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Israel FrameMaker User Group

September 26 2008 Posted by Tom Balazs under Headlines

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More than 15 people attended September 26th meeting of the Israel FrameMaker User Group in Kfar Yona. Shlomo Perets of Microtype spoke on FrameMaker's paragraph overrides. Jack Shasha of Radware gave a talk entitled "Text Insets: A FrameMaker Single-Sourcing Solution".
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Adobe Technical Communication Suite On Demand Video Seminars

August 25 2008 Posted by Tom Balazs under Headlines
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At the Adobe Blog you can find three On Demand training videos on the Adobe Technical Communication Suite.
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Working Your Way to a Faster Framemaker

May 27 2008 Posted by Michael H. Cohen under Keyboard Shortcuts

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Can you use Framemaker without the mouse? While it may not be as intuitive, it certainly is possible, unless you're drawing graphics, of course. Even then, you can keep your actual mouse usage to the bare minimum.
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Knowing Where You Are

March 3 2008 Posted by under Its in the Script

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^{Excerpted from my book FrameScript for Newbies Copyright [7/17/2007] by Paul Schnall}

It is always good to know where you are, this is also true in scripting. Most FrameMaker objects have a text location or text range property. This property tells you the coordinates of the object. Then, these coordinates can be used to place other object relative to this location. For example, if you have the text range of a paragraph, then you can specify a new text location. The new text location can be anywhere within this text range. The text location can be used to add text at that point.
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'Hello World': Inserting New Text

February 3 2008 Posted by under Its in the Script

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^{Excerpted from my book FrameScript for Newbies (Copyright [7/17/2007] by Paul Schnall)}

Today we will add text to the document, and then we will add a paragraph to a document.

Inserting Text

To insert text use the New Text command. But first:
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Single Sourcing with FrameMaker

July 1 2007 Posted by Shlomo Perets under Microtype

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For experienced FrameMaker users who want to take advantage of
the single-sourcing potential of FrameMaker. Learn how FrameMaker
can help you use the same source material in different forms
and contexts: combine the same files in different FrameMaker
books, use conditional text, text insets, special text (variables,
cross-reference, autonumbering) and color views to create multiple
product versions within one set of documents.
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Technical Indexing with FrameMaker

July 1 2007 Posted by Shlomo Perets under Microtype

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Indexing concepts & techniques (as applied to technical documentation);
FrameMaker indexing-related features, techniques and add-ons.

Better PDFs with FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers

July 1 2007 Posted by Shlomo Perets under Microtype

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How to improve and enrich PDFs authored in FrameMaker automatically
& consistently using FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers.

Exploring FrameScript (hands-on)

July 1 2007 Posted by Shlomo Perets under Microtype

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FrameScript is a user-oriented scripting language that you can
use to create your own scripts to automate almost any FrameMaker
task. Using FrameScript, you can manipulate FrameMaker objects
such as books, text, graphics, tables, variables, cross-reference
and markers.

Using FrameMaker (hands-on)

July 1 2007 Posted by Shlomo Perets under Microtype

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(new: a personal Mif2Go license is provided to
participants)

For newcomers to FrameMaker experienced with word processing
or desktop publishing programs, or for technical writers who
have been using the software, who want to acquire a full, in-depth
knowledge of FrameMaker.

From Word to FrameMaker with Love

December 26 2006 Posted by Mumpy under Life as a Tech Writer | Comments (1)
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Only God and Shlomo Perets know the answer. And I'm not so sure about God.
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