Designing Print Documentation:
FrameMaker Tutorials

Here are links to the FrameMaker tutorials we'll be using in class.

1. FrameMaker Tutorial—Introduction & Basic Tasks
2. FrameMaker Tutorial—Styles (Paragraph & Character Tags)
3. FrameMaker Tutorial—Tables
4. FrameMaker Tutorial—Anchored Frames (with Graphics)
5. FrameMaker Tutorial—Graphics
6. FrameMaker Tutorial—Templates
7. FrameMaker Tutorial—Master Pages
8. FrameMaker Tutorial—Reference Pages
9. FrameMaker Tutorial—Cross-References
10. FrameMaker Tutorial—Tables of Contents
11. FrameMaker Tutorial—Indexes
12. FrameMaker Tutorial—Autonumbers, Variable Text and Version Control
13. FrameMaker Tutorial—Book Building
14. FrameMaker Tutorial—Conversion Techniques

Tutorials for FrameMaker Version 5.5.6 are still available.

Here begins a list of resources for FrameMaker:

• Getting Started with FrameMaker. A collection of resources available from DocSys in conjunction with CERN.
• FrameMaker/Acrobat FAQs, Quick Reference Guides, Articles & Resources. A nicely comprehensive site made available from Israel. (Click on the Resources link.)
• Techwhirl Poll Results: DTP Preferences. See how FrameMaker stacks up against other applications for hardcopy or single-source documentation. From TECHWR-L.
• A Word User's Perspective on FrameMaker
• Word vs. Frame. A summary of TECHWR-L discussion of these two applications.
• FrameMaker Versus Word Comparisons. An index of comparisons, not just to to Word but Pagemaker, inDesign, and others.
• DTP Shootout. See how FrameMaker stacks up against Pagemaker, Word, QuarkXpress and others. Provided by Diane Haugen.
• Adobe. Adobe Framemaker 6.0 Classroom in a Book. Adobe. ISBN: 020170014X.
• Sarah S. O'Keefe, John Warnock. FrameMaker 5.5.6 For Dummies. Hungry Minds, Inc. ISBN: 0764506374 (The edition for version 6 ought to be available soon.)

Note: For help on FrameMaker problems, see:

• FrameMaker Discussion. Listserv-style FrameMaker discussion group. Send e-mail to majordomo@math.mcgill.ca with subscribe framers YourAddress in the body of the e-mail.
• Adobe User-to-User Forums
• FrameUsers.com
• FrameMaker Tutorials. (Tips from Adobe)
• FrameMaker templates. Available at www.about.com. In the Find It Now box type FrameMaker templates. You'll find around 150 templates of all types plus some information on how best to use the templates.
• FrameMaker Viewlets Library. Demos of a tool called ViewletBuilder from qarbon.com. Over a dozen animated screen-capture tutorials for FrameMaker.