The fastest, most comprehensive way to master FrameMaker 6.0! If you've picked up a recent textbook or technical manual, chances are very good that it was created with Adobe FrameMaker. Production professionals rely on FrameMaker to create illustrated documents, catalogs, and textbooks. FrameMaker goes beyond the scope of standard desktop publishing tools with its document comparison and reporting features, math equation features (to make it easy to typeset equations), powerful book creation features, and automatic numbering and list generation. Adobe FrameMaker 6.0 Classroom in a Book offers the ideal learning solution for this high-end publishing tool. Users proceed with self-paced lessons in FrameMaker, using images and files from the CD-ROM. Developed and tested by the training experts at Adobe, readers come away with a thorough understanding of FrameMaker's tools and features.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0
Great Beginner's Book:
You'd expect a book about Framemaker, a leading application of tech writers, to be superbly laid out, precise, and clear. This book definitely *is*. I am extremely satisfied with my purchase. And as a result, I have gotten "up to speed" with Framemaker basics in a few weekends.
One major caveat: This is definitely a beginner's guide. If you want to delve into more intermediate / advanced topics (e.g. best practices for converting Word or HTML docs to Framemaker), this book will *not* take you there.
Not all it's quacked uo to be:
I bought this book because it was the only FrameMaker 6 book on the market at the time.
The back of the book reads "The fastest, easist, most comphrehensive way to master Adobe FrameMaker 6.0"
You will not master FrameMaker using this book. You will learn the basics, that is all.
I am disenchanted with this book and FrameMaker 6.0
An elevator for a steep learning curve:
Adobe FrameMaker is a high-end product for desktop-publishing professionals and as such does not have a large customer base. If you need to create and design your own books, look no further. You probably have heard that this program has a very steep learning curve. Once you master the mysteries of this complicated and convoluted program, book design will be very easy and time-consuming. The problem is - where to start.
Adobe provides a very detailed manual in the product box. I am a first-time user, and... more info
Very weak update from the 5.5 version of the same book:
While the book itself is fine, it is a very weak update from the earlier version of the same book. Almost none of the new FM 6.0 features are even mentioned. With the exception of slightly updating the chapter about creating books, the rest of the content is virtually, pitifully unchanged. There is no mention of spell checking or find and replace across several chapters, new icons in the book window, the tabs in the PDF dialog box, the ability to easily open subsequent chapters in a book, fixing errors in... more info
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