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Training: FrameMaker
| Structured FM | Interactive Doc. | "Interspondence"
| In Israel
In Israel
Registration form for all
seminars is a fillable PDF
(note: members of the Yokneam Forum of Technical Writers are
entitled to a 5% discount in addition to standard discounts)
- Creating Video Demos to Enhance Software Documentation
| May 12
When providing electronic documentation (training, online help,
marketing materials), you can create much more than a PDF of
the printed version. Learn how to demonstrate processes and functions
with movie clips; how to plan, script and storyboard a movie
clip; how to record the workflow, edit the movie and add titles,
callouts and captions; and how to integrate the movie into the
documentation. The course also covers setup, output formats and
options and tools (Camtasia and Captivate are demonstrated).
- Captivate (hands-on) | May 14
For technical writers and instructional designers. Topics include:
overview; recording; text captions; mouse pointer paths, buttons
and highlight boxes; images; rollovers and zoom areas; slide
labels and notes; audio; libraries; publishing (web, PDF); converting
demonstrations to simulations; animation and Flash video; branching;
skins and templates; quizzes; Menubuilder; interfacing with Learning
Management Systems.
- Creating PDF Forms (Acrobat Professional / LiveCycle
Designer) | May 15
For Acrobat users who need to create or maintain interactive
PDF forms. Topics include: overview of PDF forms; form field
objects, properties and actions (including buttons, text fields,
check boxes and radio buttons); enhancing form functionality
with JavaScript; digital signatures; providing built-in help;
submitting form data; form design principles; converting paper
forms to PDF.
- Single
Sourcing with FrameMaker | June 4
For experienced FrameMaker users who want to take advantage of
the single-sourcing potential of FrameMaker. Learn how FrameMaker
can help you use the same source material in different forms
and contexts: combine the same files in different FrameMaker
books, use conditional text, text insets, special text (variables,
cross-reference, autonumbering) and color views to create multiple
product versions within one set of documents. You can also apply
different templates to the same material so that online help
and PDFs designed for screen reading can be automatically derived
from the FrameMaker files with the correct formatting.
- Handling Graphics in FrameMaker | June 5
For experienced FrameMaker users who have completed the Using
FrameMaker course or have equivalent knowledge. Topics include:
graphic formats, importing and integrating graphics in documents
(print/PDF/HTML outputs), maintenance and troubleshooting techniques,
colors, using FrameMaker's graphic tools.
- Structured FrameMaker: Authoring (hands-on) | June
16
Topics include: setting up the work environment; Structure view;
working with elements and attributes; validating a structured
document.
- Structured FrameMaker: Developing EDDs & Other Tools
(hands-on) | June 17-18
Topics include: document analysis; defining elements and formats;
defining attributes; writing element definitions; handling unstructured
legacy documents; generating and updating conversion tables;
DITA; XML round-tripping.
- PDF Clinic | June 19 (half day, 9am-1pm)
Get the focus of consulting at the price of a seminar! Bring
your PDF files, and learn how to identify and solve problems
and improve results (regardless of your authoring tools).
- Using FrameMaker (hands-on) | June 23-24-25 (new:
a personal Mif2Go license is provided to participants)
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.
- FrameMaker Clinic | June 26 (half day, 9am-1pm)
Get the focus of consulting at the price of a seminar! Bring
your FrameMaker files and templates, and learn how to identify
and solve problems, be more efficient and improve results.
- Exploring FrameScript (hands-on) | TBA (2
days)
FrameScript is a user-oriented scripting language that you can
use to create your own scripts to automate almost any FrameMaker
task. Using FrameScript, you can manipulate FrameMaker objects
such as books, text, graphics, tables, variables, cross-reference
and markers. Topics include: when and why are scripts useful;
ElmStudio; developing, testing and troubleshooting scripts: commands,
messages and dialogs, subroutines and functions, lists; working
with FrameMaker objects; adjusting existing scripts to suit your
changing needs; developing a reusable code library; deploying
and maintaining scripts.
- FrameMaker 8 + RoboHelp 7 Integration (hands-on) |
TBA
Focuses on the integration between the enhanced versions of FrameMaker
8 and RoboHelp 7 (both included in the Adobe Technical Communication
Suite). Topics include: overview and concepts; FM-to-RH
style mappings; single-source and conditions; support for FM
special text objects (variables, links, cross-references); source
file optimization; indexes and glossaries; handling of graphics;
incorporating SWF files (Captivate); context-sensitive help;
output types and customization.
- Building a Front-End Interface to Document Collections
| TBA (half day, 9am-1pm)
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 or HTML,
how to link different document types, and how to create searchable
PDF CDs/directories.
- FrameMaker-to-PDF
Advanced Techniques:
Day 1: Built-in FM-to-PDF features, issues and workarounds
| TBA
Day 2: Enhanced interactivity and automation
| TBA
For experienced users of FrameMaker and Acrobat who want to create/maintain
high-quality, interactive Acrobat PDF files. The seminar is divided
into two parts, taught on day 1 and day 2; you can take either
of the days, or both.
Note: seminar does not include software add-ons
- FrameMaker
Template Design | TBA
For advanced FrameMaker users; packed with information, tips
& tricks to make template planning, design and maintenance
easier.
Note: seminar does not include software add-ons
- Interactive 3D Models in PDFs with Acrobat Professional/3D
| TBA
How to incorporate interactive 3D visualizations in technical
publications. Topics include: creating multiple views & cross
sections; lighting settings; Acrobat 3D Toolkit: adding materials,
creating animations and exploded views; enhancing 3D interactivity
with Acrobat JavaScript; part measurements; comments and markups
in interactive 3D models; converting models from CAD to U3D and
PDF; capturing models from CAD.
Sample 3D PDFs are available at the Showcase
section; seminar techniques apply to Acrobat 3D and Acrobat Professional
(PDFs viewed in Adobe Reader), independently of the authoring
tools being used.
- Acrobat Comprehensive (hands-on) | TBA
For technical writers who want to acquire a thorough knowledge
of the Acrobat suite of tools and how these can be efficiently
used in document review cycles and for the distribution of document
collections. Topics include: components of Adobe Acrobat -- overview,
workflow, uses; Portable Document Format (PDF); creating PDFs
-- settings and parameters; modifying and enhancing PDF documents;
Acrobat-based document review cycles; testing and fine-tuning
PDF documents; Acrobat-specific design; handling large PDF collections;
add-ons, utilities and plug-ins; authoring interactive PDF documents
with Office applications.
- Technical Indexing with FrameMaker | TBA (1 day)
Indexing concepts & techniques (as applied to technical documentation);
FrameMaker indexing-related features, techniques and add-ons.
- Electronic Document Review in Acrobat | TBA
(half day)
Topics include: review methods (email-based reviews, browser-based
reviews, shared reviews); commenting tools; importing, exporting
and summarizing comments; managing and tracking PDF reviews.
- Acrobat JavaScript | TBA (1 day, hands-on)
Using Acrobat JavaScript for improved interactivity and smarter
PDF forms. Topics include: Acrobat JavaScript fundamentals; App,
Doc and Field objects and commonly-used methods and properties;
events; JavaScript actions assigned to links/form fields, bookmarks
and pages; document- and folder-level JavaScripts; batch sequences;
debugging.
- Better PDFs with FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers | TBA
(1 day)
How to improve and enrich PDFs authored in FrameMaker automatically
& consistently using FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers.
Note: seminar fee includes one license for FrameMaker-to-Acrobat
TimeSavers.
- Acrobat: Designing Access to Information & Testing
Your PDFs | TBA (1 day)
Learn how to plan your PDF document collection wisely, so that
information is accessible instantly -- making the most of Acrobat's
capabilities, and avoiding its limitations. Aspects discussed
include: advanced navigation & hypertext, planning multiple
access paths, design & orientation principles, harnessing
the hidden powers of the Search function.
Testing PDFs -- based on a comprehensive checklist, includes
principles & techniques for testing PDFs of different types
and detailed guidelines relating to the following categories:
PDF Type & Usage, Essential, Printing, Online, Interactive,
Web, Document Collections.
Training is held in Kfar Yona.
"I would like to thank you for a very informative and fascinating
course. I had no idea Acrobat was so feature-rich and held so
many possibilities. The course itself was just in the right pace
and covered the essentials very well. It is a real pleasure to
learn from an expert." -- Tali Shchori, Marketing Communications
Manager, Ipex-Paragon | "The FrameMaker course was excellent.
I enjoyed very much your quiet, but knowledgeable presentation
and felt that you always maintained a high level despite varying
levels of the participants. The material you provided was more
than ample, is clearly set out and well explained." --
Paul Horwitz, Nova Measuring Instruments | "Thanks
for a marvelous course! Everything was simply perfect, from the
extensive handouts to the intensive, but enjoyable learning experience.
I really appreciate your commitment to getting us all up to speed
on FrameMaker." -- [name withheld]
Israel
FM UG: next meeting will take place in Ra'anana, Tuesday, April
29, 7pm. Topics:
- Interactive, High-Quality PDF-Based Document Collection (Word>FM>PDF)
-- Case Study
- Structured FrameMaker: A Brief Overview
- Attribute-Based Filtering in Structured FrameMaker
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