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Lesson 11. Books > Creating a book file

Creating a book file

First you’ll create a new book file. Then you’ll explore working in a book window and compare it to working in a document window.

1.
Open Chapter1.fm. Be sure to open it from the main Lesson11 folder. You won’t be making copies of the sample files in this lesson. If you want to start over, you can get fresh copies of the files from the CD-ROM.

2.
Choose File > New > Book.

3.
Click Yes when FrameMaker 7.0 displays an alert message asking if you want to add Chapter1.fm to the new book.

A book window appears showing the book’s contents, so far only Chapter1.fm (the file from which the book was created).

When you’re working in a book window, the menu bar contains only commands appropriate for books. For example, the File menus for a book and for a document contain somewhat different commands.

Main file menu when a book is the active file.

Note

On UNIX systems, the book menu bar appears as part of the book window. In Windows and on the Mac OS, the menu bar remains at the top of the application window.

4.
Compare the File menu for the book window with the File menu for the document window by doing one of the following:

  • (Windows and Mac OS) Click in the book window and observe the File menu. Then click in Chapter1.fm and observe the difference in the File menu.

  • (UNIX) Display the File menu in the book window. Then display the File menu in the document window for Chapter1.fm.

For the rest of this lesson, you’ll work with the book rather than with individual files in the book.

5.
Close Chapter1.fm, but leave open the book window you just created.

The book was assigned a default name (UntitledBook1.book), but you’ll save the book using a more appropriate filename.

6.
Choose File > Save Book As, enter the filename Press.book, be sure that the destination folder is Lesson11, and click Save.

Note

The Save Book As command saves the book file only. The component files of the book are saved individually. If you save the book to a new location, open and save each individual component file to that location as well.


  

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