Adobe® FrameMaker®
Introductory Course

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Location: Dublin city (Pearse Street)

Price: €649 now only €459 inclusive of course reference notes, unlimited email support following the training and lunch.

Duration: Two Days

Related courses:

Adobe FrameMaker Advanced Training Course
Adobe Acrobat Introductory Training Course

For details of courses in the UK visit www.ppatraining.co.uk

This Adobe FrameMaker training course is designed for new users of Adobe FrameMaker with little or no previous experience of desktop publishing. Starting from first principles, delegates will be led through the procedures for creating new documents and modifying existing ones. At the end of the course, delegates will be able to use Adobe FrameMaker to create a range of simple documents including short design-intensive documents such as leaflets and newsletters, as well as single chapter books and brochures.

The use of the drawing tools, which allow the creation of complex vector-based artwork is also covered.

This Adobe FrameMaker training course can also be tailored to a clients particular needs.

Comprehensive course notes, unlimited telephone support, and, for courses held in our Training Centre, lunch and refreshments are included.

Topics covered during this Adobe FrameMaker training course will include:

Overview of Desktop Publishing

• The Traditional Publishing Process
• The Desktop Publishing Process

Understanding the User Interface

• The Toolbars
• The Toolbox
• The Status Bar
• Preferences and Options

Opening, Creating and Saving FrameMaker Documents

• Creating and Using Document Templates
• Understanding the Body, Master and Reference Pages
• Creating Multi-Column Layouts
• Changing Page Size and Layout

Text Editing

• Importing Text Created in Other Applications – by Reference and
  by Copying into Document
• Working with Text Insets
• Typing and Correcting Text
• Spell Checking Dictionaries
• Search & Replace
• Inserting Footnotes

All About Formats (Tags)

• Formats explained – Paragraph, Character and Table
• Applying Existing Formats from a Template
• Creating New Formats
• Modifying the Properties of Formats
• Copying Formats from one Document to Another

Printing & Typesetting Terminology Explained

• Choosing and Using Typefaces Effectively
• Setting Leading (Inter-Line space) Appropriately
• Typesetting for Maximum "readability"

Autonumbering and Bullets

• Simple Paragraph Numbering
• Creating Bullet Point Formats
• Complex "Point" Paragraph Numbering
• Understanding the Importance of Series Labels
• Autonumbering Tables, Figures, Captions etc...

Headers and Footers

• Creating Running Headers and Footers
• Using Variables in Headers and Footers
• Page Numbering

Creating and Using Frames

• Using Graphics Frames in Documents
• Importing Graphics Created in Other Applications – by Reference and 
  by Copying into Document
• Drawing FrameMaker Graphics in Frames
• Sizing and Scaling Pictures
• Rules Around Frames
• Captions
• Flowing Text Around Frames

Using the Drawing Tools

• Drawing Graphics – Rectangles, Ellipses, Polygons and Lines
• Modifying Graphic Objects
• Understanding Bézier Curves
• Smoothing and Unsmoothing Lines
• Applying Pen and Fill Attributes

Printing and Output

• Print options
• Saving Postscript Files for Output by Remote Service Providers
• Saving as HTML
• Creating Adobe Acrobat PDF Files

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