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.Building a Front-End Interface to Document Collections (web-based course)
Mar 23 2010 (09:00 - 13:30) under MicrotypeDo you have numerous documents -- such as guides, help documents, white papers, technical specifications, spreadsheets, drawings, marketing materials and case studies -- each linked to a different application or accessible in different locations in the directory structure? Would your users appreciate.Webinar: Colors in FrameMaker
Mar 24 2010 (18:30 - 19:30) under MicrotypeWeb-Based Training Sessions: Improve Your FrameMaker Skills:
Understanding color/tint definitions and color views, best practices for using colors in text, conditional text, tables and graphics; tips & tricks; troubleshooting color-related issues.
Shlomo Perets, MicroType
http://www.microtype.com/Training.html.Webinar: Cross-Reference Tips & Tricks,
Mar 24 2010 (20:00 - 21:00) under Microtype"Improve Your FrameMaker Skills" web-based training sessions
Tips and tricks for improving cross-reference formats, more efficient insertion of cross-references, paragraph vs. marker-based cross-references, managing external cross-references, troubleshooting and more.
Shlomo Perets, www.microtype.com
.Structured FrameMaker: Authoring (hands-on)
Apr 13 2010 under MicrotypeTopics include: setting up the work environment; Structure view; working with elements and attributes; validating a structured document.
http://www.microtype.com/TrainingIsrael.html
.DITA Quick Start Workshop
Offered by Suite Solutions (CIDM member)
Trainer: Joe Gelb (Member of the OASIS DITA Adoption Committee)
Abstract: The DITA Quick Start Workshop is designed to get you up and running authoring, managing and publishing your content using DITA. The workshop is intensive, pragmatic and includes plenty of hands-on exercises.
.Structured FrameMaker: Developing EDDs & Other Tools (hands-on, 2-day course)
Apr 14 2010 - Apr 15 2010 under MicrotypeTopics include: document analysis; defining elements and formats; defining attributes; writing element definitions; handling unstructured legacy documents; generating and updating conversion tables; XML round-tripping.
http://www.microtype.com/TrainingIsrael.html
.Visually-Oriented Documentation
Apr 22 2010 under Microtype(Not authoring-tool specific)
Readers do not have the patience for wordy descriptions and often latch onto the graphics as their main reference point.
This seminar discusses various methods for using layout, table and graphics cleverly so that your documentation is leaner, more usable and easier to localize.
http://www.microtype.com/trainingisrael.html.Creating Video Demos to Enhance Software Documentation
May 10 2010 under MicrotypeWhen providing electronic documentation (training, online help, marketing materials), you can create much more than a PDF of the printed version. Learn how to demonstrate processes and functions with movie clips; how to plan, script and storyboard a movie clip; how to record the workflow, edit the movie.Using Captivate to Create Video Demos and Software Tutorials
May 11 2010 under MicrotypeFor technical writers and instructional designers. Topics include: overview; recording; text captions; mouse pointer paths, buttons and highlight boxes; images; rollovers and zoom areas; slide labels and notes; audio; libraries; publishing (web, PDF); converting demonstrations to simulations; animation.FrameMaker Template Design
May 25 2010 - May 26 2010 under MicrotypeFor advanced FrameMaker users; packed with information, tips & tricks to make template planning, design and maintenance easier.
http://www.microtype.com/TrainingIsrael.html
.Exploring FrameScript
Jun 01 2010 - Jun 02 2010 under MicrotypeFrameScript 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.
Topics include: when and why.Single Sourcing with FrameMaker
Jun 03 2010 under MicrotypeFor 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.Photoshop for Technical Communicators
Jun 14 2010 under MicrotypePhotoshop techniques, tips & tricks for technical communicators; efficient handling of screen captures and hardware photographs.
http://www.microtype.com/trainingisrael.html
Registration form: http://www.microtype.com/training/IL2010d-Training-Reg.pdf
Note: members of the Yokneam Forum of Technical Writers are entitled to a 5% discount in addition to standard discounts.Handling Graphics in FrameMaker
Jun 15 2010 under MicrotypeFor experienced FrameMaker users who have completed the Using FrameMaker course or have equivalent knowledge.
Topics include: graphic formats, importing and integrating graphics in documents (print/PDF/HTML outputs), maintenance and troubleshooting techniques, colors, using FrameMaker's graphic tools.
http://www.microtype.com
.FrameMaker + RoboHelp Integration (TCS)
Jun 16 2010 under MicrotypeFocuses on the integration between the enhanced versions of FrameMaker and RoboHelp (both included in the Adobe Technical Communication Suite, 1.x or 2.x).
Topics include: overview and concepts; FM-to-RH style mappings; single-source and conditions; support for FM special text objects (variables,
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