Import RTF

[Art Campbell]

The easiest way to do this is to Open, not import, the source .RTF file in FM.

So, first, in FM, Open the .RTF file. Next, to remove hidden Word
characters, save the file in FM as a MIF format file. Finally, open
the (now clean) MIF file and cut and paste whatever you need into your
destination FM file.

Use the FM Paragraph Designer's Global Update tool to change all tags
of one type to another type.

Art



On 3/8/07, John Pilla <John.Pilla at us.ibm.com> wrote:
> Hello, all;
> We are in the process of converting older Word documents into FrameMaker.
> After stripping and cleaning unwanted old Information Mapping formatting
> from Word, saving as RTF . . .
> When I import one of the RTF files into our new FrameMaker template file,
> the old document comes in as a Text Inset and not as the desired RTF . . .
>
> We use File | Import.  And select  "Retain Source File Formatting" so we
> can use  a Find and Replace on the standard para Styles from Word to the
> new Tags in FM template.
> However, after importing, because it comes in as a Text Inset, I then have
> to select  the Text Inset Properties from the Edit menu,
> and convert to text.
> When we do this, we loose all text in the tables.
>
> How can I import text from an RTF file so that it comes in as RTF and not
> as a Text Inset?
> Is there a properties setting, somewhere?
> ............................................................



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