Word to structured frame
Hi all, I have been asked to migrate a Word document into a structured FM document. I have done a lot of migrations from Word into unstructured frame, but I must admit I am a newbie in structured frame... Any tip/advice/online reference that might help me? Thanks a lot! Mathieu. _ Caroline vient de mettre à jour son profil Messenger ! Connectez-vous ! http://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0rpsnv=10ct=1198837564rver=4.0.1534.0wp=MBIwreply=http:%2F%2Fhome.services.spaces.live.com%2Flc=1036id=73625 ___ 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.
Re: Word to structured frame
Hi Mathieu, The trick to migrating a word doc to structured Frame is to build the structure of the FrameMaker document as you go. For example, you might insert a Section element, followed by a nested Heading element. You would then copy and paste the heading from the Word document into the Heading element of the Frame document, taking care to use the Paste Special feature to avoid copying any of the formatting from the word document. You might then insert a Para element into your section, and copy and Paste Special the corresponding paragraph from your Word document. This process is rather time consuming. If you have a large monitor, or two monitors, you might find it best to keep the word and Frame documents open side-by-side. As an alternative, if you have FrameScript, I have written a wizard that allows you to to this interactively. The wizard allows you to structure documents based on your own EDD, and is able to migrate paragrahs, tables, and referenced graphics, along with index markers. Contact me off list if you are interested at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Soon I hope to add this script to the other freely-available scripts on my web site at http://www.golehtek.com Best regards, Martin Martin R. Smith www.golehtek.com This means that you need to insert the elements for Quoting mathieu jacquet [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all, I have been asked to migrate a Word document into a structured FM document. I have done a lot of migrations from Word into unstructured frame, but I must admit I am a newbie in structured frame... Any tip/advice/online reference that might help me? Thanks a lot! Mathieu. _ Caroline vient de mettre à jour son profil Messenger ! Connectez-vous ! http://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0rpsnv=10ct=1198837564rver=4.0.1534.0wp=MBIwreply=http:%2F%2Fhome.services.spaces.live.com%2Flc=1036id=73625 ___ 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/martin.smith%40golehtek.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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.
Re: Word to structured frame
Once you've got your Word doc in Frame, you can use MIF2Go to convert it to DITA xml. Frame 8 supports DITA, but you get better DITA support with DITA-FMx, the plug-in developed by Leximation. One of the many advantages of DITA is that you no longer have to develop a structured application from scratch. You can find these nice tools here: - http://www.omsys.com/dcl/mif2go_main.htm - http://leximation.com/dita-fmx/ -- Yves Barbion Managing Director Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor Scripto www.scripto.nu On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 12:59 PM, mathieu jacquet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I have been asked to migrate a Word document into a structured FM document. I have done a lot of migrations from Word into unstructured frame, but I must admit I am a newbie in structured frame... Any tip/advice/online reference that might help me? Thanks a lot! Mathieu. _ Caroline vient de mettre à jour son profil Messenger ! Connectez-vous ! http://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0rpsnv=10ct=1198837564rver=4.0.1534.0wp=MBIwreply=http:%2F%2Fhome.services.spaces.live.com%2Flc=1036id=73625 ___ 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/yves.barbion%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ 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.
Re: Word to structured frame
At 03:59 AM 5/28/2008, mathieu jacquet wrote: I have been asked to migrate a Word document into a structured FM document. I have done a lot of migrations from Word into unstructured frame, but I must admit I am a newbie in structured frame... Mathieu, Well, first you'll need to learn how to work with structure. As far as structured authoring goes, I modestly recommend my own self-study course on that topic. Is there an existing structured template for you to use? If not, consult the online Structure Application Developer Guide. Does the project involve SGML or XML? If so, there's probably a DTD or schema you'll need to use. Depending on the nature of the desired structure and whether styles were used in the Word document, you will probably want to use a conversion table to deduce an element structure from the paragraph tags in the unstructued document. --Lynne Lynne A. Price Text Structure Consulting, Inc. Specializing in structured FrameMaker consulting, application development, and training [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.txstruct.com voice/fax: (510) 583-1505 cell phone: (510) 421-2284 ___ 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.
Word to structured frame
Hi all, I have been asked to migrate a Word document into a structured FM document. I have done a lot of migrations from Word into unstructured frame, but I must admit I am a newbie in structured frame... Any tip/advice/online reference that might help me? Thanks a lot! Mathieu. _ Caroline vient de mettre ? jour son profil Messenger ! Connectez-vous ! http://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0=10=1198837564=4.0.1534.0=MBI=http:%2F%2Fhome.services.spaces.live.com%2F=1036=73625
Word to structured frame
Hi Mathieu, The trick to migrating a word doc to structured Frame is to build the structure of the FrameMaker document as you go. For example, you might insert a Section element, followed by a nested Heading element. You would then copy and paste the heading from the Word document into the Heading element of the Frame document, taking care to use the Paste Special feature to avoid copying any of the formatting from the word document. You might then insert a Para element into your section, and copy and "Paste Special" the corresponding paragraph from your Word document. This process is rather time consuming. If you have a large monitor, or two monitors, you might find it best to keep the word and Frame documents open side-by-side. As an alternative, if you have FrameScript, I have written a wizard that allows you to to this interactively. The wizard allows you to structure documents based on your own EDD, and is able to migrate paragrahs, tables, and referenced graphics, along with index markers. Contact me off list if you are interested at martin.smith at golehtek.com. Soon I hope to add this script to the other freely-available scripts on my web site at http://www.golehtek.com Best regards, Martin Martin R. Smith www.golehtek.com This means that you need to insert the elements for Quoting mathieu jacquet : > > Hi all, > > I have been asked to migrate a Word document into a structured FM > document. I have done a lot of migrations from Word into > unstructured frame, but I must admit I am a newbie in structured > frame... > > Any tip/advice/online reference that might help me? > > Thanks a lot! > > Mathieu. > _ > Caroline vient de mettre ? jour son profil Messenger ! Connectez-vous ! > http://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0=10=1198837564=4.0.1534.0=MBI=http:%2F%2Fhome.services.spaces.live.com%2F=1036=73625 > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as martin.smith at golehtek.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/martin.smith%40golehtek.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Word to structured frame
Once you've got your Word doc in Frame, you can use MIF2Go to convert it to DITA xml. Frame 8 supports DITA, but you get better DITA support with DITA-FMx, the plug-in developed by Leximation. One of the many advantages of DITA is that you no longer have to develop a structured application from scratch. You can find these nice tools here: - http://www.omsys.com/dcl/mif2go_main.htm - http://leximation.com/dita-fmx/ -- Yves Barbion Managing Director Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor Scripto www.scripto.nu On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 12:59 PM, mathieu jacquet wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have been asked to migrate a Word document into a structured FM document. > I have done a lot of migrations from Word into unstructured frame, but I > must admit I am a newbie in structured frame... > > Any tip/advice/online reference that might help me? > > Thanks a lot! > > Mathieu. > _ > Caroline vient de mettre ? jour son profil Messenger ! Connectez-vous ! > > http://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=wsignin1.0=10=1198837564=4.0.1534.0=MBI=http:%2F%2Fhome.services.spaces.live.com%2F=1036=73625 > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as yves.barbion at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/yves.barbion%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Word to structured frame
At 03:59 AM 5/28/2008, mathieu jacquet wrote: >I have been asked to migrate a Word document into a structured FM >document. I have done a lot of migrations from Word into unstructured >frame, but I must admit I am a newbie in structured frame... Mathieu, Well, first you'll need to learn how to work with structure. As far as structured authoring goes, I modestly recommend my own self-study course on that topic. Is there an existing structured template for you to use? If not, consult the online Structure Application Developer Guide. Does the project involve SGML or XML? If so, there's probably a DTD or schema you'll need to use. Depending on the nature of the desired structure and whether styles were used in the Word document, you will probably want to use a conversion table to deduce an element structure from the paragraph tags in the unstructued document. --Lynne Lynne A. Price Text Structure Consulting, Inc. Specializing in structured FrameMaker consulting, application development, and training lprice at txstruct.comhttp://www.txstruct.com voice/fax: (510) 583-1505 cell phone: (510) 421-2284
