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Re: Brand new FrameMaker user

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From: Melissa_Zepp
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:11
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I agree with everyone else's advice. I also enjoyed Classroom in a Book, and I used it as a refresher when I went for a while without using Frame. I would just encourage you to stick with learning Frame and be patient with yourself. It took me a solid month eight years ago to learn enough about Frame to be productive with it. As a newby, my biggest mistake was trying to make it behave like Word and getting frustrated that it wouldn't do that. Later on, when I was using Frame everyday for two years straight, I had to go back to using Word for my client, and I tried to get Word to behave like Frame, LOL!

I'm still learning. A few days ago I had to post to this board asking for help generating a table of contents. The people here are patient and nice!

One big piece of advice -- Once you get your paragraph and character styles in place, don't override them! You can add styles, but try to keep them to just what you need. Once you get up to speed with Frame, those styles will speed up your work and allow you to concentrate on your content rather than spending oodles of time on formatting.

Best wishes, and welcome to Frame!
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