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Re: why I like the Dummies books - was Boring documentation
Subject:Re: why I like the Dummies books - was Boring documentation From:jewahe -at- comcast -dot- net (Jeff Hanvey) To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Thu, 23 Mar 2006 18:07:00 +0000
That was also how I learned FrameMaker.
I tend learn more by doing than by reading, so I appreciate the clear TOCs and large headings...I can quickly find the applicable topic and apply the info.
The only thing I didn't like about the FM book was that it didn't really explain autonumbering lists (it focused more on autonumbering headers), and I still am not completely sure how to set it up (I haven't used FM in 4 years, though, so I haven't needed to figure it out).
Nonetheless, I felt that is a good way to get started on a topic, and I've used a couple since then.
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Jeff Hanvey
Thomson, GA
jewahe -at- comcast -dot- net
> I am not ashamed to admit it - I have one!
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> FrameMaker 5.5.6 for Dummies - this is how I started out with FrameMaker :)
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> Cass :)
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