Adobe FrameMaker 10.0 Operating instructions

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Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Activation and registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Help and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Services, downloads, and extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

What’s new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chapter 2: FrameMaker Basics

User interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Accessibility features in FrameMaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Opening, saving, and closing documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Chapter 3: Templates and Page Layout

Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Master pages and reference pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Page layouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Multiflow documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Create documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Chapter 4: Text

Adding and editing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Working with elements in structured documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Search for items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Check spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Use the Thesaurus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Multiple Undo/Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Working with multiple languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Chapter 5: Tables

About tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Insert, move, or remove a table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Text and graphics in tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Formatting tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Table position and spacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Chapter 6: Graphics

Graphics and objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Using color in text and objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Anchored frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Using RoboScreenCapture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

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Chapter 7: Dynamic Documents

Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Hypertext and view-only documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Hypertext commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Create hypertext links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Create ways to start, open, and close applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Test and troubleshoot hypertext documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

Add hypertext links to generated files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

FluidView format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276

Cross-references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Chapter 8: Books and Long Documents

About books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

Create books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

Managing books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Generate and update books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

Tables of contents or other lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

Creating indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

Formatting lists and indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Footnotes and endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Conditional documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

Troubleshooting books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Chapter 9: Working with Documents

Importing and linking files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Embedding objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Export text and graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Managing files using WebDAV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Chapter 10: Editing Content

Identify changes by tracking edited text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

Track changes at book or map level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Identify revised text with change bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Compare versions to view changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

Determine word and character count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Import PDF comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396

Chapter 11: Structured Authoring

Introduction to structured authoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398

Migrating from unstructured FrameMaker to XML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403

Converting unstructured files to structured documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413

XML with FrameMaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

Filter By Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423

Chapter 12: Structured Authoring Using DITA

Why DITA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

DITA support in FrameMaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434

DITA options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436

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DITA topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439

DITA maps and bookmaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442

DITA content references (conrefs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447

DITA cross-references and links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451

Find References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Conditional processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456

Automating conversion of base files to specialized files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Chapter 13: Generating Output

Publishing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Publishing the current document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

Generating PDFs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462

Authoring for accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

Generating print output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Generating HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478

Chapter 14: Working with Content Management Systems

About the Documentum and SharePoint connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

Configure the connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496

Connect to the content management system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498

Use the Repository Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498

Upload files and folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499

Manage resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Search files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503

Chapter 15: Scripting in FrameMaker

What is scripting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Why use scripting? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Getting started with scripting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Chapter 16: Keyboard Shortcuts

About keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510

Navigating through documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

Keys for screen modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

Dialog boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Keys for selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

Menu commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

Book commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Keys for finding and changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Document design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535

Document utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537

Character and Paragraph Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539

Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540

Track Text Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Editing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544

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Entering special characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545

Function keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

Keys for drawing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546

Keys for editing objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548

Keys for adding color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

Keys for equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551

Filter By Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564

Markers and variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Working with structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Element menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566

Other useful shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

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Chapter 1: Getting Started

Adobe FrameMaker is an automated multi-channel and multi-device publishing solution. FrameMaker enables

publication departments accomplish multichannel publication tasks.

Before you begin working with your software, take a few moments to read an overview of activation and the many

resources available to you. You have access to instructional videos, plug-ins, templates, user communities, seminars,

tutorials, RSS feeds, and much more.

Resources

Before you begin working with FrameMaker, take a few moments to read an overview of activation and the many

resources available to you. In addition to the links below, you have access to instructional videos, plug-ins, templates,

user communities, seminars, tutorials, RSS feeds, and much more online.

• “Activation and registration” on page 1

• Adobe TV instructional videos for FrameMaker 10

• Adobe FrameMaker discussion forum

• Framers -- An email list for FrameMaker discussions

Activation and registration

To review complete system requirements and recommendations for your Adobe® FrameMaker® 10 software, see the

FrameMaker product page at

www.adobe.com/products/framemaker.

Install the software

1 Close any Adobe applications open on your computer.

2 Insert the installation disc into your disk drive, and follow the onscreen instructions.

Help with installation

For help with installation issues, see the Installation Support Center at www.adobe.com/go/learn_fm_install_en.

License activation

During the installation process, your Adobe software contacts an Adobe server to complete the license activation

process. No personal data is transmitted. For more information on product activation, visit the Adobe website at

www.adobe.com/go/activation.

Register

Register your product to receive complimentary installation support, notifications of updates, and other services.

❖ To register, follow the onscreen instructions in the Registration dialog box, which appears when you first start the

software.

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If you postpone registration, you can register at any time by choosing Help > Registration.

Help and support

Visit the Adobe Support website at www.adobe.com/support/framemaker to access documentation, along with

tutorials and troubleshooting information. You can also access customer support information from this page.

Online Help also includes a link to the complete, updated PDF version of Help.

Community Help

Community Help is an integrated environment on Adobe.com that gives you access to community-generated content

moderated by Adobe and industry experts. Comments from users help guide you to an answer. Search Community

Help to find the best content on the web about Adobe products and technologies, including these resources:

• Videos, tutorials, tips and techniques, blogs, articles, and examples for designers and developers.

• Complete online Help, which is updated regularly and is more complete than the Help delivered with your product.

If you are connected to the Internet when you access Help, you automatically see the latest online Help rather than

the set delivered with your product.

• All other content on Adobe.com, including knowledgebase articles, downloads and updates, Adobe Developer

Connection, and more.

Use the Help search field in your product user interface to access Community Help. You can search for content within

the Adobe.com site and also in websites that have useful information about your product. Moderators continue to

identify the most relevant web content for your product. You can add comments to online Help and view comments

added by other users.

Community Help Client

The help system can be launched from the application using the Help menu, or by pressing F1.

Using the Community Help Client, you can:

• Be assured that you have the latest help content: If you are online, CHC displays the online help content for the

product, by default. Whenever there is an update to the help content, a message appears when you are online asking

you to download the latest Help content. Adobe updates Help content whenever there are significant updates that

have to be communicated to users. There is no specified period for these updates. They are carried out on a need-

basis.

• Have the best search experience possible:

• Search provides you with results from both the local Help system, and from other related sources on the

Internet.

Note: You must be online if you want links from other sources to be displayed.

• You have the option to search within the local Help content only.

• Filter results.

• Allows you to contribute to, comment, and provide feedback on Help content from within the Community Help

Client.

For more information on the Community Help, see http://community.adobe.com/help/about.html.

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Other resources

Online Help also includes a link to the complete, updated PDF version of Help.

Visit the Adobe Support website at www.adobe.com/support to learn about free and paid technical support options.

Visit the following resources to interact with the FrameMaker community.

• Adobe Forums: http://forums.adobe.com/community/framemaker

• Adobe Blogs: http://blogs.adobe.com/

• Adobe TV: http://tv.adobe.com/product/framemaker/

Services, downloads, and extras

You can enhance your product by integrating various services, plug-ins, and extensions in your product. You can also

download samples and other assets to Help you get your work done.

Adobe downloads

Visit www.adobe.com/go/downloads to find free updates, trials, and other useful software.

Adobe Labs

Adobe Labs at www.adobe.com/go/labs gives you the opportunity to experience and evaluate new and emerging

technologies and products from Adobe. At Adobe Labs, you have access to resources such as these:

• Prerelease software and technologies

• Code samples and best practices to accelerate your learning

• Early versions of product and technical documentation

• Forums, wiki-based content, and other collaborative resources to Help you interact with like-minded users

Adobe Labs fosters a collaborative software development process. In this environment, customers quickly become

productive with new products and technologies. Adobe Labs is also a forum for early feedback. The Adobe

development teams use this feedback to create software that meets the needs and expectations of the community.

Adobe TV

Visit the technical communications channel on Adobe TV at http://tv.adobe.com/channel/technical-communication

for instructional videos on authoring.

What’s new

Adobe® FrameMaker® 10 is compliant with the latest DITA specifications, DITA1.2. The authoring environment is

more usable, with usability enhancements, such as enhanced tag view, better management of used and unused formats,

enhanced conditional expression support, and auto spell check. Workflow for reviewing, collaborating, and print and

publishing are improved. FrameMaker now provides support for several additional media formats. ExtendScript

provides native support for automation.

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Enhancements to XML- and DITA-support

Enhanced support for XML content creation

FrameMaker includes the following new features to enhance the XML content creation process:

• An attribute editor to help you easily edit element attributes

• A read-write rule file maker

• A wizard for creating XML applications

• A structured application designer

• Ability to view XML files in a text editor

More Help topics

“Using the attribute editor” on page 418

“Building structure files” on page 409

“Create an XML file” on page 414

“View XML in Notepad” on page 416

Improved whitespace handling

When importing an XML file into FrameMaker, all unnecessary whitespaces are removed. The whitespaces that are

removed include Space, Tab, Blank Line, and New Line.If more than one whitespace occurs continuously, only the first

whitespace is retained and all the others are dropped.

For example:

• [SPACE][SPACE] becomes a single [SPACE]

• [TAB][SPACE] becomes a single [TAB]

Improved searchability of PDFs through metadata storage

You can enter metadata for Ditamaps and topics. Some of the metadata fields are: AuthorName, ShortDesc, Title, and

Keywords. FrameMaker now maps the metadata information from Ditamaps and topics directly to FrameMaker

FileInfo fields.

While saving as PDF, FrameMaker stores the FileInfo information as XMP metadata in the PDF files. Search engines

like Google use XMP metadata to generate search results from PDF. The searchability of PDFs generated through

FrameMaker is, therefore, enhanced.

Support for DITA 1.2 specifications

FrameMaker 10 supports the DITA 1.2 specifications, while continuing the support for DITA 1.1 specifications and

Docbook.

Enhanced DITA reference dialogs

The DITA cross-reference and conref dialogs have been enhanced to list only those elements that are used in the DITA

document. Other elements are not listed.

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Enhanced DITA specialization support

The DITA specialization feature has been enhanced to support both structural and domain specializations. A new

DITA specialization wizard facilitates easy creation of specialized DITA files.

More Help topics

“Automating conversion of base files to specialized files” on page 459

Integrating DITA Specialization with FrameMaker 10

Enhanced DITA-related user interface

FrameMaker features the following new DITA-related user interface enhancements:

• DITA conref dialog box allows content referencing through both indirect referencing using keyref and direct

referencing using href. In addition, you can select content range using support for the conrefend attribute.

• DITA Keyspace Manager allows you to manage keys and their references.

• DITA Update Reference dialog helps you to validate content availability and integrity while authoring the content.

You do not need to build DITA maps to resolve references.

• DITA Find References dialog allows you to perform element-specific context searches of where all in a folder or in

open files references to that particular element have been made.

• The main menu helps you to better control the DITA options while loading DITA content in FrameMaker. In

addition, you can perform import and export options for DITA content, such as indexterm conversion.

• The DITA options dialog provides an option to switch between DITA 1.1 and DITA 1.2 support.

Extended rich media support

FrameMaker now supports the following additional formats, thus providing extensive rich media support:

Usability enhancements

FrameMaker brings several interface enhancements that simplify various tasks, and thus increasing productivity.

Some of the enhancements include multi-valued Filter By Attributes, import of Boolean Conditional Expression

settings, find/change format overrides, enhanced text inset properties dialog, and resizable marker dialog.

Enhancements in tag view

You can choose View > Element Boundaries (As Tags) to view each element with a text label in the document window.

Using FrameMaker, you can now expand and collapse elements in the document window to view your document

structure at a high level. You can also have the document view and structure view synchronized with respect to the

collapsed state of the elements.

AIF AIFC AIFF ASF AU

AVI FLV IVF KAR M1V

M3U MID MOV MP2 MP3

MPA MPE MPEG MPG QT

WAV WMV

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Tag view in-sych with document window

A. Document window B. Structure view C. When you collapse an element in the Structure view, it is automatically collapsed in the Document

window.

More Help topics

“Expand and collapse elements in document window” on page 29

Drag and drop text and elements

FrameMaker allows you to drag and drop text and elements across FrameMaker documents. Also, you can drag and

drop text across FrameMaker and other applications that support the drag and drop feature.

More Help topics

“Drag and drop text” on page 107

“Copy, move, or remove a table” on page 183

Text background color feature

FrameMaker allows you to set a text background color using character as well as paragraph designers.

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A. Setting text background color using Character Designer

• While saving a document as a PDF, the text background color is saved in the PDF, if the Convert CMYK Color to

RGB option is selected.

• Text background color is retained when saving a document as HTML and CSS files.

• Text background color is included as a property of conditional tags.

• When creating an EDD, text background color is included under formatting rules.

When importing a PDF file in FrameMaker, text highlights from PDF are retained because of the support for the text

background color feature.

Repeat Last Operation

The Repeat Last Operation feature allows you to repeat the previous operation.

Repeat Last Operation can be performed on a document at the following locations:

• Current insertion point

• Current text selection

• Current object selection

In addition, FrameMaker has a history buffer that allows you to repeat a previously performed action by selecting the

action from the buffer.

More Help topics

“Repeat Last Operation” on page 136

Table catalog

FrameMaker offers enhanced features to manage and apply table formats. A table catalog shows all the table formats

available in the current document and allows you to manage them. Table catalog works just like the paragraph or

character catalogs. Choose Table > Format to access commands to format tables, the table designer, and the table

catalog.

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More Help topics

“Table catalog” on page 192

Auto spell check

FrameMaker automatically checks spelling as you type. Words that need your attention are highlighted with a squiggly

underline. A red highlight indicates that the word is not present in the dictionary. A green highlight indicates a possible

punctuation mistake.

More Help topics

“Check spelling” on page 128

Managing conditional expressions

You can now combine conditional tags using Boolean operators to create conditional expressions. These conditional

expressions can be used to generate conditional output. Conditional expressions can be managed by clicking the Build

Expression button in the Show/Hide Conditional Text pod. You can name these conditional expressions and can

import them across FrameMaker documents.

More Help topics

“Generate conditional output using Boolean expressions” on page 345

Suppressing FrameMaker alerts

The alert dialog box for the following cases allows you to suppress subsequent display of alerts:

• FrameMaker history is cleared.

• A file contains unresolved cross-references.

• A document created in previous version of FrameMaker is opened.

• A file contains unavailable fonts.

Managing format overrides

FrameMaker now provides an enhanced way of handling format overrides. Format override now occurs in the

following cases:

• If there is deviation from an existing format definition. In FrameMaker 10, a change in a property which is specified

as As Is is not considered a format override. However, a change from a defined value of a property is considered a

format override.

• If the format doesn’t exist in the catalog. This can happen, for example, when text is copied across documents that

use different templates.

You can also search for and remove format overrides for paragraph, character, and table formats.

More Help topics

“Format overrides” on page 481

Managing formats

FrameMaker provides features to manage various paragraph, character, and table formats from the catalog.

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You can display a custom list of formats, delete unused formats, and much more. In the catalog, FrameMaker marks

the used formats. The unused formats are unmarked. This usage information is not updated as soon as you apply the

formats in the document. Clicking Refresh Catalog at the bottom of the catalog, updates the usage information. The

latest usage information is also updated when opening the document.

More Help topics

“Formats” on page 40

Track changes at book or map level

FrameMaker enables you to track changes across an entire book or a map. Additionally, you can view and edit changes

only from selected users.

Track Changes menu

A. Scope Selector B. Reviewer Selector C. Accept Edit D. Reject Edit E. Show Next F. Show Previous G. Accept All H. Reject All

More Help topics

“Track changes at book or map level” on page 390

Extended rich media support

FrameMaker has extensive built-in rich media support. You must select the correct format when importing a media

file into FrameMaker.

When the imported media file is saved as a PDF and played, Acrobat plays SWF and FLV files with its own in-built

native media player. Playback of all other media files is possible only if the relevant codecs are installed on the system.

In addition, FrameMaker allows you to select and set an image as a poster for a media file.

Set an image as a poster for a media file

More Help topics

“Import graphics” on page 361

“Import movies, SWF files, and 3D objects” on page 364

“Embedding objects” on page 375

“Poster file for a media file” on page 368

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CMS integration using connectors

FrameMaker provides connectors that enable integration with the following content management systems (CMS):

• EMC Documentum 6.5 SP1

• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 SP2

Once configured, FrameMaker allows you to perform search, read, write, delete, update, check in, and check out

operations on the configured repository.

When connecting to the CMS, you must specify a connection name, which uniquely identifies each connection. All

connection names are added to the favorites list. The list can store a maximum of eight favorites.

More Help topics

“Managing files using WebDAV” on page 382

“Working with Content Management Systems” on page 496

S1000D support

FrameMaker supports authoring, publishing, and reviewing XML content based on the S1000D standard. To work

with S1000D content, download and install S1000D application pack from

www.adobe.com/go/FM_S1000D. The

Application Pack supports a significant range of S1000D issue 4.0 document types.

The Application Pack includes a sample project with a range of S1000D modules.

To learn more about using FrameMaker 10 Application Pack for S1000D, see Adobe FrameMaker 10 Application pack

for S1000D.

FrameMaker Scripting support

Scripting is a powerful tool that can be used to control and automate many features of Adobe FrameMaker —saving

you so much time and effort that it can completely change the way you approach your work.

FrameMaker now includes a powerful script language - ExtendScript, that helps you easily write scripts to satisfy your

needs.

In addition, FrameMaker includes a new catalog editor that helps you manage your scripts.

More Help topics

“Scripting in FrameMaker” on page 506

Enhancements in FrameMaker Server 10

Adobe® FrameMaker® Server10 includes significant feature enhancements that enable you to centralize and automate

department-wide publication tasks. Adobe FrameMaker Server enables you to implement schedule-based, automated,

multi-channel, and multi-device publishing.

• Server-based publishing: Schedule one-time, daily, weekly, or monthly publishing tasks.

• Multiple output formats: Create multiple output formats—multi-channel and multi-device—from a single source

document with custom settings. These output formats include Adobe PDF, ePub, WebHelp, Adobe AIR,

EclipseHelp, Microsoft HTMLHelp, JavaHelp, FlashHelp and OracleHelp.

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• Shareable publishing task configuration: Reuse the settings in a publishing task to quickly set up similar publishing

tasks across your organization. For example, you can create a publishing task that creates a PDF, WebHelp, and

ePub formats from a set of source documents, and then edit this task to create tasks for several other source

documents.

• Integration with EMC® Documentum®, Microsoft® SharePoint®, and WebDAV: Specify Documentum, SharePoint,

or WebDAV repositories as the source or destination for publishing tasks. If you author with FrameMaker, you can

define the versioning method for outputs created that are saved to these repositories. Thus, you can have the

outputs created from recurring publication tasks explicitly versioned.

• Scripting support for automation: Use ExtendScript Toolkit to create scripts that can automate pre-publication

tasks such as applying conditional text for single-sourced publishing tasks.

• Post-publish commands: Add automatic run of post-publish system commands or batch files. Use post-publish

commands to automatically rename, move, or archive output files, especially when you run regular publishing tasks

so that the subsequent outputs do not overwrite earlier files.

• Integration with Windows Task Scheduler: Manage publishing tasks that FrameMaker Server adds to Windows

Task Scheduler. Use Windows Task Scheduler to view, and manage these scheduled tasks.

• Command-line execution of publishing tasks: Invoke a series of publishing tasks from the Windows command line

after you have created these tasks and schedules using FrameMaker Server.

• Extensive logging: Customize the level of logging and the parameters that you want to be logged for all publishing

tasks. You can then programmatically analyze these logs to determine causes of any errors reported.

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Chapter 2: FrameMaker Basics

User interface

Basics

The Welcome screen

From the FrameMaker Welcome screen, you can perform the following tasks:

• Open recently accessed documents

• Create documents, books, CMS connections, and DITA maps in case of Structured FrameMaker

• Access FrameMaker templates

• Access FrameMaker Help and guides

• Access other resource pages and updates from Adobe

Workspace overview

A particular arrangement of elements, such as panels and pods that you use frequently while working on documents,

is called a workspace. You can dock, stack, minimize, or make these elements free-floating in your workspace. You can

select from several preset workspaces or create one of your own. Once you have arranged the panels and pods, you can

save the workspace settings for use later.

The FrameMaker interface has the following components.

• The Application bar across the top contains a workspace switcher, menus, and other application controls.

• The document window displays the file you’re working on. Document windows can be tabbed and, in certain cases,

grouped and docked.

• Panels help you monitor and modify your work. Examples include character, paragraph, and table designers; and

marker, variables, cross-references panels. You can minimize, group, stack, or dock panels.

• The status bar shows text formatting and pagination information for the current document.

Interface preferences

Use this dialog box to specify whether FrameMaker should auto-collapse panels to icons or always open documents as tabs.

❖ Select File > Preferences > Interface and select the options you want.

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Default interface properties

A. Display hidden panels automatically B. On closing, panels are automatically hidden. C. Every time you open a document it is tabbed

automatically D. Hide single tabs in a document E. Composite documents like books and DITA maps are also opened as tabbed windows

F. Use the brightness slider to adjust the brightness of the FrameMaker application

Auto-Show Hidden Panels When you click UI Visibility all the docked panels are hidden and gray strips appear at

the docked sides. The docked panels appear automatically when you move the pointer near the gray strips. If you

deselect this option, all docked panels are permanently hidden.

Hide Panels On Close When you close panels they are hidden, but are still active in memory and may occasionally

result in slow FrameMaker performance. For example, a document with multiple broken references to graphic files

may take longer to open even if you close the Insets pod.

If you deselect this option, FrameMaker removes panels when you close them. To display them again, you must choose

them from FrameMaker menus.

Open Documents As Tabs Opens all documents as tabbed documents. If you deselect this option, the document

windows become floating windows.

Hide Single Tabs In Documents Floating document windows display the document name only in the title bar. If you

deselect this option, the document name appears in both the title bar and the tab bar.

Open Composite Documents As Tabs Opens composite documents as tabbed documents. If you clear this option, the

composite document windows become floating windows.

Panels

Dock and undock panels

A dock is a collection of panels or panel groups displayed together in a vertical orientation. A dock is an arrangement

of non-floating panels. You dock and undock panels by moving them into and out of a dock.

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Docking a panel to the right of the document window. The blue highlight indicates the drop zone on the dock.

Note: Docking is not the same as stacking. A stack is a collection of floating panels or panel groups, joined top to bottom.

• To dock a panel, drag it by its tab into the dock, at the top, bottom, or in between other panels.

• To dock a panel group, drag it by its title bar (the solid empty bar above the tabs) into the dock.

• To remove a panel or panel group, drag it out of the dock by its tab or title bar. You can drag it into another dock

or make it free-floating.

Move panels

As you move panels, blue highlighted drop zone areas appear where you can drop the panel. For example, move a panel

up or down in a dock by dragging it to the narrow blue drop zone above or below another panel. If you drag to an area

that is not a drop zone, the panel floats freely in the workspace.

• To move a panel, drag it by its tab.

• To move a panel group or a stack of floating panels, drag the title bar.

Manipulate panel groups

• To move a panel into a group, drag the panel’s tab to the highlighted drop zone at the top of the group.

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