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Add a marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Generate a list of markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Delete a marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Create a custom marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Add a custom marker to your document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Publish options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Pagination with Page Break marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Context-sensitive Help marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Apply index markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Create Dynamic HTML effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Hypertext commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Add hypertext commands to documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Define an active area in a document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Associate a hypertext command with an active area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Edit and delete hypertext commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Editing a hypertext command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Deleting a hypertext command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Available hypertext commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Display alert messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Navigate to a named destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Navigate to a specific page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Navigate back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Open documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Button Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Go to URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Open external applications and files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Close FrameMaker and FrameMaker documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
PDF and HTML: Hypertext command support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Create an image map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Multiple Undo/Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Undo and Redo commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Document-level command history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Repeat Last Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
History pod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Find / Change dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Types of search items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Unicode text search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Special character and nonprinting symbol search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Regular expression configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Spelling Checker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Run Spelling Checker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Set Spelling Checker to skip text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Correct spelling errors automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Change Spelling Checker options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
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Getting started
Getting started
For details, see Structured authoring.
Supported software
FrameMaker supports the following software in its workflows:
Getting started
Microsoft Word Office 365 (only document downloaded from Office 365), 2013, or 2010
Adobe Captivate 9, 8, or 7
Authoring modes
FrameMaker offers the following authoring modes:
FrameMaker mode
Depending on whether you take the structured or unstructured approach to content authoring, you
can choose an appropriate FrameMaker mode for your content.
FrameMaker mode
The FrameMaker mode is ideal for authoring content that need not be tied to a rigid structure. The
unstructured style of authoring relies on a template to define the presentation of content. Font, paragraph, table, and other formats are often based on style guides, and content writing rules specified
by editors. You, as an author, decide the content flow and formatting. For example, depending on
the nature of content, you may include headings followed either by paragraphs or by graphics. This
means that in an unstructured authoring workflow, you create relatively free-flow documents that
are largely style-based.
A typical workflow for unstructured authoring in FrameMaker comprises the following tasks:
Specify how content is presented by defining font, paragraph, and table formats among others.
Create templates, with appropriate styles, that can be shared with multiple authors.
Use the Document window to author in this free-form environment. Type Enter to create a
new paragraph or place the insertion point at the required location before you insert objects
like images and tables.
Getting started
books (.book)
NOTE:
A typical workflow for structured authoring in FrameMaker comprises the following tasks:
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Getting started
Use the existing structured samples or create a custom structure based on EDDs or DTDs.
Include the right elements to define the flow of content. Some elements also include formatting
information that you can use to specify styles.
Use the Elements catalog or keyboard shortcuts to insert new elements for text, images, tables,
and other objects.
Use the Structure view to navigate through your document and also move elements around.
The Structure view also indicates the validity of your document against the underlying structure.
books (.book)
NOTE:
You can also choose to work with unstructured documents in the Structured mode. All features
of the FrameMaker mode are available in the Structured mode.
Getting started
Use the existing structured samples or create a custom structure based on DTDs.
Use the Elements catalog or keyboard shortcuts to insert new elements for text, images, tables
and other objects.
Use the Structure view to navigate through your document and also move elements around.
The Structure view also indicates the validity of your document against the underlying structure.
books (.book)
NOTE:
You cannot open unstructured documents in the FrameMaker XML Author mode. This mode
also does not include the multichannel publishing feature.
Getting started
FrameMaker
Structured FrameMaker
If you have already opened FrameMaker in one of the modes, you can change the mode from the
Preferences dialog:
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2)
3)
In the Product Interface drop-down list, choose the FrameMaker mode and click OK.
You are prompted to restart FrameMaker for the changes to take effect.
The FrameMaker user interface provides for a seamless transition between unstructured and structured authoring. The menu options and other user interface elements are consistent between both
the modes. The options, however, are specific to the mode in which you are authoring.
Simplified XML
FrameMaker now makes it easier for the subject matter experts and casual authors to create valid
XML documents without the need to know the underlying XML structure. DITA 1.3 and DITA 1.2
structured applications have been enhanced to support the new Simplified XML authoring environment. The new simplified authoring interface provides a form-like easy-to-fill authoring environment.
See the video, Simplified XML authoring.
Getting started
While authoring, you can use the customized Quick Elements Toolbar to easily insert the most
commonly used objects, such as numbered list, image, or a section in your document.
See the video, Enhanced Quick Element toolbar.
Out-of-the-box FrameMaker supports DITA 1.3 and DITA 1.2 topics, however, you can also design
your own structured applications to use the Simplified XML authoring environment. You can also
customize the appearance of the form fields by updating the associated template.
For more information, see Simplified XML.
See the video, Customized environments for simplified XML authoring.
DITA 1.3 support
FrameMaker now provides support for DITA 1.3. This means that now you can create troubleshooting DITA topics. You also get a customized QET for all DITA 1.3 topics in WYSIWYG view.
For more information, see Customization.
See the video, DITA 1.3 Support.
Structure view enhancements
Working with the Structure View is now more intuitive. Enhancements to the way elements are
accessed and displayed makes navigating through your document much easier.
In addition to the triangle insertion point displayed in the Structure View, the element bubble
containing the insertion point in your document is now highlighted. If your insertion point is inside
an element whose parent is collapsed in the Structure View, the parent element is highlighted to indicate the top level location of your insertion point.
The right-click context menu includes the option to locate your current location in the Structure
View. You can also use the Ctrl+Shift+L keystroke to locate your element in the Structure View.
When dragging and dropping elements across the Structure View, the destination pointer changes
color based on whether the destination is structurally valid or not. You can, however, still choose to
place an element at a location that is structurally invalid. If the target location element is collapsed,
hover the mouse over the element to expand the target element.
You can choose to expand and collapse all sibling elements or all child elements in the Structure
View. The right-click menu for an element includes an item for expanding and collapsing elements.
When scrolling through your document using the mouse or the scroll bars, FrameMaker also scrolls
through the contents in the Structure View. The document view and the Structure View are therefore
always synchronized. This synchronization is also maintained when you scroll through the Structure
View. This feature is turned off by default. You can choose to activate the synchronization from the
FrameMaker Preferences dialog.
For more information, see Working with the Structure View.
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Getting started
Background color
You can update the inline and ambient properties of a MathML equation that is included from
within the object properties dialog. Alternatively, you edit or create an object style with these properties are already set and then apply this object style to a MathML equation.
For more information, see Format a MathML equation.
See the video, Improved support for inline MathML Equations.
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EDD enhancements
Faster and seamless EDD customization
The modular nature of the EDD structure makes updating it a time consuming process. The
multi-step process involves identifying modular files, running book updates for modular EDDs as
well as book updates for all EDDs among other tasks. This multi-step process could take well over
30 hours. FrameMaker now offers a single menu item for updating an EDD and it takes less than 10
minutes for the entire process to complete. Select DITA > Update EDD to update your EDD in a
single step.
Using the Image align attribute
If the value for the align attribute is not defined in the document or not set through the Attribute
editor, then FrameMaker checks for default value defined in the EDD. If a default value is not defined
in the EDD, the image is center aligned in the document.
Ditaval support in DITA-OT publishing
When generating output using the DITA Open Tool kit, you can specify conditional filtering of
content using attribute-value pairs in a ditaval file. While the location of the ditaval file could be
specified in ditafm.ini, you can now select your ditaval file from the Generate DITA-OT Output
dialog
For more information, see Generate output using DITA OT.
Support for DITA Open Toolkit 2.1
Support for DITA Open Toolkit (DITA-OT) has been upgraded from 1.8 to 2.1 library.
For more information, see DITA Open Toolkit.
Preview child map in DITA maps
If a DITA map includes references to child maps, the Show and Hide options in the DITA map will
show or hide the topics referenced in the child maps.
For more information, see Display DITA map content.
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