[Framers] Best Method, Word 2013 to Frame 2019.

[quills]

If you are going to import into a stricter FameMaker environment, then you conversion table will help cut down on your mania formatting. If it isn’t structured then the other suggestions to use he plugins are a great way to go. Mostly, people use line formatting instead of the paragraph and character tags, which makes transformation more difficult and manual. 
I always export the Word document to RTF first to import the text, then I save the word/RTF file as a web page (html). This extracts all of the graphics for import by reference or other graphic manipulation.

> On Mar 11, 2019, at 12:27, Shmuel Wolfson <shmuelw1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If everything is tagged as Normal, you can do a find/replace in Word to find specific character formats, such as a specific font size, a certain font, or bold, and replace with a specific style. Word's Find/Replace is very good. To do this, leave the Find box blank.
> 
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>> On 11-Mar-19 6:15 PM, Carol J. Elkins wrote:
>> If your Word docs are formatted to use 100% Normal style, then, your only choice is to manually tag every paragraph in Frame. I find it easiest to copy/paste from the Word doc rather than opening the Word doc in Frame. That prevents all of Word's garbage from coming along for the ride.
>> 
>> However, with tables, I will open an .rtf version of the Word doc in Frame so as to capture the table and its contents. Then paste that into my new Frame doc and use Rick Quatro's TableCleanerES tools to strip the table of Word's stuff. (It isn't always 100% clean, but you'll be nearer to where you need to be.) Then manually apply Frame's table and character tags.
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>> Graphics: There are many different ways to handle graphics. Personally, I find the best way is to copy/paste out of Word and into Adobe Illustrator. Then import the .ai file directly into an anchored graphic frame in Frame.
>> 
>> Hope this helps.
>> 
>> Carol
>> 
>> At 09:27 AM 3/11/2019, Richard Melanson wrote:
>>> Hi Everyone,
>>> 
>>> I have read over the years numerous ways to get Word docs into FrameMaker. Is there one "best method" out there that everyone agrees is the way to go.
>>> 
>>> I have a 413 page Word 2013 doc with embedded graphics, tables, and anything else you can through into Word. I have been away from Frame for about 6 or 7 years so I have some catching up to do. My company just purchased the Adobe Tech Comm Suite for me, my recommendation, and want me to move ALL the Word stuff, starting with one of the biggest docs.
>>> 
>>> I really appreciate any input you guys through at me as I ramp back up to using Frame again.
>>> 
>>> Thank you.
>>> 
>>> Rick
>>> 
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