These top­ics are designed for FrameMaker users who will do most of their work using tem­plates that have been designed by some­one else or will use the tem­plates included with the appli­ca­tion. The users will be taught how to use FrameMaker and make minor adjust­ments to the for­mats set up in the template.

Pre­req­ui­sites

Par­tic­i­pants should be expe­ri­enced with the plat­form (Mac, Win­dows, UNIX) that they will be using. Users should be capa­ble of nav­i­gat­ing within the sys­tem, open­ing and clos­ing files, cre­at­ing direc­to­ries, find­ing and open­ing appli­ca­tions, and using the mouse. It is also rec­om­mended that users have some knowl­edge of basic doc­u­men­ta­tion standards.

Basic Top­ics

The basic top­ics are designed to pro­vide par­tic­i­pants with the skills to per­form the following:

• Edit and for­mat text
• Apply para­graph and char­ac­ter formats
• Mod­ify para­graph and char­ac­ter formats
• Cre­ate para­graph and char­ac­ter formats
• Search for and replace/change text and formats
• Use the spelling checker, mul­ti­ple dic­tio­nar­ies, and the thesaurus
• Use auton­um­ber­ing (basic and com­plex formats)
• Apply side heads, run-in heads, and straddles
• Cre­ate and edit graph­ics using the draw­ing tools
• Use anchored frames
• Use FrameMaker tem­plates and clip art
• Insert and for­mat tables
• Insert and for­mat foot­notes in text and tables
• Work with mas­ter and ref­er­ence pages
• Use the doc­u­ment utilities
• Cre­ate a cus­tom document