FrameMaker allows you to tag and change table styles as easily as paragraph styles. There is a separate catalog to view and choose table styles, and a Table Designer to swiftly create or modify new styles. See how easy it is to (a) modify existing table styles, (b) "update all" to globally update all tables with the same style name and (c) import table styles from one document into others. There is much more to FrameMaker tables, which will be covered in more episodes in this show.

See how easy it is to publish to HTML5 multiscreen from FrameMaker 11 via RoboHelp 10, in Tech Comm Suite 4, using the DEFAULT PROJECT that is supplied within FrameMaker. Stunning results in just a few mouse clicks.

Many of us have been frustrated by how "slippery" the positioning of anchored frames can be in Word. FrameMaker 11 provides considerably more control. This video starts out with a bang, showing how you can easily generate a table of parts, views or animations (with auto-hypertext links) to a 3D graphics. The published PDF output provides an attractive, guided user experience. Discover how FrameMaker 11's new Object Styles allow you to name, then globally update the appearance or positioning of both anchored frames and graphic objects. Hotspots also allow you to create a link between a zone of a graphic and related text.

Although Word has a loose equivalent to user variables, this features is far easier and more straight-forward in FrameMaker 11. Unlike Word, no macros or arcane program strings are required. User variables are ideal for product names, company locations, designated staff members ... anything that is likely to change in your document. Simple actions allow you to globally update not only the content of variables, but their appearance as well. You can combine this feature with conditional text control, which allows you to swiftly "show" or "hide" different sections of text, tables or entire graphics that are associated with a certain version of your documentation. This allows a single set of source files to produce multiple versions of your documentation for various customers or internal content consumers. These features can be invoked with simple keyboard shortcuts while authoring, and you can import their values and setting from one document into an entire book!

How many times have you had to correct random numbering "mishaps" within nested lists and autonumbered headings in Word? With FrameMaker 11, this drudgering becomes a thing of the past with what most users describe as "bullet proof" mixed numbering. Many also describe it as "easy." The autonumber setting in paragraphs is completely unaffected by page breaks, and FrameMaker has no section breaks. With FrameMaker 11, you aren't limited to a certain number of nested list levels. You can also mix multi-numbered prefix stings in any fashion you wish. When it comes to text prefixes (like "Table X.X" or "Figure X.X"), you have complete control over wording and formatting. Warning: once you use this feature in FrameMaker 11, there's no turning back.

With FrameMaker 11 and you forget about section breaks to segregate landscape pages (which can easily affect numbered headings in Word.) Simple master pages control page layout in FrameMaker, swiftly reshaping columns, background logos, and page orientation. In FrameMaker 11, not only can you instantly insert a landscape page that is disconnected from other pages; you can even change any page to landscape orientation and permit adjacent page content to pagination through it! Discover the joys instantly changing page appearance and orientation with one action. Page layout may be swiftly imported from other documents to save even more time.

Word's style catalogs don't obviously segregate text styles from paragraph styles. FrameMaker 11 provides simple, logical catalogs for paragraphs, character styles, table styles and even graphic object styles. In FrameMaker 11, not only can you globally update headings, lists and emphasized text, you can even change all instances of named tables, labeled anchored frames or graphic objects! This allows you a level of formatting control and document consistency amongst multiple authors you could have only dreamed of with Word. Warning: once you use these tools, there is no turning back.

Unlike Word, FrameMaker 11 has page headers and footers that are not limited to the top/bottom margin of the page. FrameMaker master pages allow simple actions to created rotated running headers or footers in the Left/Right page margins, or "anywhere" on the page. Headers and Footers are created with logical system variables that ensure that "file name" or other metadata will update automatically when source information is changed.

FrameMaker 11 has the unique ability to customize cross-reference formats, which use simple building blocks to display anything from page numbers, Figure Titles, to numbered prefixes and preceding Chapter or Section Titles. In cases where Word requires multiple clicks and links to targets, plus manual entry of text, FrameMaker 11 let's you "have it all" in just one mouse click.

FrameMaker 11 has a paragraph property that will allow headings to automatically position themselves in outer margins of pages. Retagging the para with a different style will restore normal position within the flow. Unlike Word, you do not need to resort to boxed text, anchored frames, or multi-step workarounds with section breaks.

Mark Steckel share insights gained from documentation for medical diagnostic equipment. He detects customer pressure for more compelling and interactive help with more "find-a-bility" and the capacity for user comments and feedback. He also learned how DITA/XML can substantially reduce language translation costs.

The inaugural Tech Comm Executive Summit celebrated the 25th anniversary of FrameMaker and the 20th anniversary of RoboHelp in late 2011. This video features a montage of interviews and portions of presentations from key Adobe management staff. Industries range from software, medical, manufacturing to government.

See how FrameMaker 11 can publish directly to HTML5 multiview, without turning on RoboHelp, using Technical Communication Suite 4. This demo illustrates how an author or editor who knows nothing about RoboHelp 10's powerful project features can access that power directly from FrameMaker 11

FrameMaker 11 introduces a powerful new way to author an edit XML directly with XML View. Let Intelliprompt suggest legal elements, and have elements "closed" for you. Realtime validation will display errors in a console. Use the "tree" to navigate through your XML code. This feature is one of many reasons that have led industry thought leaders to pronounce FrameMaker 11 a "real" DITA authoring solution.

FrameMaker 11 has improved productivity in many areas, but a favorite with veteran users is the restoration of reliable keyboard shortcuts for paragraph and character formatting, conditional text control, as well as insertion, wrapping and changing XML elements. Watch how simple keyboard shortcuts can allow you to swiftly shape your document without leaving the text you are authoring

Technical Communication Suite 4 tightly integrates FrameMaker 11 functionality with RoboHelp 10. See how all applications, including Captivate 6, work together seamlessly to expand techcomm even further.

FrameMaker 11 has a very logical progression of icons and quick access bars for each dedicated workspace. Incidentally, workspaces areas are easily customized.

FrameMaker 11 has put XSLT right on the menu bar, for frequent access to make powerful transformations to document structure

FrameMaker 11 and easy access to XPath to locate almost any combination of code in XML and/or DITA

See how easy it is to link an entire 3D graphic to an animation view and also how a few FrameMaker 11 mouse clicks, generated a list of parts from the 3D graphic that are automatically hyper-linked. In PDF output, you can click on any of the part names in the table, and the 3D graphic will change to a non-shaded view, with the selected part highlighted with 3D shading. This feature is very empowering for people creating techcomm content for medical devices, transportation/airline parts and other products that utilize diagrams with many potential views.

FrameMaker 11's new ability to temporarily display and print line numbers in structured or richly formatted text. This feature is a boon to internal approval cycles and content with legal ramifications.

FrameMaker 10 has the ability to create new XML files several different ways. Users no longer have to create proprietary binary files. New XML files can display optional "banner" text to help guide the type of content that should be input

FrameMaker 11's new tools for managing XSLT

FrameMaker 11 demonstrates the ability to display line numbers in regular or structured XML documents. This can be an ideal feature during content approval processes.

FrameMaker 11 has the ability to create "hot spot" links from an entire graphic or portion of a graphic to relevant text, with hyperlinks in output files.

FrameMaker 11 has the ability to import rich video or 3D, and link various views of the graphic to text or tables. Ideal for medical devices, airline instrumentation documentation, etc.

FrameMaker 11 has significantly improved workspaces. Defaults are much more logical. As you move into structured XML editing, a host of unrelated menus just vanish. No need for customization anymore; this FrameMaker is just the way you like it "out-of-the-box"

FrameMaker 11 has ability to copy HTML, Excel spreadsheets, even bulleted lists and tables from Word docs and have the "paste" convert to valid XML or DITA at the right insertion point. Find out how!

FrameMaker 11 has graphic object properties, which behave somewhat like layers in InDesign. Confined to vector graphic shapes and anchored frames, they allow users to universally change all instances of certain anchored frames, text call-outs, or common shapes and graphic objects.

FrameMaker 11 has major improvements to behaviour and focal point for Find/Change. The menu remembers the last 5 things you searched for, and no longer changes your insertion point, speeding up repetitious editing tasks.

We listened to our customers, and back by popular demand are reliable keyboard shortcuts for changing format styles, inserting XML elements, wrapping text in conditions, etc. Watch how easy it is to use FrameMaker 11 w/o hardly touching a mouse!

FrameMaker 11 has expanded it's capabilities with DITAmap. If you wish to swiftly generate TOCs, LOFs, and Indices, you no longer have to manually insert these generated documents. It is now possible to do a simple "save as Book with generated components" ... and more.

FrameMaker 11 has expanded its use of keyboard shortcuts for common edits, formatting and more. This brief demo shows how "in place" catalogs allow you to change styles without leaving your current insertion point

Extend the frontiers of technical content creation and consumption.

Learn how to change project settings, such as the primary layout and the default language.

Looking to create non framed linked HTML pages from your Unstructured, Structured or XML files? Here is a "how to" video showing you the old school method of saving as HTML.

Learn "How To" bring InDesign Content into FrameMaker 10. This method can be used with any application that can output to html.

See How To Use FrameMaker 10's SharePoint Integration File and Folder Upload

See how to use FrameMaker 10's SharePoint Search Feature

See How To use FrameMaker 10's SharePoint Integration to Open And Edit A Document

See What Are FrameMaker 10's SharePoint Integration Dependencies

See how to Delete Files and folders using FrameMaker 10's SharePoint integration

Here is an introduction to FrameMaker 10's DITA 1.2 features

See how FrameMaker 10 makes merging your DITA Specialization a snap with our new DITA Specialization Wizard.

FrameMaker 10 DITA 1.2 Topicset support

FrameMaker 10 DITA 1.2 Conref Range Insert feature

FrameMaker 10's DITA 1.2 Conref Range Support

In this episode, you'll learn how to use the ConfigFileMaker file

In this episode, you'll learn how to switch between DITAMAP default Resource Manager view and Document View

When you own Technical Communication Suite 3 you get special integration that gives Framemaker 10 the ability to Publishing EPub, AdobeAIR, WebHelp and more.

In this video you will see how FrameMaker 10 now allows you to insert multiple child Element with a single click of a mouse button.

In this episode, you'll learn how to add format indicators to Filter By Attribute expressions

This Video will show the use of ExtendScript to Automate Processes in both FrameMaker 10 and RoboHelp 9

In this video you will see how to publish DITA XML content using FrameMaker 10, RoboHelp 9 and Technical Communication Suite 3 to EPub, AdobeAIR, WebHHelp and other popular help formats.

In this episode, you'll learn how to insert multiple sibling and nested children elements using smart insert

In this episode, you'll learn how to track edits on books and ditamaps

Table Catalog

In this episode, you'll learn how to suppress alerts dialog box.

In this episode, you'll learn how to create a Structure Application using a new wizard

Learn how to create and apply a Master Page Mapping Table.

Learn "how to" create custom master pages, including landscape right and left pages using FrameMaker 10

In this episode, you'll learn how to create or edit a rules file using the new rules wizard

In this episode, you'll learn how to collapse child elements in the document view using the new enhanced View Element Boundaries

In this episode, you'll learn how to collapse child elements in the document view using the new enhanced View Element Boundaries

In this episode, you'll learn how to use the new file / new / xml option

In this episode, you'll learn how to modify the Maker.ini file to change the default save option for invalid XML content

In this episode, you'll learn how to build a ConfigFileMaker XML file to be used with creating pulldown attribute choices

In this episode, you'll learn how to create build expressions in Unstructured FrameMake

In this episode, you'll learn how to compare to Structured FrameMaker Documents

In this episode, you'll learn how to insert multiple topicref in a DITA Map

In This Episode, you'll learn about the enhanced XML Attribute Editor

Thanks to the ease with which we can publish content online, today we are all Publishers. In this video I go over how Technical Communicators can harness user-generated content in their Documentation.

A short sneak peek video showing how in the upcoming Adobe FrameMaker 10 software, you will be able to generate Online Help directly from a DITAmap file via File > Publish.

In this video, I go over how you will be able to publish online (i.e. WebHelp, FlashHelp, AIRHelp, EPUB, JavaHelp, CHM) directly from Adobe FrameMaker 10 as you continue to update your documents, and without having to manually open, update and publish your RoboHelp projects.

A glimpse into just one of the many amazing new workflows you can expect in the upcoming major version of Adobe RoboHelp 9. Check out how we are bringing geographically disparate teams together using the Cloud, and your existing MS SharePoint deployment.

More on Adobe RoboHelp 9 and MS SharePoint. Check out how easy and straightforward it will be to publish directly to a SharePoint workspace. No need to first publish locally and then copy the folder manually to SharePoint.

First of many Sneak Peek videos for FrameMaker 10, RoboHelp 9 and Technical Communication Suite 3. In this video, check out what's coming in FrameMaker 10 with regards to Rich Media. Learn why this Industry trend is important to Technical Communicators.

Learn how to use conversion tables in FrameMaker for migrating unstructured FrameMaker and MS Word documents to fully structured files.

Learn the differences and benefits between unstructured and structured documents in Adobe FrameMaker.

Get the most out of the new Interface in Adobe FrameMaker 9. Also learn the differences and benefits for existing FrameMaker users.

Learn how best to single source FrameMaker documentation in RoboHelp using the unique functionality in the Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2.5.

Find out how to use FrameMaker to create PDF files, enabling a team to review and comment via the Acrobat.com Cloud, using free Adobe Reader® software, and then import comments back into FrameMaker.

Learn how to easily remove unwanted areas from an image using the latest content-aware fill functionality in Photoshop CS5. Find out how to natively import .PSD files in FrameMaker to include rich imagery in technical documentation.

Learn how to leverage existing 3D models in your technical documentation. See how to take advantage of the powerful 3D Reviewer in Acrobat 9 Pro Extended to view, edit, and insert interactive 3D models into PDF files created in FrameMaker.

Learn how to easily insert special characters in Adobe FrameMaker 9 using the new Character Palette and also how to use special characters in bulleted lists.

Learn how to automate the process of applying custom Master Pages in Adobe FrameMaker using the Reference Pages.

Learn how Templates work in FrameMaker and how to build books based on multiple files, that were authored from the same template.

Learn the difference between importing and dynamically linking FrameMaker books in RoboHelp using the Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2.5.

An overview of how to Single Source FrameMaker documentation in RoboHelp using the special functionality in the Adobe Technical Communication Suite 2.5.

Learn how to map FrameMaker Paragraph, Character, Table and Cross Reference styles in RoboHelp for better single sourcing of technical documentation.