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\title{What you should know about FrameMaker.}

\sub{The following is a self-paced training module which should
help you identify the important concepts of FrameMaker. You are
welcome to use any of the resources normally at your disposal, but try
to work through problems first before asking someone else for help. Do
NOT ask the question in OLC! Please do not worry if you can not answer
everything. This is supposed to help you learn things you may not
already know. It may take you a week, a month, or even several months
to complete. A note on the bonus questions: these are optional, but
strongly recommended. They will certainly give the full-time staff a
better understanding of what you do know. If you have any questions,
just send e-mail to {\subitfont cdemello@mit.}}

\head{1.0~~The Basics}
\bitem How does FrameMaker treat whitespace? How can you force an extra
space between a period at the end of a sentence and the next word?

\bitem Are there any special characters you can not type? How do you get
special symbols such as ? How can you insert a comment in your text?

\bitem How does line spacing work? If my default paragraph font is 12pt,
and I want the document double spaced, what would I change and to what
would I change it?

\bitem What is the difference between a body page and a master page? When
would I use a reference page?

\head{2.0~~Formatting Basics}

\bitem What is the difference between the paragraph and character catalog
windows and the format windows? When would I use each? When would I
actually use a character definition as opposed to a paragraph style?

\bitem How can I change the header or footer on a page? What is special
about headers and footers as opposed to the main text column? (Hint:
when do the changes become noticeable?)

\bitem When formatting a paragraph, what are the basic options? What is the
difference between first indent and left indent? How does space above
and space below work?

\bitem When might you want to change the start value of a paragraph? What
are widow and orphan lines?

\bitem When applying the characteristics, what do each of the options refer
to? What keystroke enables you to be in "As is" mode?

\bitem How can I change the font of a paragraph? of an entire document?

\bitem What are the various styles available for a paragraph or character?
What are change bars? What is pair kerning?

\BONUS{What is the smallest, and what is the largest size available
for each font? Why do the options for angle and weight differ on a
font basis?}

\head{3.0~~Trickier Formatting}

\end

o How can I change/set/add tabs to a paragraph? What is a leader? How
does decimal alignment work?

o What is the distance the tab spot is defined as relative to?

o Briefly explain how numbering works? Define the numbering scheme for
a document with chapter (1), section (1.1), subsections(1.1.1),
figures(1.1), and tables(1.1).

o How would you define the bonus paragraphs that are in this document?

o How can you add a line or graphic above or below every occurence of
a particular paragraph type? For just one particular paragraph?

o What languages are available for international FrameMaker? How many
licenses do we have of international Frame?

BONUS: How is the BONUS paragraph format used in this document
defined? (Make sure to name all the properties that would be set,
though the exact numbers are not important).

4.0  Equations

o Define an equation paragraph format that has the equation number
(1.1 format) on the right hand side of the page.

o How do you get into equation mode? What are the various sizes you
can specify for equations?

o Once you have entered the equation, what is the final step to
properly line the equation up with the paragraph that it is in?

o What are the eight "pages" of equation formats available? Which type
of equations can be evaluated? Once you have evaluated an expression
can you "undo" the evaluation?

o What are the various methods of selecting part of an equation to be
deleted/editted?

o How can you get regular text into an equation?

o How do you line up several equations in a row?

o What is the shortcut for typing scientific notation? For including
the summation symbol?

o What is micropositioning? List the movement options for
micropositioning.

BONUS: How can you change the properties of an equation, from say
small to large?

BONUS: How can you move elements of an equation to another position in
the equation retaining the algebraic equivalency? For example, if I
have: and I want to move the y to be the denominator of a fraction, or
somewhere else in the format.

BONUS: Explain how to use rules, and apply them to an equation.

5.0 Graphics

o Which button pops up the graphics window? What are the differences
between the two cursor options you can choose?

o What is the button labelled "Frame" generally used for? What is the
button with the page used to define?

o How do you place a graphic in a specific location in your document?
What should you remember about anchored frames?

o Where is the library of electronic clip art you can include in your
documents? What is the simplest way to put this into your document?

o How can you import a graphic? What types of graphics will FrameMaker
on Athena recognize? Why should someone use epsi as opposed to ps when
importing? What should the user remember about an imported epsi image?

o How can you set the visible and snap grids for drawing graphics? How
do the above and below graphics tools work? How would you get a
rectangle as follows:



o Give two ways to select multiple objects. Why might you want to
group or ungroup a selection of objects?

o How does the distribution option work? The alignment option? How
would you rotate and object? How is this different from the Rotate
page option in the Page menu?

BONUS: Create a graphics using as many of the graphics tools options
as possible. Specifically make sure you use the alignment option, and
try changing the size of the lines.

6.0  Tables

o How do you insert a table? What are the various paragraph formats
normally associated with a table?

o How do you resize the columns in a table? The rows? How would you
insert a new row or column?

o Give a brief summary of the various format options that can be
editted with the Table Format option from the Table menu.

o What does the staddle option do? Are there any limitations to this
option? What happens to the text in a table if you select straddle and
then select undo?

BONUS: Create the following table:

TABLE 1. 

Date

Phones

Walkins

1/1

AM: 3





54

PM: 5

2/1

AM: 7

PM: 21

3/1

AM: 24

PM: 43

7.0  Common Requests

o	How would you create a document in landscape mode? Just a page? What if the document is in portrait mode and you need to convert it to landscape?

o	How do you place autonumbers in an anchored frame for equations? If there is a better way to do this, explain it.

o	What filters are available, and for which types of document do they work?

o	Is there any easy way to move one or more pages to another place in the document?

o	Random, but interesting, question: What happens if the spell checker runs across the word Interleaf (this is Frame's biggest competitor)?

o	How do you convert a Frame document so you can transfer it over for use on a Mac? Why do the imported images show up as gray rectangles when I transfer across platforms, and how do I avoid this?

o	How can you force a page break and keep the flow of the text?

o	How can I print in duplex mode? tumble mode? which the word "draft" across the back of each page?

o	How can I change the page size of an existing document? How is the printer name determined? (this is local to athena, you may need to look at the start up shell script for maker).

o	How do you create a bibliography? What are the basic bibframe key bindings you want to remember if you use this method of bibliography creation?

o	How can you create a table of contents? What do you need to do to the TOC file after it is initially generated? (This holds true for lists of figures and tables, and indexes as well).

o	How do book files work? If I have a bibliography over several documents in a book, how must the bibliography be created?

o	What resources need to be set to get frame in reverse video? Where can you print out a quick reference for the keybindings from?

o	How can you reference figures, tables, or other text in the document?

o	If you want the title of the current chapter to be in the header of every page, what steps must you take?

o	How can one include programming code into a document?

o	How can you get endnotes (autonumbered), as opposed to using footnotes? How would you insert footnotes?

BONUS:	Create a table of contents file that places the entries like:

1. Chapter title ................................................................................. #

1.1 Section title ................................................................................ #

1.2 Second section title .................................................................... #

BONUS:	Create the following page:

A Frame Extravaganza



Fun Stuff











This is just random text so I can create a  along with all these lovely figures.



8.0  Final note

Please place the file(s) you may have needed to create to answer some questions in directory where the staff members can get to them, and let us know what that directory is. The final question is this:

o	What resources did you use to answer these questions? Which did you find most useful? Are the topics you feel were not covered that should have been? Do you feel comfortable grabbing any frame question from the queue and working on it now?
