Adobe Technical Communication Suite Training Course

Overview

The objective of the course is to enable participants to gain a mastery of the basics and applications of Adobe Technical Communication Suite.

Understanding the FrameMaker model and its word processing and desktop publishing features.
Difference between structured and unstructured Framemaker
Working with framemaker documents, paragraph formats, page layout
The Structured Environment, Recognise DITA topics and maps and the elements which are to be used in the creation of content.
Attributes, The element catalog
Working with Text Elements
Insert content using elements which are moved, deleted, merged or split as required
Object Elements
Table Elements, customising tables
Importing Files into a Structured Flow
Validation of structured files to ensure that all DITA rules are adhered to.
Indexing
Master Pages
Book Building
Tables of Contents
Anchored frames and Graphics
Insert, modify and delete cross–references and variables within documents and between files
Create documents for distribution in various formats

Product Overview and the Design Process/Describing Captivate Projects
Recording a Software Demonstration/The difference between simulations and demonstrations.
Working with Text Captions and the Timeline
Working with Images and objects
Pointer Paths, Buttons and Highlight Boxes
Converting Demonstrations into Simulations/recording an interactive simulation
Rollovers and Zoom Areas
Slide Labels, Notes and Audio
Animation and Flash Video
Using e-learning features
Creating Quizzes
MenuBuilder and Publishing Projects

Introduction to Robohelp/Workspaces, topics, TOC, generate HTML help, generate WebHelp, generate complicant and responsive HTML.
Create new projects and add content – import html, word, framemaker, pdf etc.
Project structure and CSS
Editing content
Creating links to other documents, hyperlinks, bookmarks etc.
Inserting images and multimedia
Reusing content
Indexes, search and glossaries,
Skins and master pages
Docs, Ebooks and scripts