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 _______________________________________________ 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
