[Framers] devolution: Framemaker to Word

[Robert Lauriston]

FrameMaker > Flare > Word is the cleanest route I found.

Here's a mif2rtf.ini I used for FM10 to Word, paths and file names
would need to match your environment. This file is in the output
directory, which in my case was <path to FrameMaker Source>\Word.

[Options]
Output=Standard
EqVertAdjust=18

[Setup]
;ConfigTemplate=D:/path/to/YourTemplate.ini
UseExistingMIF=No
DeleteMIF=Yes
ConversionDesigner=No
WordSuffix=.rtf
ApplyTemplateFile=No
ConvertVariables=Yes
GenerateBook=No
UseFrameTOC=No
UseFrameIX=No
UseFrameGenFiles=No
WriteEquations=Yes
WriteAllGraphics=No
WriteRefPageGraphics=Yes
WriteMasterPageGraphics=Yes
UseGraphicFileID=Yes
GraphicNameDigits=6
GraphicExportDPI=96
EquationExportDPI=120
EquationFrameExpand=125
GraphicExportFormat=WMF
PrjFileName=C:\<path to FrameMaker source>\<book name>.prj
IDFileName=C:\<path to FrameMaker source>\mif2go.ini
PluginVersion=b112
UseExistingDCL=No

[Automation]
WrapAndShip=No
WrapPath=.\wrap
ShipPath=.\wrap

[Fonts]
Times=Times New Roman
Helvetica=Arial
Courier=Courier New
HelveticaNarrow=Arial Narrow
Helvetica-Narrow=Arial Narrow
Century Schoolbook=NewCenturySchlbk
Common Bullets=CommonBullets

[Defaults]

[Graphics]
UseGraphicPreviews=No
GrVertAdjust=8

[GraphFiles]

[GraphExport]
ImportGraphics=Normal
ExportNameChars=4
ExportNumDigits=4

[WordOptions]
Word8=Yes
WordPerfect=No
HeadFoot=None
HFFramed=No
Sideheads=Left
ExtXrefPages=No
Quotes=Help

[WordSectionFiles]

[WordCntStyles]
paragraph=1

[MacroVariables]
; Put any macro definition sections before this section.

[Setup]
PluginVersion=b111l
WriteEquations=Yes
WriteAllGraphics=No
WordSuffix=.rtf
IDFileName=C:\<path to FrameMaker source>\mif2go.ini
UseExistingMIF=No
DeleteMIF=Yes
UseExistingDCL=No


On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 4:24 AM, Bill Greve <Bill.Greve at worldpay.us> wrote:
> For [reasons], I have a large number of Framemaker books (FM11) I need to convert to Word docs.
>
> I've just pulled up the Mif2Go user's guide to try and figure out how that works. Does anyone have any Mif2Go experience to share? Tips/process/etc...
>
> Is there anything else anyone can recommend?
>
> My first thought is I need to create a Word template with style names mirroring the FM template. Then save FM files as rtf and somehow apply the Word template to successfully update the styles??? I'm expecting this to be slow and tedious.
>
> Majority of books are under 40 pages and just a handful of chapters that I'll just combine into a single Word doc. Then there's a decent handful of a few hundred pages with 15-20 chapters and appendices that makes me shudder thinking about maintaining these in Word. Is using Word's Master Document a viable solution for the more unwieldy FM books? If so, is it worth explaining to the people I'm handing them off to and no longer supporting?
>
>
> Thank you,
> Bill
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