FrameMaker 7: The Complete Reference

The Authoritative Resource on FrameMaker 7

Master the myriad features and complex interface of FrameMaker 7, and implement complex multichannel publishing solutions. Publishing experts Sarah OKeefe and Sheila Loring present over 900 pages of information to help you use the automated formatting features of this powerful application. FrameMaker 7: The Complete Reference helps you understand and master its many features to increase your productivity and improve your published documents. Learn to create and manipulate text, control page layout, and construct books--plus advanced techniques including hypertext, modular text, and working with XML, SGML, DTDs, and element definition documents.

• Build a FrameMaker-based workflow that suits your needs for production, content creation, and template design
  
• Fully understand the interface, including the document window, structure view, status bar, and toolbars
  
• Prepare information in other applications for quick and easy import into FrameMaker
  
• Use the thesaurus, footnotes, markers, spell-check, and other standard options included in FrameMakers full-featured word processing environment
  
• Make your documents easy to maintain with conditional text, variables, text insets, and cross-references
  
• Import graphic files from one of many supported formats, such as EPS, TIFF, Adobe Illustrator, SVG, GIF, JPEG, and PNG
  
• Manage all aspects of book construction, from automatic page numbering to tables of contents, indexing, and other generated files
  
• Work with structured documents and XML/SGML
  

Contents           

   Part I: Getting Started with FrameMaker
    1: Why FrameMaker?
    2: Establishing a Workflow in FrameMaker
    3: Creating Your First Document

   Part II: Creating and Manipulating Text
    4: Word-Processing Features
    5: Formatting Text with Paragraph Tags
    6 Formatting Text with Character Tags
    7: Understanding Table Design
    8: Cross-References
    9: Storing Content in Variables

   Part III: Controlling Page Layout
    10: Understanding Text Flows
    11: Understanding Master Pages
    12: Importing Graphics
    13: FrameMaker’s Graphics Tools

   Part IV: Building Books
    14: Setting Up Book Files
    15: Creating Tables of Contents
    16: Creating Indexes
    17: Creating Other Generated Files

   Part V: Creating Output
    18: Print and PDF Output
    19: Creating HTML and XML Output
    20: Color Output

   Part VI: Advanced Techniques
    21: Setting Up Conditional Text
    22: Creating Interactive Documents with Hypertext
    23: Writing Equations
    24: Maker Interchange Format
    25: Creating Modules with Text Insets
    26: Templates
    27: Sharing and Managing Files Using WebDAV

   Part VII: Structured FrameMaker
    28: Working with Structured Documents
    29: Understanding the Element Definition Document
    30: Adding Structure to Unstructured Documents
    31: Importing and Exporting XML/SGML

   Part VIII: Appendixes
    A: Resources
    B: Managing Fonts Across Platforms
    C: Building Blocks