FrameMaker provides several templates upon which you can base your documents. Alternatively, you can choose to use a template defined by your organization or create a blank document.
By default, FrameMaker documents have a .fm extension.
You can create a document using a template. Your organization may have predefined templates for different types of documents. Do the following to create a document based upon a predefined template:
1)Select File > New > Document.
2)Do one of the following:
Choose a standard template
a)Click Explore Standard Templates.
b)In the Standard Templates dialog, select a template. For example, User Guide—Legal.
c)Click Create to create a document based upon the selected template.
note: Optionally, click Show Sample to preview the document in a new document tab. This option closes the Standard Templates dialog. To return to the dialog once you’ve viewed the sample, select File > New > Document > Explore Standard Templates again.
Choose a structured template
a)Click Explore Structured Templates.
b)In the Structured Templates dialog, select a template. For example, Business—Memo.
c)Click Create to create a document based upon the selected template.
note: Optionally, click Show Sample to preview the document in a new document tab. This option closes the Structured Templates dialog. To return to the dialog once you’ve viewed the sample, select File > New > Document > Explore Structured Templates again.
Choose a custom template
a)Navigate to the document that you want to use as a template for the new document.
b)Click New.
Choose an RTL template
a)Navigate to the Templates folder (Fm_Install_Location\Templates).
b)Click on the RTLTemplate.fm file.
c)Click New.
note: This creates a blank document with its direction set as right-to-left.
3)Add content to the document.
You may want to start with a blank FrameMaker document if you’re defining a template for your organization or team.
1)Select File > New > Document.
2)Specify the basic page layout:
•To create a standard one-column document, click Portrait or Landscape.
•To create a document with custom page size, columns, column margins, and pagination settings, click Custom, specify the required values, and click Create.
You can also select a measurement unit for the document. FrameMaker displays measurements in dialog boxes and in the document window’s status bar in the selected unit.
3)Add content to the document.
FrameMaker allows you to author documents in both left-to-right (LTR) and right-to-left (RTL) scripts (such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Farsi). However, you can change the direction of the current document.
1)Choose Format > Document > Direction.
2)In the Direction sub-menu, choose left-to-right or right-to-left.
The position of the insertion point changes based on the direction of the document.