Adobe FrameMaker is a desktop publishing (DTP) and word processing application that is popular for large documents. It maintains a strong following among professional technical writers.
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FrameMaker Building Blocks: Using Building Blocks to Customize FrameMaker Documents 
Building blocks, like macros, allow you to enter information without typing it.
Scriptorium (2000). Resources>Tutorials>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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FrameMaker Document Management
Managing FrameMaker documents requires a unique and sophisticated document management solution. FrameMaker documents are inherently complex and often compound in nature; this reality must be recognized in order to effectively manage FrameMaker documents, so that their contents can be fully leveraged.
Lloyd, Harold. STC Proceedings (1999). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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Much can be learned about Frame document structure and the objects within by examining documents saved in MIF format.
Wideman, Graham. WidemanOne (2001). Design>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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FrameMaker seems to be Adobe's best-kept secret. A tremendously powerful desktop-publishing program, FrameMaker has been ritually ignored by reviewers who instead concentrate on the big three DTP apps: QuarkXPress, InDesign, and PageMaker. Adobe positioned FrameMaker as a niche 'word-processing' product appropriate only for long-document production.
EDITsphere (2007). Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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This site contains links of interest to users of Adobe FrameMaker, the industry-leading tool for creating long or complex technical documents. Paired with Quadralay's WebWorks Publisher, it is also an excellent tool for single source solutions that involve some combination of print or PDF, online Help, and Web-based information.
Knopf Online. Resources>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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I modified the FrameMaker template browser to display our department's templates rather than the generic ones that come with the software. The writers no longer have to dig through the company's folder structure to find the template they need.
Henkel, Rick. Docspages. Resources>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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FrameMaker vs. FrameMaker+SGML 
Everything that is in FrameMaker is in FrameMaker+SGML. FrameMaker+SGML has capabilities that FrameMaker does not have.
Bright Path Solutions (2004). Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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I'd like to vote in favor of dispelling the MYTH that FrameMaker is difficult to learn.
Muller, Rita. InFrame. Articles>Software>Document Design>Adobe FrameMaker
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FrameMaker: Structured or Unstructured?
At the 2004 WritersUA and STC Conferences, structured FrameMaker and XML were among the more popular session topics. There is obviously significant interest in the user assistance community about authoring XML documents with structured FrameMaker. This is not surprising, as many organizations are struggling with the problems of creating and delivering increasing amounts of user assistance in multiple formats, and managing their content in a way that maximizes their capabilities to reuse content across multiple publications.
Houser, Alan R. WritersUA (2004). Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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Scripts and tools provided for FrameMaker users.
Natebus, Karsten. Natebus.de (2003). (German) Resources>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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FrameScript Tutorials: An Introduction to Writing Scripts
FrameScript is a lot like FrameMaker; it has a fairly steep learning curve, but once you learn it, you’ll find it a real workhorse. The best way to start is to read the FrameScript Scriptwriter’s Guide. And the Quick Reference will provide you shortcuts to learning the FrameScript syntax. This tutorial will introduce some foundational concepts of writing scripts that will help you get started.
Carmen Publishing. Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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FrameScript Tutorials: Cross-References
There are two types of cross-references in FrameMaker: paragraph cross-references and spot cross-references. (There is a third type, element cross-references, available only in FrameMaker+SGML. This tutorial will not discuss element cross-references) Both paragraph and spot cross-references are similar, in that you have to insert an Xref object that points to a Cross-Ref Marker. The Xref object has an XRefSrcText property that must exactly match the marker text of the Cross-Ref Marker. Let’s start with spot cross-references, since they are a little simpler to work with.
Carmen Publishing. Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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FrameScript Tutorials: Loops and Linked Lists
In the previous lesson, we introduced a simple FrameScript loop to process all of the paragraph formats in a document. In this lesson, we will introduce a variation of the loop, and the important concept of linked lists' of FrameMaker objects.
Carmen Publishing. Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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FrameScript Tutorials: Navigating Paragraphs
Being able to navigate paragraphs in FrameMaker documents is an essential FrameScript task. This tutorial will explore several methods. For background information, see the Loops and Lists tutorial.
Carmen Publishing. Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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FrameScript Tutorials: Scaling Tables to Fit the Text Column Width
Here is a simple script that proportionately scales a table to fit the text column that contains it. This script works with the current table but can be easily expanded to work with all of the tables in a document or book.
Carmen Publishing. Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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FrameScript Tutorials: Styles for FrameMaker Graphics
If you are making a lot of FrameMaker graphics, such as lines with arrowheads, the thought of having to change them later can give you nightmares. Wouldn’t it be nice to have 'stylesheets' for graphic objects? With FrameScript, you can apply 'styles' to your graphics so that their properties can be globally changed.
Carmen Publishing. Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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A group for users of 'FrameScript' software.
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The largest FrameMaker® Reference Site on the Internet. This is the largest FrameMaker User Network (FUN) available to anyone around the world. Although this site is not produced by Adobe, we provide a solutions network for all FrameMaker® users. This can only be made possible with your support, ideas and suggestions. Please feel free to join one of our email lists and make sure to drop us your comments and ideas.
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A Good GUI Design: Desktop vs. Web Environments
Good graphical user interface (GUI) design is more important than ever, given the proliferation of software applications and Web sites. GUI design principles were first defined for desktop-oriented software applications, when the Internet was barely known by most software users. Those GUI design principles were later adopted and modified for use in Web design. This article reviews some basic rules of good GUI design in the desktop environment, explores why those rules might differ in the Web environment, and, finally, summarizes the similarities and differences in good GUI design for both environments.
Harris, Robert. Techniques (2003). (Bulgarian) Organizations>Telecommuting>Organizations>Adobe FrameMaker
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Indexing in FrameMaker: Challenges and Opportunities
Indexing in FrameMaker can feel frustrating and time-consuming — especially when under the pressure of a deadline.
Brown, Fred. Allegro Time! (2000). Articles>Indexing>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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Indexing a document is an art in itself. Since Adobe FrameMaker is the program of choice for most companies producing technical documentation, it is worth while to find out how to create an index in FrameMaker.
Kurtus, Ron. School for Champions (2000). Articles>Indexing>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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InFrame is the independent electronic magazine devoted to Adobe FrameMaker. Its hope is to provide the FrameMaker community with a regular source of tips, information, and idea exchange.
Hays, Dennis. InFrame. Journals>TC>Document Design>Adobe FrameMaker
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Inserting Special Characters in FrameMaker
In Adobe FrameMaker, it is necessary to use special keyboard combinations to insert special typographic characters in your work. You can find an extensive list of special characters in FrameMaker's online help. You also can paste in special characters from Word or HTML.
EDITsphere (2007). Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe FrameMaker
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Instructions for installing Adobe PS 4.26 for Windows 95/98 and attaching it to Acrobat Distiller for use with FrameMaker 5.5x.
Halva, Wade C. InFrame (1998). Articles>Software>Document Design>Adobe FrameMaker
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Issues with Adobe FrameMaker Print to PDF
An issue that has come up over and over again on several FrameMaker and Acrobat/PDF email lists as well on the corresponding Adobe User-to-User forums is that of creation of PDF files. FrameMaker 5.5.6 and 6 have what looks like a convenient feature that is supposed to allow you to create PDF files via simply saving the document as a PDF file. I have gone on record as advising end-users not to use this approach for reliable creation of PDF files from FrameMaker documents under Windows and MacOS with FrameMaker 6 and earlier. Why do I most vociferously offer this advice and why doesn't the problem get fixed? And how SHOULD you create PDF files from FrameMaker?
Isaacs, Dov. Bright Path Solutions (2004). Articles>Document Design>Online>Adobe FrameMaker
