Hi Jacob, I have used the table mapping method to migrate unstructured content into structured FrameMaker, though this method does have limitations. It works well if your original documents are consistently formatted throughout. Once the migration is complete, you still have some cleanup work to do in terms of defining the hierarchical relationships between elements in your final, structured document.
I have had to migrate literally thousands of pages of legacy content to structured FrameMaker, and consequently I developed an alternate approach. I wrote a wizard in the FrameScript language that reads in your EDD and then allows you to interactively structure your content. The wizard positions your source and destination documents side-by-side on the screen, and advances through your source document one paragraph at a time. Using the wizard, you can select from a list of valid elements to structure each paragraph. This approach allows you to copy and structure your content at the same time. The wizard migrates all referenced graphics, FrameMaker graphic objects, and index markers present in the original document. More information about this approach is available on my web site at http://www.golehtek.com. I plan on offering a freely-available version of this wizard for download in the near future. Meanwhile, if you are interested in using the wizard, contact me off list and I will send it to you. Note that you will need FrameScript to run the wizard. If you don?t already have FrameScript, a trial version is available on the Finite Matters Limited web site at http://www.framescript.com. Best regards, Martin Martin R. Smith President: GolehTek, LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] 703-889-0845 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.