Advanced Structured FrameMaker 7: Building EDDs
In
this hands-on training course, you will learn you how to plan and design
a structured template, or element definition document (EDD). First, you
will learn about document analysis and its critical role in the EDD creation
process, and then you will start creating an EDD and adding new elements
to it. You will define container elements, and you will add elements for
document components such as footnotes, cross-references, and graphics. You
will also implement general rules, set up inclusions/exclusions and automatic
insertion of children, add formatting to the EDD, and add prefixes and suffixes
to elements.
Prerequisites
Course Syllabus
Benefits
Course Materials
Prerequisites
- Intermediate knowledge of structured FrameMaker (or completion of Knopf Online's Structured FrameMaker 7: Introduction to Authoring class)
- Actively using the current release of FrameMaker
- Basic knowledge of XML is helpful but not required.
Course Syllabus
- Identifying the differences between structured and unstructured templates
- Identifying the differences between EDDs and DTDs
- Applying formatting and structure templates
- Maintaining a separate EDD file
- Breaking down a document into structure components
- Identifying the pros and cons of fine structure
- Reading an EDD
- Creating, opening, and exporting EDDs
- Adding element definitions to EDDs
- Validating EDDs
- Verifying changes using the Element Catalog Manager
- Enclosing other elements or text in container elements
- Making paragraph- or character-based container elements
- Creating element definitions
- Writing complex general rules
- Creating footnote element definitions
- Creating cross-reference element definitions
- Creating graphic element definitions
- Creating equation element definitions
- Creating marker element definitions
- Creating system variable element definitions
- Creating table element definitions
- Automatically inserting children
- Adding formatting to your EDD
- Adding prefixes and suffixes
- Setting up context-dependent formatting
- Converting unstructured to structured
Benefits of this Course
- This is a hands-on course. You will have your own computer to work with throughout the course, and the many hands-on exercises give you the chance to practice everything you learn.
- Through the course exercises, you will experience each step in developing an EDD.
- You will receive a helpful course handbook, as well as a complementary copy of FrameMaker 7: The Complete Reference.
- The course is taught by an Adobe Certified Expert, an individual who has met Adobe's high standards for certification on FrameMaker.
Course Materials
Each student receives a copy of the Advanced Structured FrameMaker 7: Building EDDs workbook and accompanying CD, as well as a complementary copy of FrameMaker 7: The Complete Reference.
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