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Training

  • Live web-based training sessions: 1 hour each (10am--11am PST)

    • Improve Your FrameMaker Skills -- Part 1; registration form
      • Paragraph Overrides, November 24
        Paragraph format overrides can make document updates cumbersome and cause the document layout to lose consistency. Demonstrates how overrides are created (intentionally or unintentionally), how to avoid them, and how to identify and fix existing overrides.
      • Better Text Editing and Spelling Techniques, December 11
        FrameMaker's text editing and spelling tools are outdated and limited. Learn little known techniques to make editing and spell-checking easier.

    • Improve Your FrameMaker Skills -- Part 2; registration form
      • Paragraph Autonumbering, January 15, 2009
        FrameMaker paragraph autonumbering works well once defined properly, but the underlying mechanism can be difficult to understand. Autonumbering can also be surprisingly versatile and serve purposes not related to numbering. Learn about autonumbering building blocks, structures, workarounds and additional uses.
      • Word-to-FrameMaker Conversions, January 29
        Converting documents from Microsoft Word to FrameMaker can be time-consuming and frustrating. This training session demonstrates how to optimize the process by preparing the source Word files in advance and use various techniques in FrameMaker to improve the result with less effort.
      • Indexing Essentials, February 12
        Indexes can significantly enhance both online and printed documentation. This training session provides an overview of FrameMaker indexing features, demonstration of techniques and related recommendations.
      • Handling Author Comments in FrameMaker, February 26
        Work in progress includes open issues, preliminary content and follow-up. This training session discusses techniques for the insertion, management and tracking of author comments in source FrameMaker files, using markers, conditional text and custom paragraphs tags.
      • Cross-Reference Tips & Tricks, March 12
        Tips and tricks for improving cross-reference formats, more efficient insertion of cross-references, paragraph vs. marker-based cross-references, managing external cross-references, troubleshooting and more.


  • Kfar Yona, Israel:
    • Single Sourcing with FrameMaker, November 27
    • Building a Front-End Interface to Document Collections, December 2 (9am-1pm)
    • FrameMaker-to-PDF Advanced Techniques:
      Day 1: Built-in FM-to-PDF features, issues and workarounds, December 3
      Day 2: Enhanced interactivity and automation, December 4
    • Using Captivate to Create Video Demos (enhancing software documentation), December 11
    • Using FrameMaker, December 15-16-17