FrameMaker Basics
Description
FrameMaker is a sophisticated document preparation package which can be
used to create documents ranging from simple letters or resumes to
complex books or reports containing inline graphics, indices and
tables. FrameMaker is available on ACS and the CGL cluster machines.
FrameMaker provides a large number of document templates for a variety of
purposes. Alternatively, you can create your own customized formats.
Highlights: Full featured word processing system for X/Motif users.
Allows for inline graphics, indices and tables. Limited number of licenses can
occasionally be a problem.
Availability and Setup
FrameMaker is available on the CGL cluster machines and on ACS. In order
to use Frame, you must first
add /usr/local/frame/bin/ to your path.
Having done this, run Frame by typing:
cgl% maker
Note that our FrameMaker license agreement allows only a limited number
of people to run FrameMaker simultaneously. Therefore, if you're not
actively using Frame, please exit the program. If you try to run it
and get a message indicating there are no licenses available, simply
wait a few minutes and try again.
Using FrameMaker
You can import bitmaps in some raster image file formats into FrameMaker
using the File->Import->File menu option. The supported formats include
.rgb, .xbm and .xwd.
You can incorporate PostScript files into your Frame document if they are
"encapsulated PostScript" (.eps) (a special kind of PostScript,
variations include EPSI, EPSF, and EPS binary).
FrameMaker can import all three EPS variations but only files in the
EPSI version will display correctly on screen. All three versions
will print correctly. You can create an EPSI version EPS file from
a PostScript file using the utility ps2epsi (example command:
ps2epsi infile.ps outfile.epsi ). You can also create an EPS
file, in the EPSF version, using imconv (example command:
imconv infile.rgb outfile.eps ).
Additional Help/Documentation
All of our hardcopy documentation, including the FrameMaker manual set, is
available in the Computer Graphics Lab (Room 203, 111 Cummington Street,
lab hours). A copy of the FrameMaker
documentation is also available at the Consulting Services Help Desks in
the basement of 111 Cummington Street. A good way to learn FrameMaker is to
follow the tutorial in the manual FrameMaker 4 Getting Started.
You may also wish to see the
FrameMaker FilterPak gopher page
Online, you can visit the
Frame Technology WWW site which includes
some useful information on FrameMaker.
Document Name: framemaker
Author/Maintainer: Aaron D. Fuegi (aarondf@bu.edu)
Executable: /usr/local/frame/bin/maker
Keywords: frame, maker, word, processing, document, preparation
Machines List: CGL Cluster, lobster, squid, ACS Cluster
Created June 9, 1995; Last Revised June 12, 1995; Last Modified
URL of this document: http://scv.bu.edu/SCV/Graphics/maker.html
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