Authoring Structured Documents

Authoring Structured Documents with FrameMaker

Duration: 2 days

Hours: 9am -4pm

Description

The Authoring Structured Documents class is designed for those who wish to be able to create and modify structured documents created with FrameMaker 6 or 7. The focus will be on inserting and manipulating elements and attributes in the Structure View and through keyboard shortcuts to add text or objects.

Prerequisites

The prerequisites for this course are a familiarity with your operating system and basic word processing skills.
Experience with FrameMaker and SGML/XML is a plus and FrameMaker Getting Started and FrameMaker Creating Templates are highly recommended.

Topics Covered

Overview
Introduction to XML and SGML
Navigation
Document Structure
Manipulating Elements
Viewing Attribute
Editing Text
Editing Structure
Importing a Structured Flow
Working with Attributes
Validating a Document
Creating a New Structured Document
Structure Shortcuts
Cross-references, Variables and Footnote Elements
Anchored Frames and Imported Graphics
Tables
Generating a TOC and Index
Generating a Structured Book

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