Contents

Contents

Getting Started

About Classroom in a Book

Prerequisites

Installing FrameMaker 11

Downloading the lesson files

How to use the lessons

Keyboard shortcuts in FrameMaker 11

Additional resources

Adobe certification

1 Exploring FrameMaker 11

Getting started

Exploring the document window

Setting up a workspace

Applying predefined paragraph formats

Applying predefined character formats

Writing a short memo

2 Defining Paragraph Formatting

Creating a custom document

Displaying the Paragraph Designer

Formatting headings

Working with bullet lists

Creating numbered lists

Creating a chapter title

3 Defining Colors and Character Formats

Defining custom colors and tints

Adding color to paragraph formats

Emphasizing words and phrases

Adding color to autonumbers

4 Page Layout

Changing column layout

Displaying master pages

Numbering pages

Creating a running footer

Finishing the footers

Custom master pages

Assigning master pages to paragraph tags

5 Graphics

Adjusting header and footer frames for graphics

Importing a graphic

Masking part of a graphic

Copying the header graphics

Drawing lines and rectangles

Aligning multiple objects

Copying the footer graphics

6 Document Editing

Viewing the document

Turning off the display of graphics

Defining a user variable

Inserting variables

Finding and changing text

Changing a variable definition

Using the Thesaurus

Checking spelling

7 Tables

Inserting a table

Filling in the table

Adding rows and columns

Rearranging information

Formatting text in table cells

Resizing columns

Changing the table format

Straddling table cells

Reusing a table format

8 Customizing Tables

Viewing a sample table

Importing text into a table

Formatting body cells

Formatting the table title

Setting basic table properties

Resizing columns

Using tabs in table cells

Defining ruling styles

Setting table ruling

Using custom ruling and shading

9 Anchored Frames and Graphics

Editing text containing anchored frames

Importing a graphic

Importing a second graphic

Anchoring graphics in the column

Using art in the margin

Creating an object style

Using inline graphics

Reusing anchored frames

Using run-in art

Creating a drop cap

Using rich media in technical documents

10 Cross-References and Footnotes

Inserting a paragraph cross-reference

Displaying the source of a cross-reference

Inserting an external cross-reference

Creating a cross-reference format

Using the new cross-reference format

Inserting a spot cross-reference

Resolving cross-references

Inserting footnotes

Changing how footnotes look

11 Books and Tables of Contents

Viewing the finished book file

Creating a book file

Adding documents to the book

Opening files from the book window

Adding a table of contents

Generating the table of contents

Setting up chapter numbering

Fixing the pagination

Changing the layout

Adding a title

Formatting the entries

Changing the contents of entries

12 Indexes

Adding an index to the book

Changing the layout

Adding a title

Updating the page footer

Formatting the entries

Formatting page numbers

Fixing bad line breaks

Adding index entries

Editing index entries

13 Conditional Text

Viewing conditional text

Setting up your document

Creating condition tags

Adding conditional text

Tagging text as you type

Adding a conditional graphic

Adding conditional table rows

Saving versions of a conditional document

14 Hypertext and PDF

Creating a hypertext TOC and index

Using cross-references as hypertext links

Testing hypertext links

Adding navigation buttons

Saving as PDF

15 HTML and Web Publishing

Viewing the finished document

Saving as HTML

Viewing the results in a Web browser

Refining the mappings

Specifying a graphic format

Adding hypertext links

Splitting the document into multiple Web pages

Seeing the results in HTML

Advanced topics

Index