Re: Framemaker quickstart

Subject: Re: Framemaker quickstart
From: poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net
To: Frank Dissinger <dissinger -dot- cgs -at- gmx -dot- de>, TechWrite List <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:07:43 +0000

Each to his / her own, I guess.

"Classroom in a Book" worked wonderfully for me and my fellow tech writers at Komatsu-America when FrameMaker was brought in to replace WordPerfect back in 2001 or so. The "Dummies" book is good, too, but "Classroom" is what got us up and running in a very short time.

-- Kenpo in Atlanta

-------------- Original message from Frank Dissinger <dissinger -dot- cgs -at- gmx -dot- de>: --------------


> I bought both of these books. I do NOT recommend "Classroom in a Book".
> The "For Dummies" book by Sarah O'Keef is MUCH better. It is written
> from a practical point of view. It gives you a very quick start and
> systematically explains important concepts. But, as I wrote before, I
> don't know if this book is available for FrameMaker Version 6 and
> higher. (When I bought the book, there was a German edition for V6 and
> an English edition for V 5.5.6).
>
> Frank Dissinger · /Technical Writer/
>
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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Dori Green schrieb:
> > If I ever had to use Framemaker again, I'd go with Classroom in a Book
> > by the Adobe Team.
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0321131681/ref=pd_bbs_olp_2/104-9
> > 440989-3369518?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193925012&sr=8-2
> >
> > I'd probably also buy the "for dummies" Framemaker book.
> >
> > Caution -- if you buy a used copy, make sure it includes the CD!
> >
> > Dori Green
> >
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
>
>
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> Frank Dissinger · /Technical Writer/
>
> CGS Publishing Technologies International GmbH
> Kettelerstr. 24 · 63512 Hainburg · Germany
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> info -at- cgs -dot- de · http://www.cgs.de
>
> Phone: +49 (0) 6182 9626 0
> Fax: +49 (0) 6182 9626 99
>
> Commercial Register: Offenbach, HRB no. 21495
> CEO: Jan de Maeyer, Andreas Kämmerer
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