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I recommend you run through two books, both available form http://www.amazon.com and elsewhere:
Adobe's Classroom in a Book for FrameMaker 5.5. It is tutorial based.
Sarah O'Keefe's FrameMaker 5.5.6 for Dummies, by IDG books. It's a reference
tome.
Run through both and you'll get up-to-speed in TOCs and other things. In
short, just as your FrameMaker files (*.fm) comprise chapters in your
FrameMaker book (*.book), so too a TOC is a chapter, but an auto-generated
one. In FrameMaker 5.5.6, with the book file (*.book) active, use File|Add
File to get started on a TOC.
Best regards,
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: S [SMTP:kittenbreath -at- hotbot -dot- com]
>
> Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to write about the Framemaker
> vs. Quark issue.
>
> Your responses have been helpful and informative, and I'll be using them
> in my meeting with my boss later. I really want to stay with Framemaker,
> and it is clear marketing has not thought through the conversion. But then
> again, they are not known for thinking things through before acting.
>
> I noticed mentions of generating TOCs in Framemaker. I wasn't familiar
> with this feature! How do you do it??
>
> I'll let you all know the decision--your info has been great and I feel
> much more informed now. Keep it coming if you can think of more pros or
> cons.
