[Framers] FrameMaker 2017 - Pros, cons and import from Word

[Lin Sims]

You could probably run the template through saving as RTF and then
importing into Frame to get the basic styles converted to tags, although
I've never done that. Word and Frame handle numbering very differently, and
that could cause an issue if that's all you do. Whoever set up the Word
template might also have used Word's Figure and Table captioning tool,
which could cause issues if you want chapter numbers included as part of
the figure or table numbering.

When I've done it, I've always had a built-from-scratch Frame template set
up with tag names identical to the Word style names. You'll still do some
hand-editing, but it would get you about 85-90% of the way.




On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Caroline Tabach <caroline.tabach at gmail.com
> wrote:

> Thanks.
> Currently there is no FrameMaker template of course.
>
> What is the best thing to do?
> The Word template seems very well built. Should I choose to use all the
> Word styles?
>
> Caroline Tabach
>
> בתאריך יום ד׳, 25 באפר׳ 2018, 16:10, מאת ‏<bernard at publishingsmarter.com>:
>
> > From a day-to-day author perspective it will feel similar enough. You
> have
> > menu reorganization of course, but the F7 key will be your friend (press
> it
> > almost anywhere for a quick contextual search of functions). For the
> import
> > of Word the biggest issues are how styles are used in the source (if not
> at
> > all, then the issue is starting with crappy semantic markup of content),
> > images, xrefs, tables. However, it works pretty well. I got to demo it a
> > few times at events and conferences, and I've used the import myself a
> > decent amount.
> >
> > Again, boils down to the source quality for it.
> >
> > Bernard
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: caroline.tabach at gmail.com
> > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> > Sent: 4/25/18 7:14 AM
> > Subject: [Framers] FrameMaker 2017 - Pros, cons and import from Word
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I used FrameMaker 2015 in my previous position.
> > >
> > > My new employers offered to buy FrameMaker 2017.
> > >
> > > 1. What are the main differences between the versions?
> > >
> > > 2. What is hard to get used to?
> > >
> > > 3. I have to import their guides from Word. I did this in my previous
> job
> > > many years ago. I understand the workflow is much better now. The guide
> > is
> > > a 390 page word doc, the others are much smaller. Tip, Tricks, hints
> > > anything to beware of?
> > >
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > --
> > > Caroline Tabach
> > > Technical Writer
> > > e-mail: caroline.tabach at gmail.com
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