FM9 Newbie looking for best self training tools

[Pinkham, Jim]

Quite valid points all, Fred. Thanks for bringing them forward.

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From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docudoc at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 5:05 PM
To: Pinkham, Jim; generic668 at yahoo.ca; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: FM9 Newbie looking for best self training tools


But anyone who buys a used FrameMaker 5.5.6 book needs to be aware that
several of the features that seem to most confuse new users have changed
significantly since that pretty ancient version of the tool. 
For example, while the basic concepts of the numbering feature (a source
of much confusion despite the fact that it is eminently logical if you
just think it through) remained the same, the most effective way to
implement many typical numbering changed a lot when Adobe introduced the
$volnum and $chapnum system variables in FM6. And FM6 also *greatly*
expanded the scope and functionality of the book window. 
And FM8 introduced some major changes to conditional text, including
Boolean expressions, which probably confused as many users with the
additional complexity as it did to help those who were having problems
from the get-go.
 
-Fred Ridder
   
 
> Subject: RE: FM9 Newbie looking for best self training tools
> Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:01:57 -0500
> From: Jim.Pinkham at voith.com
> To: generic668 at yahoo.ca; framers at lists.frameusers.com;
okeefe at scriptorium.com
> 
> Here goes:
> 
> http://isbn.nu/9780764506376.
> 
> Didn't look closely, but 75 cents sounds hard to beat :) 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Writer
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 3:52 PM
> To: Frame Users; Sarah O'Keefe
> Subject: Re: FM9 Newbie looking for best self training tools
> 
> There must be some used copies out there somewhere.
> 
> I still refer to my copy often.
> 
> Nadine
> 
> --- On Mon, 7/12/10, Sarah O'Keefe <okeefe at scriptorium.com> wrote:
> 
> > FrameMaker 5.5.6 for Dummies. Pretty sure it's out of 
> > print/unavailable. 350ish pages.
> 
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