RE: FrameMaker and DITA

[Slager Timothy J <Timothy -dot- Slager -at- dematic -dot- com>]

The one skill that helped me most in learning FM was reading. The book: Unstructured FrameMaker 8 (http://www.scriptorium.com/books/publishing-fundamentals-unstructured-framemaker-8). I never actually used FM 8; when I started learning, I was using FM 7.2, and then I switched to FM 10. The book was equally beneficial for both versions. 

My other source was the FM users list (http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/listinfo/framers). Very helpful folks there.

tims

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Hi all,

For those of you who use FM, what skills did you have that translated well to working with and picking up FM? What were some of your stumbling blocks to picking it up? I am



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