker.

Course Length:

One Full-Day

Price:

$350 per student

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Course Title:

ADVANCED GRAPHICS

Topics:

• About Filters
• Using Filters
• Importing Graphics
• Converting from Other Formats
• Exporting Documents
• Preparing Files for Conversion
• Converting Files using Frame
• Organizing Graphic Files
• PostScript Code
• Using Colors (Assigning, Defining, Creating, Altering, Renaming, Deleting, Viewing & Printing Colors)
• Resources
• .Xdefault Files

Audience:

This course is recommended for anyone working with graphics, or needing to import graphics and facing cross platform compatibility issues.

Course Length:

One Full-Day

Price:

$350 per student

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Course Title:

HYPERTEXT

Topics:

• What is hypertext?
• FrameMaker's on-line help
• Create active areas in your document
• Insert hypertext markers
• Use Hypertext commands
• Lock and unlock documents
• Create repeating active areas on master page

Audience:

This course is recommended for anyone who wishes to create documents on-line for their clients. This class will show you how to create links between sections and or documents.

Course Length:

Half-Day

Price:

$350 per student

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Course Title:

MACROS

Topics:

• Record keyboard macros and assign triggers to them
• Manage macros files
• Clear current macros
• Read macros from another file
• Delete macros
• Create macros that use dialog boxes
• Create macros in macros

Audience:

This course is recommended for anyone doing document editing (unix only), who wish to create shortcuts to improve productivity.

Course Length:

Half-Day

Price:

$350 per student

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