Working with Inherited Templates

If you are working with inherited FrameMaker templates that have no accompanying documentation or verbal instruction, take the time to understand the template and how it works before you dive into a project. You can reduce the amount of time by putting together a quick template guide for yourself to use as a cheat sheet while you get better acquainted with the template.

This section reviews some steps you can take towards getting up to speed quickly with an inherited template. Before you begin, create a new, untitled document using the predefined formats from the inherited template. Then input information about the template into the new document and print it for use as a guide.

To create a new, untitled document ...

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