If you can find a copy of FrameMaker 5 (e-bay, Craig's List, etc.) buy it for the manual; I still have the book (approx 700 pages) and it clearly explains a great deal of how Frame works: lots of info about master pages; reference pages; generating and formatting Tables of Contents, Indices, Lists of .... Of course, features added later won't be covered, but the background understanding this provides is fantastic.
FM 5.5 also included a fairly substantial manual (but it was slightly smaller than the 5.0 edition) and subsequent versions have been progressively smaller with more info moved to online help - but that often means you must understand how the creator chose to indentify and index it. While that is also true for the books, information always seemed readily accessible in the paper copies to me. On Tuesday, April 29, 2008 09:41 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote: | At 08:25 -0500 29/4/08, Deirdre Reagan wrote: | | > So, for me, the curve is fairly steep. For what it's worth, I'm | > now (four months into it) considered the office expert, even though | > three other people have been using it longer than I have. | | Sarah O'Keefe and Sheila Loring's book 'FrameMaker 7: Publishing | Fundamentals' is a worthwhile investment in my view. | | -- | Steve - Lester ------------------------------------------------------- Lester C. Smalley Email: lsmalley AT infocon DOT com Information Consultants, Inc. Phone: 302-239-2942 FAX: 302-239-1712 Yorklyn, DE 19736 Web: www.infocon.com ------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.