Importing HTML files into FrameMaker 8.p257 or thereabouts: some questions

[Art Campbell]

Quick question: if the documents have been scanned, how did they
magically become HTML?

If they were run through an OCR program, and those files still exist,
you may be able to make your life much easier if you can just output
the OCR data to a different format from the OCR -- like RTF, which
Frame would pull in, or even directly to Frame.

If the documents are actually scanned graphics embedded in HTML pages,
you may be totally screwed....
and need to start typing.

If the files are HTML text, in addition to Jeremy's thought of using
Flare, you may be able to open the HTML in something as simple as Word
and then SaveAs RTF -- your entree to Frame.

Art


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On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Shell, Robert<rshell at iafrica.com> wrote:
> Hi Framers:
> I have a huge and thankless job of preparing and indexing many thousands of
> poorly scanned documents from HTML into FM for professional use. I do not
> think there are many shortcuts, but I wonder if there is some way to import
> the html text and or tables so that they can be placed in FM tables *more or
> less* as they first appeared. I have looked at the FM manuals, but this
> procedure seems to be a will o' the wisp. The www claims there are filters,
> but the urls expired a long time ago. Maybe I am missing something?
> I am so thankful for this list!
> Rob Shell
>
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