Error while importing Word documents

[pearlrosenberg at nc.rr.com]

Have you tried saving the Word files as rtf or txt before bringing 
them into FM?

Pearl Rosenberg
TeleHealth Services


----- Original Message -----
From: Aruna Panangipally <apanangipally at yahoo.co.in>
Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2006 8:30 am
Subject: Error while importing Word documents
To: framers at FrameUsers.com

> Hello all,
> 
> We are having trouble while trying to import some Word 2000/2003 
> documents into FrameMaker 7.0. We
> tried both the "File->Open" and the "File->Import->File" methods.
> 
> Contents of one file do get imported when we use the "File->Open" 
> method. But once you save and
> close the resultant FM file, we are unable to open it again. We 
> get a "Not enough memory to load
> the file" error.
> 
> For all other files we get an "unable to complete translation" error.
> 
> We even tried third party converters such as Filtrix but did not 
> meet with any success.
> 
> Any suggestions on what we could do to complete the import.
> 
> Thanks,
> Aruna
> TASC Consulting Pvt Ltd - Technical Writing, Courseware 
> Development and Training
> 
> 
> 
> 
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