FrameMaker on Athena (AC-56)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Purpose of This Document
Sources of Help
... Documentation
... On-line Help
... Context-sensitive help
... Online tutorial
... Consulting
Conventions Used in This Document

Overview of FrameMaker
What is FrameMaker?
When to Use FrameMaker
Frame and Your Disk Quota

Getting Started
Starting Up FrameMaker
... How the Frame License Works
... If You Can't Get a FrameMaker License
Creating a New Document
... New Document Using a Template
... New Document From Scratch
Opening an Existing Document
... Using the Open command
... Choosing from the File menu
FrameMaker Document Window
... FrameMaker Menu Bar
... Rulers
... Formatting ruler
... The Bottom of the Window
... Vertical Scroll Bar and Icons
... Using the Mouse: the I-beam, Pointer, and Cross Arrows
Inside the Document Window
... Insertion Point
... Text Symbols
... Text Columns
Choosing Commands From the Menu Bar
Using Keyboard Shortcuts to Execute Commands
Dialog Boxes
... Using Buttons in Dialog Boxes
... Using Scroll Lists in Dialog Boxes

Page Design
Body Pages, Master Pages, Reference Pages

Basic Editing
Entering Text
Controlling Spaces Between Words
Turning Off Automatic Hyphenation
Deleting Pages
Selecting Text
Deleting Text From Your Document
Moving Text to Another Part of Your Document
Copying Text to Another Part of Your Document
Changing the Margins
Using Headers and Footers
... Creating headers and footers
... Setting Automatic Page Numbering
Inserting Foreign, Accented, and Special Characters
... Inserting characters by typing keyboard combinations
... Inserting characters by using online help
Using the Undo Command
Saving a Document
... Saving for the First Time
... Saving After You Make Changes
... Tips on Saving
... Saving a Document in Maker Interchange Format (MIF)
Reverting Back to Last Saved File
Recovering Files if There's a System Failure

Formatting Text
Formatting Concepts
... Character and Paragraph as Units
... Character and Paragraph Format Commands
... Applying Formats
... Procedure for Applying Character Formats
... ... Using the Style Command or Keyboard Shortcuts to Apply Character Formatting
... ... Using the Character Catalog to Apply Pre-defined Character Formats
... Procedure for Applying Paragraph Formats
... ... Using the Paragraph Catalog to Apply Paragraph Formatting
Creating and Modifying Formats

Printing a Document
Using the Print Command

Creating Equations
Overview of the Equations Feature
Creating an Equation
Editing an Equation
Changing the Size of the Equation
Fine Tuning Equation Elements
Changing the Font Settings of an Equation
Moving Elements in an Equation
... Moving and Retaining Algebraic Equivalency
... Moving without Retaining Algebraic Equivalency

Importing Graphics
Overview of the Graphics Feature
Importing by Reference
Importing by Copying the Graphic into Your Document
Procedure for Importing a Graphic
Editing a Graphic

Converting Documents and Graphics From Other Programs
Overview of the Conversion Process
Files that are Automatically Converted
Converting LaTeX Files
Converting PostScript Files to Encapsulated PostScript Interchange (EPSI) Format

Exporting FrameMaker Documents Into Other Programs

Keyboard Maps
Symbol Keyboard Map
Zapf Dingbats Keyboard Maps

FrameMaker May Eat Your Files!
What's the Problem
So How Does FrameMaker Save Files
What is the Bug?
When Exactly Does this Problem Occur?
How Can I Avoid This?
Footnotes

Athena On-Line Help (OLH)

Comments and feedback to olh-suggest@mit.edu.
Last modified: 21 October 1996