Introduction
Understand a typical FrameMaker workflow
Review the FrameMaker interface
Review of the elements that make up a template
Basic document setup
Set up a new blank document
- Pagination and page size
- Sidehead area
Import text with stylesheet
Create and modify paragraph formats
Control simple autonumbering
Create and apply custom colors
Create and modify character formats
Styling and applying master pages
Understanding text frame types
Custom page numbers
Inserting running headers and footers
Assigning master pages to specific paragraph formats
Complex autonumbering
Working out number formats needed
Assigning autonumberings to paragraph formats
Cross Reference Formats
Creating formats as complete units
Using character formats to style cross references
Tables
Creating and modifying table formats
- Changing existing formats
- Assigning paragraph formats to table formats
Books
Creating a table of contents template
- Using the TOC reference page
- Adding the Table of Contents text
- Formatting entries
- Adding dot leaders
- Uniform appearance of page numbers
- Controlling display of page numbers and autonumbers
Creating an index template
- Using the IX reference page
- Adding columns as needed
- Adding the Index text
- Formatting entries
- Adjusting group titles
