Topic-Level
Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: FrameMaker 7.1 Intermediate and basic knowledge
of XML or SGML or equivalent experience
Unit 1: Structured documents
Topic A: Structured vs. unstructured
A-1: Discussing SGML and XML
Topic B: The structured work area
B-1: Opening and viewing a structured document
B-2: Using the Element Catalog
Topic C: Structured templates
C-1: Creating a document from a structured template
C-2: Creating a document from another document
Unit 2: Elements
Topic A: About elements
A-1: Viewing elements
A-2: Adding elements
A-3: Wrapping elements
Topic B: Manipulating elements
B-1: Replacing an element with another element
B-2: Merging elements
B-3: Moving an element
B-4: Copying and deleting elements
Topic C: Finding elements and attributes
C-1: Using the Find/Change dialog box
C-2: Validating a document
Unit 3: Text and graphics
Topic A: Working with text
A-1: Importing text
A-2: Formatting text
Topic B: Working with graphic elements
B-1: Viewing graphic elements
B-2: Importing a graphic element
Unit 4: Tables
Topic A: About structured tables
A-1: Inserting a structured table
A-2: Adding text to a table
A-3: Importing graphics to table cells
A-4: Adding continuation text
A-5: Nesting a table
Topic B: Editing structured tables
B-1: Formatting tables
B-2: Straddling cells and columns
B-3: Rotating cells
Unit 5: Cross-references, footnotes, and variables
Topic A: Cross-references
A-1: Inserting element-based cross-references
A-2: Providing ID values for cross-references
A-3: Resolving cross-references
Topic B: Footnotes and endnotes
B-1: Inserting a footnote
B-2: Inserting and formatting an endnote
Topic C: Variables
C-1: Inserting system variables
Unit 6: Conditional documents
Topic A: About conditional documents
A-1: Creating conditional tags
A-2: Applying conditional tags to text
A-3: Adding conditional tags to graphics and table rows
A-4: Removing conditional tags
Unit 7: Building books
Topic A: Book files
A-1: Creating a structured book
A-2: Updating the chapter numbering and pagination
A-3: Validating a structured book
Topic B: Table of contents
B-1: Adding a table of contents
B-2: Formatting a table of contents
B-3: Adding structure to a table of contents
Topic C: Working with indexes
C-1: Generating an index
C-2: Adding structure to an index
Unit 8: Hypertext and PDF
Topic A: Hypertext
A-1: Creating hypertext links in a TOC and an index
A-2: Using a cross-reference as a hypertext link
A-3: Adding hypertext links to graphics
Topic B: Saving documents as HTML and PDF files
B-1: Saving a document as an HTML file
B-2: Adjusting HTML mapping in a document
B-3: Saving a book as a PDF file