Advanced Unstructured FrameMaker 7: Template Design
In
this hands-on training course, you will build a FrameMaker template by adding
master pages, paragraph and character tags, table tags, and other formats
to a default FrameMaker document. You will add and implement color, and
incorporate time-saving features (such as automatic running headers and
footers) to boost the productivity of the writers using your template. You
will also create companion templates for tables of contents and indexes.
Prerequisites
Course Syllabus
Benefits
Course Materials
Prerequisites
This course is for individuals who meet the following prerequisites:
- Intermediate knowledge of FrameMaker (or completion of Knopf Online's Unstructured FrameMaker 7: Accelerated Introduction class)
- Actively using the current release of FrameMaker
- Preparing to develop or extensively revise FrameMaker templates, or preparing to use advanced features such as modular text and hypertext linking
Course Syllabus
Although many of the topics will be familiar to the general FrameMaker user, this class emphasizes design considerations rather than template use.
Starting a new template
- Verifying the FrameMaker interface
- Creating a foundation for the template
Changing, adding, and applying master pages
- Changing master pages: setting a side head area and adding page numbers
- Adding custom master pages
- Applying master pages
Changing and adding character tags
- Changing existing character tags: customizing emphatic text tags
- Adding custom character tags
Changing and adding paragraph tags
- Changing existing paragraph tags: customizing heading tags
- Adding custom paragraph tags
- Changing paragraph tag pagination values: crossing the side head area
- Changing paragraph tag numbering values: autonumbering numbered lists
- Mapping paragraph tags to master pages
Changing and adding table tags
- Adding custom table tags
- Changing table tag shading properties: creating custom shading patterns
- Changing table tag ruling properties: creating an invisible table
Importing and applying colors
- Importing colors from the color library
- Applying color to character, paragraph, and table tags
Changing, adding, and inserting variables
- Changing variables
- Adding variables
- Inserting variables
Adding and applying conditional tags
- Adding conditional tags: creating draft and output-specific conditional tags
- Applying conditional tags to text
- Creating a conditional watermark
Changing and adding cross-reference formats
- Changing cross-reference formats: adding building blocks and character tags
- Adding custom cross-reference formats
- Hyperlinking cross-references
Changing document properties
- Activating Smart Spaces and Smart Quotes
- Verifying page numbering options
- Setting bookmarks in PDF Setup
Constructing a template for a table of contents
- Generating a table of contents file
- Modifying the table of contents reference page
- Regenerating and applying the table or contents
Constructing a template for an index
- Inserting markers into the template file
- Modifying the IX (index) reference page
- Regenerating and applying the index
Benefits of this Course
- This is a hands-on course. You will have your own computer to work with as you complete the many hands-on exercises. You will have the chance to practice everything you learn.
- Through the course exercises, you will experience every step in developing a set of FrameMaker templates.
- 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 Unstructured FrameMaker: Template Design workbook and accompanying CD, and a complementary copy of FrameMaker 7: The Complete Reference.
