FrameMaker basics

Get started with an introduction to the basics of Adobe FrameMaker.

Adobe FrameMaker has an extensive user interface that helps you perform all authoring and publishing tasks with ease.

Understand the various elements of the FrameMaker’s user interface, how to get started by creating a document, and learn how to work with bi-directional content.

• User interface

  • Welcome Screen

  • Workspaces

  • Document window

  • Pods

  • Toolbars

  • Smart catalogs

  • Command Search

  • Status bar

  • View options

  • FrameMaker Preferences

  • Contextual tips

  • Manage open files

  • Restore last session

  • Restore dimensions of Resource Manager views

  • Tips to work with the user interface

• Accessibility

• Documents

  • Create a document

  • Open a document

  • Save a document

  • File formats you can save in

  • Save FrameMaker documents in text-only format

  • Save unstructured FrameMaker documents as XML

  • Save structured FrameMaker documents as SGML or XML

  • Add metadata to a document

  • FrameMaker file extensions

• Document direction

• Asian language support