FrameMaker Corporate Templates with DITA
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This document provides an overview of setting up a corporate template for DITA in Adobe FrameMaker 2015. It discusses locating the default DITA templates for topics, concepts, and other content, and how to configure and update these templates. It also covers adjusting the EDD (Element Definition Document) to further refine output appearance and replacing the default templates with custom organization templates. The presentation aims to explore the default templates and how companies can recreate them using their own templates.
FrameMaker Corporate Templates with DITA
- 1. Tips for Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and FrameMaker Users of All Skill Levels Bernard Aschwanden www.publishingsmarter.com [email protected] Setting up a Corporate Template for DITA with FrameMaker 2015 22:07 1 @publishsmarter
- 2. Housekeeping and note taking 22:07@publishsmarter 2 Thanks to Adobe! Not all slides or topics are equally weighted Use some, discard others Slides speed varies (reference) but this is a QUICK session Questions? Ask along the way! I’d love to claim errors/typos is on purpose… they isn’t, ain’t, and weren’t never; however, I’ll fix ‘em as I can…
- 3. About your speaker 22:07@publishsmarter 3 Publishing Smarter: President Content strategist, publishing tech expert, author, and geek-enough Certified Technical Trainer DITA Content management Topic-based writing Society for Technical Communication President STC Associate Fellow
- 4. Solving business problems through communication 22:07@publishsmarter 4
- 5. Standard disclaimer 22:07@publishsmarter 5 In the interest of brevity I will make some blanket statements to keep it simple It’s not all 100% “the truth”, but I’ll stay close Purists may complain And they are wrong! (except when they are right)
- 6. Slides and demo (alternating) @publishsmarter 22:07 6 Let’s get to it
- 7. In the next 60 minutes 22:07@publishsmarter 7 FrameMaker (2015 release) uses many DITA templates including ones for writing topics, concepts, references, tasks, or maps, and others when publishing. Learn where these templates are stored and how to configure them. See tips and tricks to updating the default templates to more closely match existing company templates, or even replace them with your own styles. Adjust the EDD as needed to further refine the appearance of output. This session explores the default templates and ideas can be recreated using your own templates.
- 8. Power use required 22:07@publishsmarter 8 You need to have permissions Launch FM as an administrator
- 9. Template locations 22:07@publishsmarter 9 For the author to have a custom setup, you need to be able to work with: C:Program Files (x86)AdobeAdobeFrameMaker2015Structurexml DITA_1.2apptechnicalContenttemplate Your path MAY differ a bit, but the important bits stand out…
- 10. Basic setup changes 22:07@publishsmarter 10 1. Create a new task/concept/reference, etc and view the default appearances 2. Open a template and change the zoom 3. Create a new t/c/r and view the defaults 4. Open a template and change view settings
- 11. EDD Locations 22:07@publishsmarter 11 If you want to further define what is in your template, you need to be able to work with: C:Program Files (x86)AdobeAdobeFrameMaker2015Structurexml DITA_1.2apptechnicalContentedd Your path MAY differ a bit, but the important bits stand out…
- 12. Publishing paths 22:07@publishsmarter 12 Author templates and publish templates are in different locations Consider: Authors may want to have a template that shows draft- comments, or uses conditions, or even has watermarks for PDF Publishing may want to have templates that don’t StructurexmlDITAoutputTemplates Your path MAY differ a bit, but the important bits stand out...
- 13. Further (geeky) reading 22:07@publishsmarter 13 http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/dita/frame maker_customization.pdf http://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/2015/ini/fr amemaker_2015_ini_reference.pdf
- 14. Follow up contact information 22:07@publishsmarter 14 905 833 8448 (Eastern Time) [email protected] www.linkedin.com/in/bernardaschwanden @publishsmarter www.publishingsmarter.com