1.
Using the text template 1
Overview 2
Installing the templates 2
Location of Framemaker templates 2
Framemaker setup 3
Creating a new document 4
Importing contents from another file 4
Writing the contents 4
File naming conventions 5
Defined paragraph tags 6
Using paragraph tags 6
Paragraph catalog 6
Apply paragraph tags with keyboard shortcuts 6
Keyboard shortcuts 7
Paragraph tags overview 8
Paragraph tag examples 10
Titles and other headings 10
Title 10
Chapter Number 10
Head1 10
Head2 10
Head3 10
Body 10
Lists 11
BodyIndent 11
Bulleted Lists 12
BodyBullet, BodyBullet2 examples 12
Series within a bulleted item 12
Bulleted list without punctuation 12
Numbered Lists 13
Code examples 14
Code sample 14
Code indent in a numbered list sample 14
CodeWide sample 14
Term 15
Defined character tags 16
Using character tags 16
Character catalog 16
Apply character tags with keyboard shortcuts 16
Applying Bold character tag versus using Quick Access bar 17
Character tags overview 17
Notes and related tags 18
Table caution, important, note, and tip tags used in table 19
Comment tag 19
URL 19
Special tags not to be used for formatting 20
2.
Framemaker tasks 21
Overview 21
Conditional text 22
Applying condition tags 22
To show or hide conditional text 22
Setting the conditions bookwide 23
Types of links in a document 23
Cross-references 23
URL 24
Go to URL Hypertext links 24
Graphics 26
Importing a graphic by reference 26
Index 27
Creating an index entry 27
Changing index entries 27
Deleting a marker 28
Creating subentries 28
Tables 29
Table formats 29
Paragraph tags used in tables 29
Inserting an empty table 30
Converting existing text into a table 30
Adding columns and rows to a table 30
Deleting columns and rows in a table 31
Resizing columns and tables 31
To apply a different table format 31
Table shortcuts 32
Table examples 33
Variables used 36
What is a variable? 37
Applying a custom variable 37
3.
Building a book and generating files 39
Book-related tasks 39
Page layout 40
Headers & footers 40
Adding title page and copyright info 41
How to use other templates 42
Creating a new document using the template 43
Creating a standalone table of contents 43
Creating the book 44
Updating the book 44
Adding, removing, and rearranging files in book 44
Other book features 45
Generating table of contents and index 45
Adding table of contents 45
Adding index 45
Designate templates for table of contents and index 46
Table of contents 46
Index 46
Manual formatting 47
Updating table of contents and index 47
Set up page numbering 48
Pagination window 49
Bookwide operations 50
Bookwide find/change 51
4.
Creating PDFs 53
Creating PDFs for print 53
Setting up PDF bookmarks 53
Save as PDF 54
Select PDFWriter driver 55
Create PDFs using Distiller 55
Undocumented change 56
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Last modified: January 2003
