Word Tables to Frame 12Tables

[Keith Soltys]

I will second that recommendation. Rick’s TableCleaner is an essential tool if you have to import tables from Word and it has other useful features which make it generally useful in any FrameMaker installation.

Regards
Keith

From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lin Sims
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 1:03 PM
To: Robert Lauriston
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Word Tables to Frame 12Tables

And don't forget Rick Quattro's excellent TableCleaner plugin, which can help make cleaning up Word tables ever so much easier.

On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com<mailto:robert at lauriston.com>> wrote:
Second on that approach.

On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com<mailto:docudoc at hotmail.com>> wrote:
> Because the Word and FrameMaker table models are fundamentally so different,
> I find that it is best to only import the content and nothing relating to
> the "tableness".  From Word, first use the convert table to text command,
> then copy the tab-separated table contents. Paste the text into Frame and
> then use convert the table to text command to create a table with the
> appropriate table format applied.

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