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MicroType‘s 2-day FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques seminar, developed and taught by Shlomo Perets, is now divided
into two parts, taught on day 1 and day 2.

Upcoming seminars:

• Seattle, WA — April 3-4
  
• Chicago, IL — April 7-8
  
• Brussels, Belgium — May 22-23
  
• Bethesda, MD — June 5-6 (PDF Conference 2003, post-conference workshop)
  
• Littleton, MA — June 9-10 (FrameWork Consulting)
  
• Redwood City, CA — July 17-18
  
• Atlanta, GA — July 21-22
  

MicroType‘s 2-day FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques seminar, developed and taught by Shlomo Perets, is now divided
into two parts, taught on day 1 and day 2. You can take either of the days, or both.

Upcoming seminars:

• Seattle, WA — April 3-4
  
• Chicago, IL — April 7-8
  
• Brussels, Belgium — May 22-23
  
• Bethesda, MD — June 5-6 (PDF Conference 2003, post-conference workshop)
  
• Littleton, MA — June 9-10 (FrameWork Consulting)
  
• Redwood City, CA — July 17-18
  
• Atlanta, GA — July 21-22
  

Day 1: MAKING THE MOST of FrameMaker’s Built-in PDF-Related Capabilities
and More ($600)

Topics include:

• PostScript printer drivers and recommended settings
  
• Distilling & the Save As PDF function
  
• Avoiding negative side-effects in the PDF file (text/graphics)
  
• PDF features supported by FrameMaker
  
• Cross-references: uses & techniques in PDFs
  
• Hypertext capabilities
  
• Bookmarking techniques (properties, hierarchy, extracting Figure/Table bookmarks and more)
  
• Handling FrameMaker books with cross-file links
  
• Creating optimized print and screen versions from a single FrameMaker source
  
• Problems, solutions & workarounds
  
• Testing your PDFs
  

Participants receive the following add-ons: Link Checker (ARTS), PageLabeler (Carmen Publishing), Bookmark Controller (MicroType) — $220 value.

Day 2: BEYOND WHAT’S BUILT-IN — Automating the Creation of High-Quality
Interactive PDFs authored with FrameMaker ($700)

Topics include:

• Using pdfmark commands to define Acrobat features in FrameMaker (through TimeSavers shortcuts, PS text frames or prologue/epilogue files):
  
  
  • Buttons with actions (such as Search, Close, Print)
    
  • Document Information fields (standard/custom)
    
  • Full control of default view options
    
  • Associating an Acrobat index with your PDF
    
  • Annotations
  
  
• Additional bookmark options:
  
  
  • Custom bookmarks (eg pointing to web sites, e-mail feedback)
    
  • Quick-access bookmarks
    
  • Cross-file bookmarks
  
  
• Enhancing navigation and interactivity:
  
  • Chapter tabs, dynamic document maps
    
  • Transparent navigation in a PDF document collection
    
  • Drop-down menus pointing to common destinations, related topics, web-based files, pre-defined searches or JavaScript functions
    

Participants receive the following add-ons: FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers
(including Bookmark Controller), Navigation Assistant (MicroType) — $260 value.


Days 1+2: Attend both days ($1250), pay less and receive more: Defaults Assistant (MicroType) and a personal gift: How To Read a Film DVD, in addition to all add-ons from days 1 and 2.

The seminar includes two months of e-mail support (submit exercises for feedback, ask questions or get guidance when implementing the seminar techniques).

Both days are applicable to FrameMaker 5.x, 6 & 7; Acrobat 4 & 5 Class hours: 8:30ñ17:30

Seminar description

(PDF, 2 pages)

Visit MicroType for more info, feedback from participants & registration forms.