[Framers] Book and Doc Templates.

[Syed Zaeem Hosain]

When I did this in the past (Word --> FM), I also followed the same approach that Lin mentions - it is the one that prevents confusing issues later on within FM or generating PDF, etc. There is usually some crud hanging around that could cause problems otherwise.

Of course, now that I am using LaTeX, I have an equally similar approach taking docs in FM (stopped upgrading at FM 12) over to LaTeX (FM --> LaTeX). If I need to make significant changes - needing multiple days of work - I convert to LaTeX with about a day of editing work for the size of documents that I work on (typically less than a few hundred pages). 

Else, I just make the changes in FM12.

(As always, I emphasize that what works for me in LaTeX may not be relevant for you all. Just the kinds of specs and white papers I write work great in there now. With formalized consistency that Word is unable to provide.)

Z

Lin Sims wrote:
> Personally, I usually save the Word file to an ASCII text file and copy and paste blocks into Frame, tagging as I go. It may be a bit brute force, but it works for me. If nothing else, it ensures that none of Word's cruft is imported and that the graphics I need are placed where I want them.

Richard Melanson wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I am converting a 193 page Word doc to FrameMaker 2017. Does anyone have recommended templates for doing this. I am trying to do this in 
> as little time as possible. If you can share what you have great, if you are selling what you have great also, just let me know what you need.
>
> Thank you all for your help.
>
> Rick