Word -> FM xref glitch.

[Grant Hogarth]

Along a similar line of thought, does anyone know how to get Word xrefs
to come across correctly into FM?  Mine all seem to have gotten broken
in translation.

As I'm writing this, I'm wondering if the glitch is in my process:
1. Open Word XP doc in FM.
2. Split the FM file into multiple "chapters" in a book.
    -- in which case, is there a way to do the split without breaking
the xrefs?  

Grant
Feeling particlularly stupid this morning -- hopefully I can blame the
cold meds.

-----Original Message-----
From: Art Campbell
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 8:16 AM
To: Roger Shuttleworth
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: OT - PDF creation slows to a crawl

Imported-from-Word docs often seem to contain hidden higher-order
characters that cause problems when it comes to .pdf creation, maybe
because Acrobat doesn't know how to deal with them, or they may signal
Acrobat to do something special.

I think I'd try these alternate methods of import:
* Poke around in the .mif file to see if you can ID more precisely what
is triggering the show down, and remove it.
* In Word, in a copy of the source, Remove Formatting, and save as .RTF
(Maybe also save as .txt while you're at it). Try opening the .RTF in FM
to see if that makes a difference.
* Make a .PDF of the problem file from Word, then extract an .RTF file
from that in Acrobat.
* If it still isn't working, try copy-and-pasting the .txt file in to FM
with the Paste Special / Text command.

Art