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Course Outline

Overview of Structured FrameMaker

• How to Think About Structured FrameMaker
• Structured FrameMaker Features
• More About Structured FrameMaker Documentation Set

Documents

• Starting Structured FrameMaker and Opening a Sample File
• Getting started
• Opening the class file
• Saving Documents
• Using Save As
• Opening a file and using the Save command
• Setting backup and save preferences
• Zooming the Document
• Zooming
• Using View Menu Commands
• Viewing borders, text symbols and rulers
• Changing Pages
• Scrolling
• Paging
• Using the Go To dialog box
• Printing Documents
• Printing
• Closing and Saving Documents
• Closing and saving changes
• Deleting Documents
• Optional Exercise
• Using shift commands

Document Structure

• FrameMaker Document Pages, Formatting, and Structure
• Viewing the structure
• Manipulating Elements
• Selecting elements in the Structure View
• Positioning the insertion point
• Positioning the insertion point in the Structure View
• Collapsing and expanding elements
• Collapsing and expanding elements
• Viewing Attributes
• Viewing all attributes
• Showing and hiding attributes for individual elements
• The Element Catalog
• Opening the Element Catalog
• Changing the Element Catalog display
• Creating a customized element list
• Structure Terms

Editing Text

• Adding and Deleting
• Adding and deleting text
• Selecting and Changing
• Selecting and changing text
• Clear and Undo commands
• Using Clear and Undo
• Cutting, Copying and Pasting
• Cutting, copying and pasting text
• Smart Spaces and Smart Quotes
• Using Smart Spaces
• Using Smart Quotes
• Special Characters
• Adding special characters
• Spelling Checker
• Using the Spelling Checker
• Find and Change
• Finding text
• Changing text

Editing Structure

• Manipulating Elements
• Inserting elements
• Adding a child element
• Adding more elements
• Adding a list element
• Autoinserting child elements
• Importing a Structured Flow
• Importing structured text
• Moving Elements
• Moving and unwrapping elements
• Moving by dragging
• Moving by cutting and pasting
• Wrapping and Unwrapping Elements
• Wrapping text in elements
• Merging and Splitting Elements
• Merging elements
• Splitting an element
• Changing an element

Attributes

• Working with Attributes
• Displaying attributes
• Changing a string value
• Changing a choice attribute
• Inserting New Elements and Attributes
• Prompting for attribute values
• Recognizing and Correcting Attributes with Errors
• Deleting an attribute value

Validation

• Validating a Document's Structure
• Correcting element and attribute errors
• Correcting by nudging
• Special Cases for Elements and Attributes
• Allowing a special case

New Documents and Structure Shortcuts

• Creating Structured Documents
• Creating a new structured document with importing
• Creating a new structured document with Save As
• Element Keyboard Shortcuts
• Inserting elements using shortcuts
• Inserting elements using Return

Crossreferences, Variables and Footnote

• Elements
• Crossreferences
• Inserting crossreference elements
• Inserting more crossreferences
• Updating crossreferences
• Locating an unresolved crossreference
• Using hypertext to go to the crossreference source
• Variables
• Inserting a variable on a master page
• Inserting a variable on another master page
• Footnotes
• Inserting footnote elements

Anchored Frames and Imported Graphics

• Anchored Frames
• Finding an element
• Finding an anchored frame
• Editing text with anchored frames
• Adding Graphics
• Inserting an anchored frame element
• Importing by reference
• Importing by copy

Tables

• Using Tables
• Inserting a table element
• Moving Around in a Table
• Moving from cell to cell
• Selecting Parts of a Table
• Selecting cells, rows and columns
• Column Width
• Changing column width
• Modifying Table Structure
• Deleting a column
• Adding rows
• Adding a table title
• Adding elements and text in table cells
• Prompting for required attribute values only
• Practicing inserting table elements and text
• Adding a table footnote element
• Straddling table cells
• Custom Cell Formatting
• Applying custom shading to cells
• Applying custom ruling to cells

Generating Tables of Contents, Indexes and

• Books
• Marking Text for an Index
• Inserting index elements
• Modifying existing index elements
• Creating A Book
• Generating a book
• Adding files
• Deleting files
• Opening files and toggling file name display
• Rearranging files in the book
• Renaming files in the book
• Adding a table of contents and index
• Formatting Generated Files
• Formatting a table of contents and index using a template
• Updating a Book
• Updating the book
• Pagination and Numbering in a Book
• Setting up pagination and numbering for a single file
• Setting up pagination and numbering for multiple files at once
• Finalizing the book structure

Classroom Locations

eLearning Live

Newport Beach

San Francisco

Los Angeles

San Jose