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At 1:55 PM -0800 3/1/00, Anthony Markatos wrote:
>Questions for listserv FrameMaker users:
>
>How many hours of study & hands-on does it take to learn FrameMaker?
>
It took me and two coworkers about 40 hours to get productive in Frame (the
core 20% of templates and "flow"): three weeks total before we were fully
proficient, working independently and solving unforseen issues on-the-fly
(it was a huge two year structured publishing project, so the investment
was deemed worthwhile).
We had
* plenty of support from mentors inside the company (who'd worked out most
processes and the training routine beforehand),
* instant access to an enthusiastic Frame Techsupport,
* an amazing variety of legacy docs to convert (practical experience),
* one small cube during the training for four people to kibbitz and share
self-directed discoveries, and
* an almost fanatical devotion to the project (We were all somebody's kids
within the group 8-)
YMMV
Regards,
dan'l
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