FrameMaker(R) 7: The Complete Reference [Paperback]

Sarah S. S. O'Keefe (Author), Sheila A. A. Loring (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072223618 | ISBN-13: 978-0072223613 | Publication Date: June 11, 2002 | Edition: 1

Covering both FrameMaker and FrameMaker+SGML, this comprehensive resource explains the full range of features and offers little-known tips and tricks for maximizing this powerful desktop publishing application.

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The Authoritative Resource on FrameMaker 7

Master the myriad features and complex interface of FrameMaker 7, and implement complex multichannel publishing solutions. Publishing experts Sarah O'Keefe and Sheila Loring present over 900 pages of information to help you use the automated formatting features of this powerful application. FrameMaker 7: The Complete Reference helps you understand and master its many features to increase your productivity and improve your published documents. Learn to create and manipulate text, control page layout, and construct books--plus advanced techniques including hypertext, modular text, and working with XML, SGML, DTDs, and element definition documents.

• Build a FrameMaker-based workflow that suits your needs for production, content creation, and template design
• Fully understand the interface, including the document window, structure view, status bar, and toolbars
• Prepare information in other applications for quick and easy import into FrameMaker
• Use the thesaurus, footnotes, markers, spell-check, and other standard options included in FrameMaker's full-featured word processing environment
• Make your documents easy to maintain with conditional text, variables, text insets, and cross-references
• Import graphic files from one of many supported formats, such as EPS, TIFF, Adobe Illustrator, SVG, GIF, JPEG, and PNG
• Manage all aspects of book construction, from automatic page numbering to tables of contents, indexing, and other generated files
• Work with structured documents and XML/SGML

About the Author

Sarah O'Keefe (Morrisville, NC) is the president and founder of Scriptorium Publishing Services, Inc., a technical publishing company that creates material solely in FrameMaker. Sarah is a FrameMaker ACE (Adobe Certified Expert) and all-around tool expert. She teaches Scriptorium Publishing's "Accelerated Introduction to FrameMaker" course and is certified by Quadralay Corporation to teach WebWorks Publisher and Advanced WebWorks Publisher courses.

Product Details

• Paperback: 888 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (June 11, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072223618
• ISBN-13: 978-0072223613
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,332,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything You Ever Wanted to Know!, March 13, 2003

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This review is from: FrameMaker(R) 7: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

I bought this book when FrameMaker 7 first came out, and it has been an invaluable reference ever since. Absolutely every question I've ever had about FrameMaker is answered in this book.

It's also very well organized and easy to find information. I often refer to it when I've forgotten some tidbit that I don't use regularly (like special index entry formats), and I can always go right to the information.

I highly recommend it as a general reference to FrameMaker if you are already using FrameMaker and familiar with it. If you are new to FrameMaker and want to just get started with it, check out the Adobe classrooms in a book series--they are great introductions.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best reference for structured FrameMaker information, November 12, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: FrameMaker(R) 7: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

If you need information about the new structured interface of FrameMaker 7 (which was known as FrameBuilder and FrameMaker + SGML in previous versions), this book is for you. I haven't seen another book that explains using structure as clearly as the Complete Ref. does. With Adobe combining the Frame + SGML (structured) and the Frame (unstructured) interfaces into version 7, people's interest in structure has increased, and this book can be a big help for people making the transition from the unstructured to the structured side. A previous reviewer says the Adobe documentation explains Frame better; I have to disagree. Adobe's Classroom in Book, for example, devotes very few pages to creating structured environments.

Even if you don't plan to switch to structure, this book has great tips for building really great features into templates. I've been using Frame since 1994, and I learned a few things.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good reference for both new and experienced users., September 16, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: FrameMaker(R) 7: The Complete Reference (Paperback)

I bought this book with some amount of trepidation. I needn't have worried -- FrameMaker 7, The Complete Reference is one of the best instances of the Complete Reference series.
Too often the Complete Reference series of books consist merely of an item-by-item listing of menu options with no additional insight or explanation offered. Think of trying to learn the English language by reading a dictionary and you'll get the idea.
Happily, the FrameMaker 7 Complete reference is a different story. It provides a comprehensive list of the Windows, Apple, and UNIX variations of FrameMaker's menus and commands, but also adds a lot of value in terms of explanations and examples.
In addition to information helpful to a new user of FrameMaker, there are some truly esoteric features and tips that even I -- a daily user of FrameMaker for nearly five years -- found informative and helpful. The book also contains the best single source of information about FrameMaker 7's new Structured Document commands that I've found so far.
If you're a serious user of FrameMaker, and are looking for a third-party book to augment Adobe's documentation, this is a book you'll use and enjoy. Seriously.