These skills can then be used after the course for self-study of any revisions to this standard and any formatting facets that cannot be covered in such a short course time. No attempt is made to cover every construct of this very large Recommendation, but sufficient material is covered to be productive and practical. Many people find that the Recommendation itself is difficult to read and understand, while others find the document outright scary. The curriculum covers the basics of functionality in the Recommendation in order to understand how to be productive using tools in a production environment. A number of resources that are publicly available over the Internet are briefly overviewed so that the attendee can determine which materials are important to obtain and use.
Exercises cover important concepts with simple objectives.
Attendees are invited to research completed exercise solutions without needing to derive the solutions on their own. During the course the exercises are timed to cover breaks so that students can choose to balance work time with break time should extra exercise time be required, thus reducing the chance of delaying the progress of the course material. Answers to all exercises are available to attendees. Crane Softwrights Ltd.