Posts Tagged ‘FrameMaker’
10 Great Features that FrameMaker has but Word Doesn’t
I love and use FrameMaker and Word both in my daily work. But here are ten good reasons why I choose FrameMaker (FM) over Word when it comes to long complicated technical documents: 1) Page templates. If I wish to, I can make every page of a FM document use a different page template without…
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How to Create a DITA Topic Object in FrameMaker
Welcome to my tutorial on How to Create a DITA Topic Object in FrameMaker FrameMaker (FM) has a very powerful and built-in DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) engine under its hood. Also known as “structured authoring,” this functionality comes with the FrameMaker as a default feature. When you buy FrameMaker, you do not need to…
Read MoreFrameMaker and Word: Graphic Object Styles
How to Create a DITA Concept Object in FrameMaker (Part 2)
Continuing with our tutorial about How to Create a DITA Concept Object in FrameMaker. PREREQUISITE: Make sure your FrameMaker is set for structured authoring. Select File > Preferences > General and select Structure FrameMaker from the Product Interface drop-down list. NOTE: This tutorial is the second part of this tutorial. If you haven’t so far, please read this tutorial post first. Let’s…
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How to create a DITA Concept Object in FrameMaker is not an easy task. PREREQUISITE: Make sure your FrameMaker is set for structured authoring. Select File > Preferences > General and select Structure FrameMaker from the Product Interface drop-down list. (1) Select DITA > New DITA File > New <concept> … from the menu bar.…
Read MoreHow to Create an "Object Style" for an Anchored Frame in Adobe FrameMaker
The ability to attach an “object style” to an anchored frame in FrameMaker is a huge time server and productivity booster. I applaud all Adobe engineers who came up with this long-due feature. To insert an anchored frame into a document, simply click the anchored frame button on the toolbar to display the Anchored Frame…
Read MoreComparing Adobe InDesign with Adobe FrameMaker
I’ve been comparing Adobe InDesign with Adobe FrameMaker for the last few weeks, trying to gauge the weak and strong points of each powerhouse application. Here is a summary of my findings: 1) Master Pages Both applications use master pages. That’s good. In both, you can assign any master page to any body page. 2)…
Read MoreHow to Wrap Text Around an Image in an Adobe FrameMaker Document
Adobe FrameMaker is no InDesign: it does not have a lot of text-wrap options. But you can still do it with the following two conditions: 1) Wrapping only in the RIGHT or LEFT side of the text frame. 2) Wrapping around a SQUARE or RECTANGLE outline. If you have any other kind of text-wrapping in…
Read MoreHow to Use the Same FrameMaker Master Pages in Multiple Documents
Problem You have created a set of great master pages in FrameMaker for Document A. Then, you started creating Document B but you still want to use the same master pages that you’ve created for Document A. How would you do it? Solution Very easy. (1) Save Document A as your template file (let’s call…
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