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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I was going to ask Robert if he was pasting into a structured doc or not as I have found this technique useful (but not perfect) for use in DITA docs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Craig<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces@lists.frameusers.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Yves Barbion<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 04, 2013 3:54 AM<br><b>To:</b> Robert Lauriston<br><b>Cc:</b> framers@lists.frameusers.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: importing HTML into FrameMaker?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hi Robert<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I don't know which version of FrameMaker you are using, but Fm 11 has Smart Paste:<br><br><a href="http://tv.adobe.com/watch/new-in-framemaker11-xml-authoring-features/framemaker-11-smart-paste-unstruct-content-into-xml/">http://tv.adobe.com/watch/new-in-framemaker11-xml-authoring-features/framemaker-11-smart-paste-unstruct-content-into-xml/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>If you are using DITA-FMx, you need to install this "structapps stub" first:<br><br><a href="http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dita-fmx-users/files/">http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/dita-fmx-users/files/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>I've just tested this with some content which I copied from our Confluence wiki and the results are not perfect but pretty good:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>The DITA topic is valid right away (no cleanup of the structure required).<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Subheadings in a wiki topic become section titles in a (generic) DITA topic.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>A ul/li in the wiki topic is still a ul/li in the DITA topic.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Numbered steps in the wiki topic become ul/li in the DITA topic<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Typographic elements (b, i, ...) are OK too<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal>Graphics didn't work, but that's obvious. Tables were converted to tables, but the heading row was gone.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Also, I used a generic DITA topic. Copying a task description from a wiki and pasting the numbered steps into a task topic doesn't work, because the structure a task topic has a very specific structure. I guess this could be fixed with a "topic-to-task-topic" transformation, using a Framescript or using FrameSLT).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Even if you don't write DITA-structured content, I think you could still use DITA as an intermediate step:<o:p></o:p></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Create a new generic DITA topic<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Copy the body section if your wiki.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Put your cursor in the body element of the DITA topic and choose <b>Edit > Smart Paste</b>.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>Choose <b>Special > Remove Structure from Flow</b> to create an unstructured Fm file.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'>With Framescript or the Paragraph Tools plugin, you can then remap the paragraph formats, for example change all [title.1] formats to Heading2.<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p>Cheers<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yves Barbion<br><a href="http://www.scripto.nu">www.scripto.nu</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>