RoboHelp to FrameMaker?

[Rene Stephenson]

Brad,

I'm *not* a WWP reseller ;-) and have used it w/ the Import Utility to migrate 4 RH (Word) projects into one FM single-sourced project. (I've done other smaller stuff with it, too.)  I don't think the Import Utility is included with WWP, though - it's like an extension for the Professional product (not the Standard version that ships free w/ FM). Be aware that the Import Utility creates a single HUGE MIF file that you'll need to then save as .fm and split out the H1's into separate files so that pagination works properly.  ;-)   Rick Quatro sells a script that does this quickly and efficiently (pardon the plug).

The only caveat I'd have is, make sure your RH project has the topics hierarchically organized in folders, because otherwise all the topics come into the huge single MIF in alphabetical order, which can be very tedious to reorganize.

HTH
Rene Stephenson

"Linda G. Gallagher" <lindag at techcomplus.com> wrote: Brad,

WebWorks has a tool called the Import Utility that will import a RoboHelp
project and convert the content to FM. You then need to apply styles and
break the content into chapters (it all goes into one FM file). I've used it
on some RoboHelp projects, and it worked quite well. All graphics came in
and links were good, but links had to be redone after setting up the
individual chapter files.

Disclaimer: I'm a WWP reseller.

Please contact me offlist if you want more information.

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:framers-bounces+lindag=techcomplus.com at lists.frameusers.com]On
Behalf Of Brad Simmons
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 2:38 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RoboHelp to FrameMaker?


So...I have a paper-format user manual which was written in RoboHelp,
and I would like to convert these over to Adobe FrameMaker.

Has anyone on this list ever tried this before? If so, what were your
results?

-Brad Simmons
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