Subject: FrameMaker

Software Category: Text Formatting / Desktop Publishing
Supported by: ACS

Description:

FrameMaker is an advanced word processing/desktop publishing tool that combines word processing, graphics, page layout, and book building.

Some of FrameMaker's features include:

• use of character and paragraph styles
• equation capabilities
• spell checker
• cross references
• footnotes
• headers and footers
• automatic index and table of contents generation, and
• the ability to draw graphics, rotate, scale, group and ungroup, align, and reshape them

FrameMaker comes with a number of pre-made document templates, or you can create your own.

Getting Started:

The easiest way to start up the FrameMaker package is to position the mouse cursor over the FrameMaker: Desktop Publishing item in the RCS Applications menu on the screen, and click the left mouse button on this menu item. If you have selected it successfully, it should briefly appear highlighted in a black rectangle.

After a moment, a small, blue "button-bar" style menu should appear on your screen. This is the main menu; you are now ready to begin using FrameMaker. To open a new Frame file, position the mouse cursor over the New button and click the left mouse button; to open an existing FrameMaker file, left-click on the Open button in the menu.

For more information on using FrameMaker, refer to the documentation listed below, as well as the Tips and Hints section.

Documentation:

The following FrameMaker users' manual and reference guides are available on reserve at the Folsom Library, and via the ACS Help Desk in the VCC:

• Using FrameMaker (version 4)

The documentation set also includes a small, introductory brochure.

Tips and Hints:

A compiled list of helpful tips, tricks, and shortcuts to use as you're working with FrameMaker.

Vendor:

Adobe

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