FrameMaker - Formatting and Templates (Unstructured Content)
Slash your formatting time with template-based design
Watch Promo
You’re a writer and a communicator. So why spend up to half of your documentation time being a desktop publisher? Or a web designer?
What if you could rely on the accuracy of your:
- numbering
- page breaks
- cross-references
What if you could publish whenever you want, to whatever format you needed?
This course will show you how rock-solid techniques for managing your template can make you and your team more productive and focused. Check out the outline below to see how this results-oriented course is going to help you get your documents under control.
Your Instructor
Matt Sullivan has been guiding organizations large and small through the process of template-based workflows for over twenty years. He consistently provides a 30% or more reduction in time spent on documentation, while at the same time improving the consistency, branding, and organization of the content.
Course Curriculum
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StartSUGGESTED READING Chapter 5, Templates
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StartASSIGNMENT FOR Q&A Collect formatting samples
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StartBe faster in FrameMaker_ Setting up a template-based workflow (11:55)
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StartSetting up a FrameMaker workgroup (3:09)
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StartASSIGNMENT FOR WRAP-UP Establishing naming conventions (15:51)
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StartRun FrameMaker as Administrator (5:29)
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StartSUGGESTED READING Formatting text with paragraph tags
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StartSUGGESTED READING Chapter 7, Formatting text with character tags
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StartCORE Paragraph Designer Basic Properties (19:59)
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StartOPTIONAL Strategy for maintaining multiple templates (3:21)
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StartRenaming Paragraph Tags (1:47)
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StartFind and change paragraph tags (7:56)
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StartDefining Chapter Title and ordered list paragraphs (62:29)
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StartUnordered lists and Body indent paras (21:22)
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StartFigure and Table Titles (13:10)
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Starth1 h2 (9:01)
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StartCORE Warnings Notes Cautions, Frame Above/Below options (21:19)
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PreviewUsing Global Update (4:20)
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StartTARGETED FontAwesome Warnings, Notes, Cautions (14:54)
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StartASSIGNMENT FOR Q&A Create rough draft of tags in template
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StartASSIGNMENT FOR WRAP-UP Refine list of tags in template
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StartREQUEST FILES FOR VERSIONS PRIOR TO FM 2017