FrameMaker > Flare > Word is the cleanest route I found. Here's a mif2rtf.ini I used for FM10 to Word, paths and file names would need to match your environment. This file is in the output directory, which in my case was <path to FrameMaker Source>\Word.
[Options] Output=Standard EqVertAdjust=18 [Setup] ;ConfigTemplate=D:/path/to/YourTemplate.ini UseExistingMIF=No DeleteMIF=Yes ConversionDesigner=No WordSuffix=.rtf ApplyTemplateFile=No ConvertVariables=Yes GenerateBook=No UseFrameTOC=No UseFrameIX=No UseFrameGenFiles=No WriteEquations=Yes WriteAllGraphics=No WriteRefPageGraphics=Yes WriteMasterPageGraphics=Yes UseGraphicFileID=Yes GraphicNameDigits=6 GraphicExportDPI=96 EquationExportDPI=120 EquationFrameExpand=125 GraphicExportFormat=WMF PrjFileName=C:\<path to FrameMaker source>\<book name>.prj IDFileName=C:\<path to FrameMaker source>\mif2go.ini PluginVersion=b112 UseExistingDCL=No [Automation] WrapAndShip=No WrapPath=.\wrap ShipPath=.\wrap [Fonts] Times=Times New Roman Helvetica=Arial Courier=Courier New HelveticaNarrow=Arial Narrow Helvetica-Narrow=Arial Narrow Century Schoolbook=NewCenturySchlbk Common Bullets=CommonBullets [Defaults] [Graphics] UseGraphicPreviews=No GrVertAdjust=8 [GraphFiles] [GraphExport] ImportGraphics=Normal ExportNameChars=4 ExportNumDigits=4 [WordOptions] Word8=Yes WordPerfect=No HeadFoot=None HFFramed=No Sideheads=Left ExtXrefPages=No Quotes=Help [WordSectionFiles] [WordCntStyles] paragraph=1 [MacroVariables] ; Put any macro definition sections before this section. [Setup] PluginVersion=b111l WriteEquations=Yes WriteAllGraphics=No WordSuffix=.rtf IDFileName=C:\<path to FrameMaker source>\mif2go.ini UseExistingMIF=No DeleteMIF=Yes UseExistingDCL=No On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 4:24 AM, Bill Greve <bill.gr...@worldpay.us> wrote: > For [reasons], I have a large number of Framemaker books (FM11) I need to > convert to Word docs. > > I've just pulled up the Mif2Go user's guide to try and figure out how that > works. Does anyone have any Mif2Go experience to share? Tips/process/etc... > > Is there anything else anyone can recommend? > > My first thought is I need to create a Word template with style names > mirroring the FM template. Then save FM files as rtf and somehow apply the > Word template to successfully update the styles??? I'm expecting this to be > slow and tedious. > > Majority of books are under 40 pages and just a handful of chapters that I'll > just combine into a single Word doc. Then there's a decent handful of a few > hundred pages with 15-20 chapters and appendices that makes me shudder > thinking about maintaining these in Word. Is using Word's Master Document a > viable solution for the more unwieldy FM books? If so, is it worth explaining > to the people I'm handing them off to and no longer supporting? > > > Thank you, > Bill > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
