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You bet. If you have used FrameMaker and understand it enough to consider yourself functional, then you need this book. Wonderful book and tool. It's easy to understand for the intermediate user and takes you all the way from Houston to the moon and back. I paid $200 for my copy and that's a huge premium from the original price. Is it worth it.
It will be republished as Publishing Fundamentals: Creating Content with FrameMaker 7. This book is now out of print.
I shouldn't have to sit here and decode their work (O'Keefe and Loring's). I've spent hours experimenting just to find exactly how to format this, or how to customize that with their general descriptions--until it actually worked. Although I've worked with computers for over 15 years, I'm not a programmer. Their explanations have been too vague for me.
I've spent as much time reading this as the one sent from Adobe when I ordered FrameMaker 7.0. It's fallen waaay short of my expectations. I bought this as a reference because I don't know (get it). Meaning, it's just as useful (or worthless) as the one from Adobe.
Why I must have to spend so much time to decipher this work is beyond me. I'd get my money back if I could. Too many features are just as cryptic and vague. My most recent unresolved problem had been having to customize the index and table of contents.
The command "Select File.book" is explained.The authors illustrate how to save a pdf file:At the "File"- SELECT "SAVE AS" TYPE "File name.pdf" SAVEImportant template insignias are illustrated utilizing largediagrams and pointers to key locations on the screen. They teach how to work with structured documents, manipulate text, formatting and tag methodologies.The mechanics of tabular design , text and the set-up for book files are described in considerable detail with pertinent illustrations. This book is a solid value if you know little about template organization and design and you need to learn fast. This work is perfect for anyone seeking to become conversant with the latest software productivity tools. The authors describe products, content creation and sample templates in simple English.
The book is mostly complete, excepting its structured application development deficiencies. If you compare this book's physical quality to the quality of Adobe's FrameMaker 7.0 Classroom in Book, you will see a world of difference. Again, the information the book contains is good. FrameMaker 7: The Complete Reference is, as described in virtually all of its reviews here at amazon.com, a good reference book and a good choice for learning FrameMaker. With respect to structured application development, I must say it is almost, but not quite completely, deficient.Steve Whitlatch The spine on my copy broke after just a few days of handling. Its information is good; however, the book's paper, print quality, and binding are all very poor. My copy is destined to shortly fall into several pieces.
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