Converting to Word

[Diane Gaskill]

Frank,

What version of FM are you using, and how "small" is this set of documents?

It is well known that all of the FM to RTF filters in FM up to version 7.2
do not work very well, especially on large files.  I have successfully
converted small files (2-5 pages) but even those needed cleanup.

HOWEVER.... Adobe hase considerably improved the FM > Word filter in FM8.
It's not perfect but it does work pretty well.  Adobe has also included a
new Word > FM filter that works really well.  I use it all the time because
we get a lot of our source information froim the engineers in Word.  This
new filter, called Microsoft Word 2007, cleanly converts text, tables, and
even graphics from Word to FM.  I have run it on 80 page Word docs with lots
of tables and graphics.  The conversion takes about 3 minutes.

Diane

PS - I cannot believe that Boeing won't spend all of $300 for Mif2Go
(www.omsys.com). It would cost them less for that than it would for your
time to do the job by hand.

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-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]On Behalf Of Dodd, Frank J
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 7:09 AM
To: Framers
Subject: Converting to Word



 I have a small set of documents that I wish to convert to Microsoft
Word format. They are work instructions with graphics attached - no
external links. I have tried the Save as technique and it just locks up
Framemaker.

Short of retyping the documents does anybody know of a way to convert
them to MS Word. We are not allowed to purchase outside software or
plugins to make the process easier.

\God forbid we do something that makes us more efficient. That's
sarcasm.


Frank
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