Instructor-led courses (3.5-4 hour sessions, including 2 short breaks).
PDF Forms with Form Assistant (FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers add-on) (half-day)
For FrameMaker users who need to create interactive PDF forms.
Topics include: overview of PDF forms; form field objects, properties and actions (and how to define these through hypertext markers); enhancing form functionality with JavaScript; digital signatures;
providing built-in help; submitting form data; form design principles; overview of Acrobat JavaScript. Includes one license for Form Assistant.
Single Sourcing with FrameMaker (2 half-days)
For experienced FrameMaker users who want to make the most out of FrameMaker's single-sourcing features.
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PDF Document Collections (half-day)
Do you have numerous documents -- such as guides, help documents, white papers, technical specifications, spreadsheets, drawings, marketing materials and case studies -- each linked to a different application or accessible in different locations in the directory structure? Would your users appreciate easy access to all these different materials through a single main menu, structured like a web site? Learn how to create the navigation structure in PDF, how to link different document types, and how to create searchable PDF CDs/directories
Rich Media in PDFs with Multimedia Assistant (FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers add-on) (half-day)
Effectively integrating multimedia -- such as video simulations and demonstrations, audio -- in PDFs. Learn how you can embed/link media files in PDFs authored with FM and control playback properties in Acrobat, and with TimeSavers+Multimedia Assistant (so that you don't need to define media items and properties every time the PDF is updated). Includes one license for Multimedia Assistant.
3D-PDFs with FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers+3D Assistant (half-day)
Effectively integrating
3D models in your PDFs (so that you don't need to update 3D models
and properties every time the PDF is updated). Includes one license
for 3D Assistant.
Visually-Oriented Documentation (2 half-days)
(Not authoring-tool specific) Readers do not have the patience for wordy descriptions and often latch onto the graphics as their main reference point. This course discusses various methods for using layout, table and graphics cleverly so that your documentation is leaner, more usable and easier to localize. Topics include: design, pagination-related aspects, minimizing text, organizational devices for text, graphics, interactive graphics/video.
FrameMaker Template Design (6 half-days)
For experienced FrameMaker users; packed with information, tips & tricks to make template planning, design and maintenance easier.
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Using FrameMaker (5 half-days)
For newcomers to FrameMaker experienced with word processing or desktop publishing programs, or for technical writers who have been using the software, who want to acquire a full, in-depth knowledge of FrameMaker. Intensive & fast-paced (computer per participant). Topics include: paragraph and character formats -- applying, creating and modifying; variables; cross-references; searching for and changing text, formats and objects; using FrameMaker templates; autonumbering; anchored frames; creating and editing graphics using FrameMaker drawing tools; importing graphic files; tables and table formats; master pages and pagination features; reference pages and referenced graphics; generating a table of contents, index and other lists; FrameMaker books.
(A) Built-in FM-to-PDF features (2 half-days) (B) Enhanced interactivity and automation (2 half-days) (C) Testing PDFs (half-day) For experienced users of FrameMaker and Acrobat who want to create/maintain high-quality, interactive Acrobat PDF files.
Parts A, B and C can be taken as a complete course or separately.
