FrameMaker(R) 7: The Complete Reference

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.

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