
Adobe FrameMaker Essentials
Part 8: Streamlining your Workflow
Recording
The recording of this webinar is now available on YouTube here.
The recordings of all sessions of the FrameMaker Essentials series are available in the Adobe FrameMaker Essentials Playlist on YouTube.
This webinar was recorded on February 21, 2024.
Welcome to Adobe FrameMaker Essentials, an online workshop series on the market-leading software for authoring and publishing technical content, Adobe FrameMaker. Here is your exclusive opportunity to learn from renowned technical communication experts and get hands-on training on Adobe FrameMaker.
In this virtual workshop, Adobe FrameMaker expert Barb Binder guides you through optimizing your content workflows in FrameMaker. Learn valuable tips and tricks to help you get the most out of FrameMaker. In this session, we cover the following topics:
- Interface tips
- Dock graphics toolbar at the top
- How to recognize a locked document
- Preferences
- “As Is” and Character Styles
- Global updates
- Shortcuts
- Windows vs. FrameMaker shortcuts
- Repeat last operation
- Drag & Drop editing
- Ctrl+F9
- Jump cursor to OK button
- Function key shortcuts
- Shrinkwrap
- Incorporate regular expressions
- Replacing dash (-) with an en dash (–)
- Replacing inch mark quotes and apostrophe
- Using Lookbehinds and Lookaheads
After watching this session, you will gain a clear understanding of how to make the best use of shortcuts and other hacks to improve your productivity and help you to focus on what you do best: Creating amazing impactful content.
Your Expert
Barb Binder

Barb Binder is an Adobe Design Master on the Creative Cloud publishing applications, and an Adobe Certified Instructor on FrameMaker, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat. In her spare time, she stays busy supporting the local Adobe community. As a member of the Adobe Certified Professional program, she is an active volunteer in the Adobe user forums. Barb also runs the Denver Adobe Creative Cloud User Group in Denver.