The FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques 2-day seminars are designed for users with good working knowledge of FrameMaker and Acrobat, who would like to create and maintain high-quality, interactive Acrobat PDF files. The usual procedure for creating such files - and the only one referred to in the FrameMaker and Acrobat manuals - is to use Acrobat to add all interactivity/settings over and above the links created automatically by FrameMaker. This is a repetitive and time-consuming process which is limited to the current PDF: as soon as you update the source file and redistill, you lose all features previously added in Acrobat.

About Shlomo Perets

Note: The techniques taught in this seminar are equally applicable to FrameMaker 5-7, Acrobat 4-8.

Duration: 2 days

Fee: $1,240 per person

Upcoming Dates:
Sep 22-23

Prerequisite: Acrobat Basics & FrameMaker Basics or similar experience.

Delivery: Instructor-led, conference-style, interactive

Participants receive:

• Software add-ons: FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers, Navigation Assistant (MicroType), Marker Madness TimeSavers Edition (Zenserve), PDF Aerialist (ARTS) – $769 value
• Extensive workbook (which includes reference materials, step-by-step exercises, demonstration of undocumented possibilities, numerous tips, examples and sample files)
• Two months of e-mail support/guidance for completion of course exercises and assignments and guidance in implementing course techniques in on-going projects (as the workbook is also designed as an “interspondence” course, it is especially suited to self-paced practice).
• Access to the Frame2Acrobat discussion/support list, where subscribers can share their experience, techniques and creative solutions.

• Making the Most of FrameMaker’s Built-in PDF-Related Capabilities

• PostScript printer drivers and recommended settings

• Distilling & the Save As PDF function

• Avoiding negative side-effects in the PDF file (text/graphics)

• PDF features supported by FrameMaker

• Cross-references: uses & techniques in PDFs

• Hypertext capabilities

• Bookmarking techniques (properties, hierarchy, extracting Figure/Table bookmarks and more)

• Handling FrameMaker books with cross-file links

• Creating optimized print and screen versions from a single FrameMaker source

• Problems, solutions & workarounds

• Testing your PDFs

Using pdfmark commands to define Acrobat features in FrameMaker (via TimeSavers shortcuts, PostScript text frames or prologue/epilogue files):

• Buttons with actions (such as Search, Close, Print)
• Document Information fields (standard/custom)
• Full control of default view options
• Associating an Acrobat index with your PDF
• Annotations

Additional bookmark options:

• Custom bookmarks (e.g. pointing to web sites, e-mail feedback)
• Quick-access bookmarks
• Cross-file bookmarks

Enhancing navigation and interactivity:

• Chapter tabs, dynamic document maps
• Transparent navigation in a PDF document collection
• Drop-down menus pointing to common destinations, related topics, web-based files, pre-defined searches or JavaScript functions