[Framers] Mif wash .book files

[Jack DeLand]

I never trust Notepad. Notepad++ is a free programming editor, very nice. You'll love it!

Jack DeLand
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> On Nov 17, 2016, at 12:25 PM, Stamm, David <David.Stamm at gd-ms.com> wrote:
> 
> 2016-11-17-04T17:25Z
> 
> Windows 7 Enterprise operating system
> 
> FrameMaker 2015 Release (13.0.5.547) installed on workstation
> 
> FrameMaker source and inset files are on a server on our local area network
> 
> ==========
> 
> Help, please, even if only to tell me that I'm "holding my mouth wrong."
> 
> With [BookName].book open, on the menu bar, I choose File | Save Book As... > MIF 2015 (.mif).  The program saves the .book file as [BookName].mif.
> 
> Through Windows Explorer, I open [BookName].mif with Notepad, delete various and sundry cruft such bad color definitions, old character tags, and old conditional text tags.
> 
> I save [BookName].mif and exit Notepad.
> 
> Through Windows Explorer, I try to open [BookName].mif with FrameMaker 2015, which displays the "Unknown file type" window.
> 
> In the "Unknown file type" window, there are numerous types of file listed.  "MIF" is among the choices, but .fm is not.
> 
> When I choose "MIF" and the "Convert" button, the program complains that "The filter encountered an error and could not complete the translation."
> 
> ¿Am I the only one who has experienced this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave Stamm
> Information Engineer.
> 
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