5x More Reasons to switch from Word to FrameMaker

In April, we held a special webinar session that focused on five more reasons to consider migrating from MS Word to FrameMaker. The main features explored were:

(1) Anchored Frames and Graphic Object Styles
(2) Tables Styles and advanced controls
(3) Dashboard / workspaces and pods
(4) Publish to HTML5
(5) Future proof content by migrating to XML

You may view the recorded session by clicking on the TITLE below:

5 Reasons to Migrate from Word to FrameMaker

Minute Markers to Key Concepts in Recording:

02:15 Summary of key features focus
(1) Anchored Frames and Graphic Object Styles
(2) Tables Styles and advanced controls
(3) Dashboard / workspaces and pods
(4) Publish to HTML5
(5) Future proof content by migrating to XML
05:00 Working with ANCHORED FRAMES
08:30 Summarize many anchored frame options
10:00 Working with INSETS POD to manage referenced graphics
13:20 GRAPHIC OBJECT STYLES: visit Reference Page of common template and discover how you can redefine graphic values for different Object Styles to globally change appearance of NAMED graphic styles throughout the entire document.

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17:00 DEMO of using Graphic Object Styles to modify appearance and positioning of Anchored Frames
21:30 Review over new TABLE CATALOG … demonstrate several powerful transformations that can be made to tables via Table Styles
24:00 Automatically adding “prefix” text in an empty paragraph to particular Table Style (e.g. have “Parts Table” inserted automatically
27:00 Some ways to resize Table Column widths
30:00 Using INSETS PODS to locate and then fix a “broken reference” to externally referenced graphic
33:00 Working with Reference Pages to control structured of a generated INDEX, and how to modify FORMATTING
37:00 Using MARKERS PODS to locate and fix incorrect INDEX MARKERS. New ability to “filter” displayed markers
41:00 PUBLISH TO HTML5 responsive layout: review over new “Chapter.fm” template that has styles pre-mapped to attractive CSS styles for HTML5
46:15 View published HTML5 results in Chrome … discover how navigation icons will relocate as screen gets smaller
49:00 Discuss “STRUCTURED FRAMEMAKER” and how full license still gives you the option to create potent, non-XML files
50:00 Creating a DITA TOPIC … and explore STRUCTURED WORKSPACE … the Structure View and other common tools
53:00 Authoring and Editing XML w/o viewing the Structure View … unique ability to collapse and drag n’ drop elements to legal locations (like item from sublist moved into containing list) … notice automatic reformatting
58:00 USEFUL LINKS FOR FRAMEMAKER