Posts by author: Brad Anderson

ToolbarPlus Express is now available, providing:

  • Enhanced formatting bar
  • Improved QuickAccess bar
  • Improved context menus
  • Numerous useful keyboard shortcuts
  • A set of five quick-reference guides
  • Direct access to FrameMaker templates, clip art and online manuals

ToolbarPlus Express 4.0 replaces MicroType’s Express Customization, which is no longer available as a free download.

I hope that you have enjoyed ten years of free use and will continue to benefit from this package, now with even more features and enhancements, including:

  • Improved context-sensitive menus — with direct access to special characters, additional table & anchored frame commands and more
  • A new Paragraph Actions button, which displays a drop-down menu with common paragraph actions
  • New buttons in the Formatting and QuickAccess bars

For more information, visit www.microtype.com/ToolbarPlus.html.

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  • FrameMaker Template Design
  • Single Sourcing with FrameMaker
  • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques
  • Structured FrameMaker: Authoring
  • Structured FrameMaker: Developing EDDs
  • Technical Indexing with FrameMaker

Locations: Washington DC; San Francisco Bay Area, CA; Kfar Yona, Israel





  • FrameMaker Template Design
  • Single Sourcing with FrameMaker
  • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques
  • Structured FrameMaker: Authoring
  • Structured FrameMaker: Developing EDDs
  • Technical Indexing with FrameMaker

Locations: San Francisco Bay Area (Seaport Center, Redwood City), CA; Minneapolis, MN; Kfar Yona, Israel; Helsinki, Finland

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  • FrameMaker Template Design
  • Single Sourcing with FrameMaker
  • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques
  • Structured FrameMaker: Authoring
  • Structured FrameMaker: Developing EDDs
  • Technical Indexing with FrameMakerand more

Locations: San Francisco Bay Area (Seaport Center, Redwood City), CA; Kfar Yona, Israel; Boston, MA; Minneapolis, MN; London, England

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  • SF Bay Area (Redwood City), CA:
    • Using FrameMaker (hands-on), October 11-12
    • Structured FrameMaker: Authoring (hands-on), October 13
    • Structured FrameMaker: Developing EDDs (hands-on), October 14-15
    • Technical Indexing with FrameMaker, October 16

  • Newark, NJ:
    • FrameMaker Template Design, October 18-19
    • Single Sourcing with FrameMaker, October 20
    • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, October 21-22

  • Dallas, TX:
    • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, November 29-30
    • Single Sourcing with FrameMaker, December 1
    • FrameMaker Template Design, December 2-3
    • Technical Indexing with FrameMaker, December 4

  • Phoenix, AZ:
    • FrameMaker Template Design, December 6-7
    • Single Sourcing with FrameMaker, December 8
    • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, December 9-10

    Seminar descriptions:
    FrameMaker Template Design | Single Sourcing with FrameMaker | FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques | Structured FrameMaker: Authoring | Structured FrameMaker: Developing EDDs | Technical Indexing with FrameMaker


    Discounts for early registration, multiple seminars, multiple participants or participants in past seminars.

    Visit MicroType for more information, feedback from past participants and registration forms.

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  • Boston:
    • Single Sourcing with FrameMaker, April 19
    • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, April 20-21
    • FrameMaker Template Design, April 22-23

  • Minneapolis:
    • FrameMaker Template Design, April 26-27
    • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, April 28-29
    • Single Sourcing with FrameMaker, April 30

  • Toronto:
    • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, June 14-15

  • Research Triangle Park, NC:
    • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, June 17-18

  • Redwood City (SF Bay Area):
    • FrameMaker Template Design, June 21-22
    • Single Sourcing with FrameMaker, June 23
    • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, June 24-25
    • RoboHelp for FrameMaker hands-on course, June 28-29

  • London, England:
    • Single Sourcing with FrameMaker, August 16
    • FrameMaker Template Design, August 17-18
    • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, August 19-20

Seminar descriptions:
FrameMaker Template Design | Single Sourcing with FrameMaker | FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques | RoboHelp for FrameMaker

Discounts for early registration, multiple seminars, multiple participants or participants in past seminars.

Visit MicroType for more information, feedback from past participants and registration forms.

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FrameMaker Express Customization for FM7.1/Windows is now available (free download) — similar to the FM7.0 version, but the default path for linked PDFs is updated to reflect the default FM7.1 path and a “FrameMaker 7.1 Supplement (PDF)” entry added under Help.

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February-April 2004 — Houston, Indianapolis, Boston & Minneapolis


    • Houston, Texas (register before January 16 for an “early bird” discount)

      • Single-Sourcing with FrameMaker, February 23, 2004
      • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, February 24-25
      • FrameMaker Template Design, February 26-27


    • Indianapolis, Indiana (register before January 16 for an “early bird” discount)

      • FrameMaker Template Design, March 1-2, 2004
      • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, March 3-4
      • Single-Sourcing with FrameMaker, March 5


    • Boston, Massachusetts (register before March 3 for an “early bird” discount)

      • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, April 20-21
      • FrameMaker Template Design, April 22-23
      • Single-Sourcing with FrameMaker, April 24


    • Minneapolis, Minnesota (register before March 3 for an “early bird” discount)

      • FrameMaker Template Design, April 26-27, 2004
      • FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques, April 28-29
      • Single-Sourcing with FrameMaker, April 30

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New in the FrameMaker Building Blocks series: Index Markers (PDF: 2 pages)


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Shlomo Perets, MicroType — FrameMaker, Acrobat training & consulting

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