The new menu location to insert crossreference is insert cross. Crossreference formats are specific to a framemaker document. When you click on a crossreference, fm9 automatically takes you to the link. Adobe framemaker software is a bestinclass authoring and publishing solution for unstructured technical documents.
First version to include the paragraph designer, character designer, cross reference capability, and the equation editor same version that ships. Explain the differences between formatting overrides and formats. It appears that you are inserting the crossreference into text that is tnr 12, so, as stefan says, it should take on this formatting assuming that is the default paragraph font. Crossreferences in framemaker are created out of building blocks and manually added text, and different styles of crossreferences can be saved and stored for later use. Cross reference formats can be defined as standardized building blocks. For example, a framemaker context formatting rule can test a lists items and apply formatting to the first, notfirst, last, and notlast.
Crossreference formats can be defined as standardized building blocks. You can manually update crossreferences using the procedure described in this section. The process of implementing framemaker in a publishing. The series label tells framemaker that these three paragraph formats are part of the same numbering series. Create, format, and use crossreferences and variables. The equation editor is wonderful for expanding your mathematical explanation, or your scientific explanation. Indices, and between crossreferences xrefs and target text. Jan 25, 2002 using character formats in crossreferences. Jul 15, 2010 cross references you can set up the definitions to include text and formatting and have multiple elements like heading text and page number appear with one insert and adding a page break before a referenced heading doesnt break the cross ref. When you insert a spot crossreference with framemaker, you have to insert a crossreference marker before you insert the crossreference. Could someone explain to me the key differences between indesign and framemaker and when i would use one or the other for technical writing. Manually typing in references is not only tedious but inevitably leads to errors in your documents.
The course also introduces documentediting tools and demonstrates working with footnotes and crossreferences, generating book. Aug 17, 2008 the linked cross references are updated automatically when you edit your document or book and select edit update references. Fixing unresolved cross references cross reference pod displays unresolved cross references and provide hints to missing target text. Text symbols v t view text sybols rulers v r view rulers grid lines v g view grid lines formatting bar v f view formatting quick access bar v q view quick access graphics toolbar g t graphics toolbar to esc windows alternate. Experience with basic software programs such as microsoft word. You select one, then the dialog lists the paragraphs that have that tag. When a document is opened, framemaker warns about unresolved cross references. The operating manual to be published was over 200 pages long, had a large number of multipage tables, external crossreferences, external graphics, and index markers. Framemaker vs indesign for technical documentation comparison. Using character formats with other framemaker features. Page designer, its great because it has graphic tools. You can now simply search for the required resource by its element type, id, or text and insert the crossreference in the document. In the captions group, click on the crossreference button. In all versions of word, you insert a crossreference using the crossreference dialog.
Manage dita cross references optimally with multiple usability enhancements. Voiceover when you create a cross reference,as we did in a previous chapter,youre automatically creating hyperlinksto another area in the same fileor to a location in a different file,in the same book perhaps. Create and use conditional output in a framemaker document. Imagine that you have created two books for the same software tool, but one. Paragraphs live their own live and get or keep unwanted overrides. The cross reference in changes to reflect the new title. Well what i want you to understand that it is not just. When you insert a spot cross reference with framemaker, you have to insert a cross reference marker before you insert the cross reference. How to insert hypertext and cross reference in adobe framemaker 11. Enter your cursor to where you want your cross reference to be. Xml and structureabout 15 years ago, a version of framemaker was developed to handle sgml. Ref 3497 when a framemaker 2015 release dita document is opened in framemaker 2017 release, cross. Resize multiple tables to the text column or text frame width of the table anchor.
Crossreferences for text become hyperlinks in pdfs. Adobe framemaker is a document processor designed for writing and editing large or complex. Better still, your efficient, accurate, highly informational electronic crossreferences are automatically converted into working links in pdf, html5, and other digitally published content. You can also, edit the cross reference formats to change the way the cross reference displays in the document output. You even can link to the text in a cell in a table. Work easily with an enhanced structure view and new status bar that shows the element path. Adobe framemaker certification exam official adobe. However, you can use the updated formats in another document, by, importing crossreference. Sets the default runaround of an imported graphic to none. Findchangespecial allows you to find cross references, paragraphs, tables, and user variables in books or single documents and change them to another format. I am at work, so no possibility of updating software or using mif2go. Madcap migrating from framemaker class outline author. If you want both the heading text and page number to appear in word, you need 2 inserts, plus you. From the update references dialog box, select all cross references, and then click update.
Residents, in particular, have the challenge of rapidly becoming productive in the use of the tools with which these publications are created. Comparative demo that contrasts how framemaker 11 makes multipart crossreferences in a single step, vs. Alternatively, open the crossreferences pod view pods crossreferences, select the crossreference in the pod and click edit. Using the crossref marker, you can link to a word or phrase in a paragraph or to an anchored frame. Instructor well so far in this course, weve been working with individual framemaker files. I need to convert these files, individually or as a book, to rtf, preserving as much as possible of the formatting. On the insert menu, choose reference, then crossreference.
Here is how you can create framemaker cross references easily. The linked cross references are updated automatically when you edit your document or book and select edit update references. In documents, you can insert a crossreference to a paragraph for example, headings in a document or a text inset within the document. Hypertext and crossreference are useful navigation tool that allows user to navigate through large swath of documents. You apply the style in the crossreference panel using building blocks in the crossreference formats. In the crossreference dialog box, make sure paragraph is selected for source type.
Faq adobe framemaker how to insert cross references. Fixing unresolved crossreferences crossreference pod displays unresolved crossreferences and provide hints to missing target text. These hyperlinks could be used for crossdocument navigation during authoring, and were automatically placed within generated html files. The course also introduces documentediting tools and demonstrates working with footnotes and cross references, generating book files from multiple documents, building indexes, and creating different versions of a document with conditional tags. Instructional designers pdf has long served the needs of instruc. Framemaker 10 essential training linkedin learning. How to create and reformat a crossreference in adobe framemaker 9. Each procedure title uses a heading2 paragraph format. Table of contents 6 deleting and inserting table cells 165. Well one of the most powerful capabilities of framemaker is that you can group individual files together to create what is known as a book file, allowing you to associate and work with several documents together. Adobe techcomm blog guest post why framemaker costs less. Applying character formatting on crossreferences results in content loss or broken references in the published output. Singlesource publishing framemaker had early support for conditional text, which could show and.
You can create a separate document for each chapter in your document, then compile all the chapters in a single book file. Also, user can select frame thickness, inner border, background, etc. Automate and customize framemaker using the frame developers kit fdk, which has been updated to support framemaker 8 features. Improved and simplified dita crossreferences adobe. To do this, prior to translation, insert mml maker markup language codes in the text using perl or omnimark. Thats where character format building blocks come in. With crossreferences, we run into a problem similar to that of a variablethe crossreference is like a block of text. You select the paragraph you want and the cross reference format. Ref 3755 subscribe to the newsletter and get access to my free weekly community office hours, as well as my latest content and some of my alltime favorites by email.
Framemaker makes it easy to include, update, and maintain crossreferences in your. Spot crossreferences as an example, here is a table that contains the names of maintenance procedures that occur in a document. You can edit see editing crossreferences in a document or delete see deleting crossreferences in a document existing crossreferences in a document. It gives you the freedom to publish whenever you want, to whatever format you need. The purpose of mif is to represent framemaker documents in a relatively simple, asciibased format, which can be produced or understood by other software systems and also by humans. Modifying the crossreference format for hyperlinking.
The new menu location to insert cross reference is insert cross. Sep 06, 2010 adobe framemaker 9 as well as its earlier versions is very flexible when it comes to creating crossreferences. Ref 3276 table sort function does not work as expected. Choose a format to display the crossreference in the current document. Framemaker 8 software is a key member of the adobe tools for technical communicators and. Crossreferences are not converted to numbers in framemaker. Any document that can be created interactively in framemaker can. When you insert a cross reference, framemaker provides a dialog that lists the available paragraph tags. For each one of these, it includes 16 different frame models. The course also introduces documentediting tools and demonstrates working with footnotes and crossreferences, generating book files from multiple documents, building indexes, and creating different versions of a document with conditional tags. The book contains internal crossreferences to other topics that are part of the rh project and external crossreferences to topics in other fm books that are not part of the rh project.
List and describe the functionality provided by unicode in framemaker. We want to use framescript to make crossreferences from the entries in the table to the actual procedures in the document. Embed graphics references from a url or directory path. There are graphic tools in adobe framemaker that will allow you to create little designs and little horizontal rules and several different things that you can use in your document. Cross references you can set up the definitions to include text and formatting and have multiple elements like heading text and page number appear with one insert and adding a page break before a referenced heading doesnt break the cross ref. Aug 10, 2016 i am at work, so no possibility of updating software or using mif2go. This free course will introduce you to framemaker and show you why framemaker is such an invaluable tool for technical communicators. Mif maker interchange format is a markup language that functions as a companion to framemaker. In an unstructured framemaker document, one makes cross references to paragraphs. Regardless, when you want to save your fileas, say a pdf, those cross references will workas interactive clickable links,but they may not be evident to. These last three features would be a challenge, even today, with indesign.
Maker excels at authoring online documents as well. Before we get into exploring the powerful features and functions of framemaker 10, its important that we understand exactly what framemaker is and what its used for. This allows you more flexibility in updating different parts of your document. Framemaker vs indesign for technical documentation. In order to convert plain text to framemaker paragraph formats and character formats, the source text must have some formatting codes.
Framemaker provides an easy interface for creating, formatting, and managing your electronic crossreferences. This makes it a lot easier to format and paginate across files, update things like. Mif maker interchange format is a markup language that functions as a. Adobe framemaker frequently asked questions how to insert cross references opticentre services and products include software l. You cannot use ordinary methods to apply character formatting to a part of a crossreference. Crossreferences tend to break easily and styles change. If cross references with this format have source paragraphs in other document files, and those documents are presently open in framemaker, select references to all open documents to update the cross references to those files. Converting word docs to framemaker framemakers tools make it easy to globally control formatting and some content. Framemaker 2015 essential training linkedin learning. A crossreference which some sources express as xref is used to link different parts of a document through a hyperlink. Microsoft windows 2000, windows xp, adobe framemaker 8. If you receive a message that changes cannot be undone, click ok.
This collection of instructional videos provides assistance to those participating in residencies to develop ibm redbooks and redpapers. Formatting cross references practice page design about page layouts creating a twocolumn page layout adding pages to a page layout adding a watermark to a page practice resources books flare discussion groups. When a document is opened, framemaker warns about unresolved crossreferences. If that font has been applied to the paragraph as direct formatting, then this might not be the case. When you click on a crossreference, fm9 automatically takes you to the link destination and displays. A number of usability enhancements have been introduced in the insert dita cross reference workflow. Adobe framemaker 2017 release easily author and publish multilingual technical content across mobile, web, desktop, and print.
In structured document, you can also insert crossreferences to elements in the structured hierarchy. The complete framemaker 10 essential training course has a total duration of 4 hours and 23 minutes, and covers adding and formatting text. How to create cross references in framemaker technical. Crossreferences in framemaker are automatically updated when you open a file. Findchange results are written to the console window. Jan 09, 2018 in structured document, besides cross references to paragraphs and cross ref markers, you can also insert cross references to elements in the current or other structured documents. How to style dita xrefs in structured framemaker stack. Why framemaker costs less than word tech comm tools. A cross reference which some sources express as xref is used to link different parts of a document through a hyperlink. You can now simply search for the required resource by its element type, id, or text and insert the cross reference in the document.
You can also, edit the crossreference formats to change the way the crossreference displays in the document output. Word 2010, which requires manually entered text and at least 2 inserted cross references. Edit the crossreference in a document 1 for an existing crossreference, doubleclick the crossreference in the document. Ref 3497 when a framemaker 2015 release dita document is opened in framemaker 2017 release, cross reference text format changes from dita format to text. Other pain points for many ms word tech writers are unreliable styles and unpredictable formatting behavior. These hyperlinks could be used for crossdocument navigation during authoring, and were automatically placed within.
This guest post was written by peter gold, who has been using and training both framemaker and indesign for a number of years. Manage dita crossreferences optimally with multiple usability enhancements. A number of usability enhancements have been introduced in the insert dita crossreference workflow. Select a paragraph style in the paragraph tag window. I mapped the fm crossreference formats to rh styles to remove page and chapter numbers. Whether you are a beginner or have been using framemaker for years but have never had formal training, this class is designed to help you create documents using the most productive methods. Not sure that mif2go would work on such primitive files anyway. Introduction to adobe framemaker training adobe courses. Adobe framemaker 9 as well as its earlier versions is very flexible when it comes to creating cross references. You can use the application as is or modify it to suit your organization.
Manual textmaker contents vii selecting table cells and cell contents 187. An option to configure table width in colspan element is not available in the sts file. Students rated our introduction to adobe framemaker training trainers 9. Crossreferences are one of framemakers greatest strengths. Fit window to text frame z f zoom frame to 100% z z zoom zap set z s zoom set. Used correctly, adobe framemaker manages all of your numbering, your page breaks, and your electronic crossreferences. Madcap migrating from framemaker class outline madcap software. It is the foundation course for creating and formatting individual chapters in a book. Feb 05, 20 comparative demo that contrasts how framemaker 11 makes multipart cross references in a single step, vs. Findchangespecial allows you to find crossreferences, paragraphs, tables, and user variables in books or single documents and change them to another format.
Crossreferences tend to break easily and styles change magically in the whole document just because yo changed something somewhere. Table of contents 6 deleting and inserting table cells 166. Frame maker 9 cross references question adobe support. This classroom in a book begins with a survey of the fundamentals of frame. Adobe techcomm blog guest post why framemaker costs. How can i format the font in cross reference automatically. Feb 14, 2020 the software enables you to automate formatting using predefined templates and easily edit documents by inserting images, tables and graphs.
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