In this two-day class, you will learn the essential skills necessary to quickly get up and running with Adobe FrameMaker version 8.
You will begin the course by creating a new, blank document. By the end of the course, you will have learned to use Paragraph and Character formatting, Master Pages, tables and more to complete a multi-page layout.
Dates:
August 25-26, 2008
Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST
Price: $600 per person if you register at least one week prior to class; $700 if you register less than one week prior to class.
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Need the class sooner? Need a custom class? If you have a group of four or more, we can offer you a private, custom class. Call 410.956.4949, ext. 711 for more details.
FrameMaker Course Content:
- Working with FrameMaker Documents. Overview of the FrameMaker interface and feature set.
- Defining FrameMaker Paragraph Formats. Create a new document from scratch and learn how to create and define text formats, at both the paragraph and character level. (This includes body text, headings, numbered and bulleted lists, and numbered paragraphs.)
- Defining FrameMaker Color & Character Formats. Learn how to define custom colors in your FrameMaker document, and apply the colors automatically using Paragraph and Character formats.
- FrameMaker Page Layouts. Harness the power of FrameMaker’s Master Pages to define page numbers, headers and footers. You will learn to create dynamic headers and footers that pull data off the page, and update automatically as the data is revised.
- Working with Graphics in FrameMaker. Take a look at how to use FrameMaker’s drawing toolbox to add basic shapes to your publication.
- Editing FrameMaker Documents. In addition to basic skills like Find/change and spell check, you will learn to define variables for frequently updated strings of text (i.e., product names, numbers).
- Working with FrameMaker Tables. Laying out data tables is a cumbersome job in many page layout programs, but FrameMaker’s table formats automate the task. Learn how to import an Excel table into FrameMaker and control the formatting.
(Note: Space is limited. Reserve your space today. Click here to register!)
About Your Instructor
Barbara Binder started in the publishing field in 1986 with PageMaker's first release for Windows. She has been delivering corporate training as a free-lance instructor since 1987, mostly in the Washington, D.C area. In 2005, she moved to the foothills west of Denver to escape the congestion and the craziness of life "inside the Beltway."
In addition to being the owner of Rocky Mountain Training near Denver, Colorado, Barb holds current Adobe certifications on Adobe FrameMaker, InDesign, PhotoShop and InCopy. As an Adobe Certified Instructor with more than 20 years of classroom experience, she is ready to deliver the training needed to help you improve your publishing workflow.
Barbara was recently recognized by Adobe Systems, Inc., as one of the Top Five Most Highly-Rated Adobe Certified Instructors Worldwide for July through December 2007.
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