Import RTF

[William Abernathy]

You can also copy and Paste Special in RTF format, if that's not too cumbersome. 
That's how I import tables from Word docs.

--William

Art Campbell wrote:
> 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?