Books on structured FrameMaker

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5 total messages Started by E_Larkin Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:15

#766

Author: E_Larkin
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:15

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Hello,
My company is migrating from unstructured Frame to structured and so far, I have had little involvement in the process because I've been working on other projects. We hired a consultant to create the new structured templates and the project manager wrote a wiki page on how to do the conversion, but when it came time for me to convert one of my guides, I found the wiki a bit lacking. Then I had to drop the conversion effort to work on something else and another party ended up converting my guide into structured. Now I just want to learn the basics of the structured interface. Can anyone recommend a good basic guide to structured Frame? I've searched amazon and googled and the pickings are pretty slim [or prohibitively expensive]. I've been using unstructured Frame for 15 years and I know it very well, but structured is a completely different animal. I don't want to take any classes, I just need a good reference or tutorial. Is Adobe's Structure Application Developer's Guide the place to start? I also have the Framemaker 7.0 Classroom In a Book which includes a couple of chapters on structured.

We are currently using Frame 7.1 but are about to upgrade to 8.0. Are there significant differences between structured 7.1 and 8.0? I don't know if I can wait for all the approvals to go through for the upgrade.

Re: Books on structured FrameMaker

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Author: Russ Ward
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:11

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E,

The User Guide is probably your best bet. Don't be intimidated, because it really is not a "completely different animal." It's just a somewhat different breed, healthier and a little better looking. If you have experience with FrameMaker, you should have no trouble adapting to the structured interface.

Russ

Re: Books on structured FrameMaker

#769

Author: Russ Ward
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:13

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Oh, and for your second question, there are no major differences between versions as far as basic interface usage.

Re: Books on structured FrameMaker

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Author: Kay Whatley
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:08

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If you ping me, I'll send you a copy of "XML and FrameMaker". I have some of the original APRESS books written for Frame 7.2 that I can send out.

Kay
1.919.244.8559

Re: Books on structured FrameMaker

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Author: E_Larkin
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:43

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Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I once again had to drop everything for an urgent project and I'm only just getting back to the structured project. But I've only got two weeks to wrap up this structured guide so I'm just concentrating on not breaking the structuring at this point. I hope to be able to spend a little time on the next project in structured Frame.

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