Book-Length Documents with FrameMaker:
FrameMaker Personal Memo

Using what you've learned so far about FrameMaker, write a memo about yourself, your interests, your background (similar to the get-acquainted memo you wrote earlier in this semester).

Here's what to do:

  1. Create a new FrameMaker file, and name it using your first name, your last name, _pmemo1 for the assignment number and draft, anding with .fm as the file extension. For example, if your name is Charlie Brown, name the first draft of this project charliebrown_pmemo1.fm; the first revision, charliebrown_pmemo2.fm, and so on.

  2. In this memo, discuss any of the following about yourself that you are willing to share:
    • Your career goals—where technical communication fits into it.
    • Your field or occupation; current work.
    • Why you're taking online ETWR 2472; advantages, problems you foresee in taking a class this way.
    • Your computer setup: your computer hardware and software, how you access the Internet or ACC's computer; whether you have WorldWide Web and e-mail access.
    • How much familiarity you have with using desktop-publishing software like FrameMaker.
    • What you hope to gain from this course, which areas of writing you would like to focus on.
    • Where you're from—your hobbies, non-work interests, activities, "favorites" (music, food, movies, TV, cars, sports, sports teams).

  3. Make several words bold.

  4. Make several words italic.

  5. Create some headings on which you Arial font, 24 points, bold

  6. For a separate paragraph, indent the margins one full inch.

  7. Use the Character catalog to make a phrase Emphasis.

  8. Use the Paragraph Catalog to make a phrase Heading1.

  9. Make a three-item bulleted list using the Paragraph Catalog.

  10. Make a four-item numbered list using the Paragraph Catalog. Stop the list, add some regular-paragraph text, and start a new numbered list, making sure to restart this new numbered list at 1.
  11. Force the document to go to a second page; insert page numbering in the document.

Your grade for this project will be based on your successful completion of all the FrameMaker tasks listed above.

Send this file as an e-mail attachment to your instructor. Expect to receive e-mail confirmation that your instructor has received your files. If not, contact your instructor.

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