[Framers] FrameMaker to Confluence

[Rick Quatro]

* Compound images are lost and must be preserved independently of FM (for
example by making images incorporating its screen shots, call outs, line
art, etc. into one graphic)

There are some scripting solutions for converting compound images to
composite images in FrameMaker. I don't have an off-the-shelf solution, but
if you contact me off-list, I can tell you what is possible based on your
specific requirements. Thank you very much.

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
rick at frameexpert.com
585-366-4017



-----Original Message-----
From: Framers <framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro.com at lists.frameusers.com> On
Behalf Of Kevin Ryan
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2018 4:44 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker to Confluence

My company is preparing to copy numerous FrameMaker 7 manuals to Confluence.
Based on past postings among contributors to this list (including the late
Jeremy Griffith at OMSYS), I've developed a working method for converting
legacy FM chapters via Mif2Go to Confluence-friendly XHTML that can be
imported into Confluence's "<>" Source Editor.  There are a GREAT MANY
bothersome prerequisites and manual-tweak steps, but it seems to be my only
recourse.  I've tested the method on a few chapters and it seems to work,
but have not begun my all out assault on the dozens of manuals I'll
ultimately need to convert over.

Not sure if Mif2Go will work on the latest versions of FrameMaker, so this
all may be moot.

The process is too long to paste politely into a single Framers posting, but
I'll gladly share it with anyone privately on request.

The types of steps required included:

* Obtain latest version (including beta modules) of Mif2Go, as only this
contains Jeremy's Confluence-friendly output options
* Remove any tables from anchored frames
* All images must be reinserted within Confluence later
* Compound images are lost and must be preserved independently of FM (for
example by making images incorporating its screen shots, call outs, line
art, etc. into one graphic)
* Links, Footnotes, and Small caps must be marked for fixing later in
Confluence as they don't convert well
* Remove discretionary hyphens
* Numbered lists need to be recreated manually  in Confluence
* Links and cross references need to be recreated manually  in Confluence
* Unexpected character formatting must be corrected in Confluence
* Check for bad image references in IE (ok in Chrome and Firefox)

Thanks,
Kevin Ryan





Kevin Ryan
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