[Framers] Converting to Word for Review

[Keith Soltys]

Lin, given that you're leaving, you may not have time to do anything about
this, but I would recommend taking a look at ThirtySix Software's SmartDocs
add-in for Word. I've been using it for several years and it handles
conditional text quite well, as well as making it easy to use variables and
reusable text snippets.

In my most complex use of it, I was able to produce two different versions
of a 300-page document. The only real problem I had with it was getting
approval to use it as it's fairly expensive, especially for a Word add-in.
But it is very powerful and lets you do things in Word that used to be only
possible in Frame (and in some cases, it's easier to use).

Maybe send a link to some of the developers just before you go :-).

Regards
Keith



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On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 10:20 AM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nope no access to FM12, plus I've used a feature not supported by FM12,
> namely conditional columns in multiple tables.
>
> I've gotten around the one file at a time by creating a new document and
> importing by copy each of the non-generated files in the books. Having the
> tag names come over to the RTF is more useful than having it look (almost
> but not quite) the same in Word as it does in the PDF.
>
> Plus (and I forgot to mention this), all our graphics are SVGs, which is
> NOT supported by Word, so they look horrible and are frequently out of
> place. The page breaks get a bit weird, too.
>
> As to the nightmare -- you have NO idea. I use the same set of files with a
> set of fairly complicated conditional expressions to generate 3 separate
> books in both an internal and external version, for a total of 6 PDFs. I
> now have to figure out how to create 6 separate Word files from these, and
> they are NOT small or simple files. I'm not even sure if I'll be able to
> finish the conversions before I leave. I feel bad for the
> designers/developers who will have to deal with these, since they will have
> to remember to update multiple files. <shrug> Still, at the point it's
> their problem, not mine. I wish them luck.
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Steve Rickaby <
> srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > At 08:49 -0400 11/7/17, Lin Sims wrote:
> >
> > >I'm having to do this now for multiple documents because I'm being laid
> > off
> > >and the developers will be doing the documentation from now on, and they
> > >only use Word. It's something of a nightmare no matter which way you
> > choose.
> >
> > My sympathies. A nightmare for you, and a nightmare for them too,
> although
> > they probably don't know it yet ;-)
> >
> > If you still have access for a Frame 12 install, maybe Frame 15 -> Frame
> > 12 -> Mif2GO -> Word might be feasible for you?
> >
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