Posts by author: Brad Anderson
The full schedule for the 2003 FrameUsers Conference is now online. To view the FrameUsers Conference Schedule please visit this site. Join us at the 5th annual FrameUsers Conference and join the largest gathering of FrameMaker experts in the world.
Continue Reading →Date: Wednesday, May 28
Time: 2:30 p.m. Networking; 3 p.m. Meeting
Location: Apt. Solutions Training Center in Golden Valley
Directions: Directions to UMFUN
Topics:
* Presentation and demo on Adobe Acrobat version 6. Presenters: Rick
Hammond, Adobe Representative, and Gordon Hanson, Adobe Certified Trainer
* Presentation and demo on WebWorks Professional 2003. Presenters:
Gordon Hanson and Diane Nolden, Adobe Certified Trainers
* Surprises and scoops on Adobe’s plans for FrameMaker
* Tips exchange – Open forum for questions on using FrameMaker
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to UMFUN-board@aptsolutions.com
Continue Reading →FrameMaker 7 XML -Prescription For The Health Insurance Industry
Richard Simon of Acclivity Development discusses a Case Study highlighting the use of FrameMaker 7Çs new XML capabilities in a publishing application in the Health Insurance industry. He covers the creation of an XML/DTD as associated EDD and Template files. Tips and insights on how to incorporate CALS tables are also covered. Useful techniques, not covered in the User Manual, are offered to those who are considering XML FrameMaker 7 applications.
Continue Reading →Combining FrameMaker and MS Word content into a single online help system
Online content often comes from multiple authors, using various authoring tools, such as FrameMaker, MS Word and even existing HTML files, this session will illustrate the steps needed for combining all of this information into a single, highly sophisticated Help system.
The session is for FrameMaker users, who are tasked with generating online Help by combining their own FrameMaker content with content authored in MS Word. In this session, you will learn about the best practices of getting mixed content into RoboHelp, further manipulating the content and successfully generating output for various online formats, including context-sensitive Help for Web-based applications.
Continue Reading →Autonumbering Plus other things you can do with the Numbering section of the Paragraph Tag.
This presentation is to discuss the capabilities of FrameMakerís Autonumbering feature. Differences between 5.5.6 and 6.0 and also some tricks that you can do with autonumbers.
Continue Reading →FrameMaker and the Future of Content Creation, Management, and Delivery
Are you or your writing group spending over 5 hours a week or month converting your WebWorks projects? Would you like to schedule your WebWorks conversion for each day or weekly? WebWorks AutoMap and WebWorks AutoMap Client will make these conversion seamless with little effort from the writers and allow the writers to spend more time writing. WebWorks AutoMap creates and converts either FrameMaker or MS Word files to HTML, or Online Help system with no human interaction. This will allow you to create and convert your online information earlier in the writing cycle, which will enhance your information and allow you to correct errors in either content or structure. Andrew VanConas, Vice President of Services for Quadralay will demonstrate how to incorporate WebWorks AutoMap into your writing cycle.
Continue Reading →Database Publishing with XML and FrameMaker+SGML
As the use of XML for data encoding and interchange becomes more widespread, FrameMaker+SGML users are being asked to create print-worthy documents that incorporate database content. FrameMaker+SGML and XML make this possible. Our presentation is aimed at FrameMaker+SGML users who want to create database publishing solutions without the help of expensive third-party systems.
In our presentation we will demonstrate how to prepare XML data for import and automatic processing in FrameMaker+SGML, using its built-in tools for publishing SGML; the EDD and Read-Write rules. We will discuss the fundamentals of DTD design, demonstrate simple EDD and template design techniques with an emphasis on processing tables, and suggest solutions for converting non-structured data to XML/SGML for use with FrameMaker+SGML.
Continue Reading →PDF Forms 101 presentation
This presentation shows how to get started with Acrobat forms. Conversion from Jet-forms, and other form types to PDF.
We will cover the basics of setting up a file to use forms, including setting fields, naming fields, assigning field properties, and setting up fields to calculate.
Continue Reading →FrameMaker and the Future of Content Creation, Management, and Delivery
Publishing a Help system on a telephone. A library full of textbooks on your desktop or palmtop, your choice. Custom manuals, not just for different products, but for individual users of those products. Sure, itís cool and visionary, but how exactly does all that information get there? What tools will you need?
In this important keynote, Lee Richardson will discuss Adobe Network Publishing (the vision) and how FrameMaker will get you there (the tools). Adobe foresees a future where rich, personalized content is available anytime, anywhere, on any device. FrameMakerís structured authoring plays a key role in this future, making it possible to gather, reuse, and distribute information from multiple authors to a multitude of users. Leeís session will tie the tools to the vision, and will include insights and tips about the techniques and skills youíll need to create, manage, and deliver content in the new world of network publishing.
Continue Reading →Improving Writer Productivity with Structured Documents
Use of structured documents in FrameMaker is often motivated by a requirement for working with XML or SGML. Even without such a requirement, FrameMaker’s structured approach to documentation (based on XML element structure) provides writers with a user interface that allows them to be even more productive than does FrameMaker itself. "Improving Writer Productivity with Structured Documents" starts with an overview of structured documents for an audience that is already familiar with FrameMaker. After the introduction, editing instructions are given to two users, one using an unstructured version of a document and the other using a structured version of the same text. Tasks include rearranging sections, reviewing index markers, and changing cross-references after a long chapter is split in two. The users’ monitors will be projected so that the audience can follow their progress as they work. When editing is complete, the users will describe how they approached each task and answer questions from the audience.
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