The Mif2Go answer: : Single MIF for FrameMaker book

[Diane Gaskill]

Hi Richard, Rick, Art, all,

I use MTG and the way Jeremy explains it in the manual, to get a single MIF
file:

1.  In FM, open the first file in the book
2.  Make a space at the end of the file if needed
3.  In the space, insert all of the other files, in order, as text insets.

For the purpose of this thread, at this point, just save the file as MIF.
MTG, of course, would just use the MIF as an intermediate file to convert to
one of several outputs.

I tried it, it works.

HTH

Diane Gaskill

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces+dgcaller=earthlink.net at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+dgcaller=earthlink.net at lists.frameusers.com]On
Behalf Of Art Campbell
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 11:21 AM
To: Rick Quatro
Cc: Combs, Richard; framers at lists.frameusers.com; framers at omsys.com
Subject: Re: Single MIF for FrameMaker book


Rick,

I think if anyone would have a way to do this easily, it'd be Jeremy
at Omsys / MIF2go -- may be worth pinging him to see.

Art

On 8/24/07, Rick Quatro <frameexpert at truevine.net> wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> The combined MIF is used somewhere downstream and is therefore
> non-negotiable. I can start with individual MIFs; that's why I am
wondering
> if there is a magic way to combine the individual MIFs. Thanks.
>
> Rick
>
> I think you're right -- the MIF part is almost beside the point; they
> want a single FrameMaker file for an entire book. That's not generally a
> very good idea. In addition to master pages, there could be numbering
> and doc property issues. Not to mention the file size.
>
> I'd look into _why_ they think they need a single MIF file and look for
> alternatives that achieve their goal.
>
> Otherwise, I think you have to go with your first thought and address
> the issues that arise. Master page mapping could deal with that issue
> (although it would probably mean greatly expanding the pgf catalog).
>
> I'm glad I don't have to do it. :-)
>
> Richard
>
>
> ------
> Richard G. Combs
> Senior Technical Writer
> Polycom, Inc.
> richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
> 303-223-5111
> ------
> rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
> 303-777-0436


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