RE: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-14 Thread Diane Gaskill
al Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com]on Behalf Of Matt Sullivan Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 2:57 PM To: 'Flato, Gillian'; 'Framers List' Subject: RE: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0 Hi Gillian, I haven't noti

Re: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-14 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:03:13 +0100, Steve Rickaby wrote: >At 15:00 -0700 13/7/09, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: > >>Alison is absolutely right. I couldn't say it better. Don't even >>consider using Frame's Word or RTF import. Bring in the content as >>plain text by Copy in Word and Paste Special>

Re: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-14 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 15:00 -0700 13/7/09, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: >Alison is absolutely right. I couldn't say it better. Don't even >consider using Frame's Word or RTF import. Bring in the content as >plain text by Copy in Word and Paste Special>Text in Frame. You >will be very glad you did. Picking up on th

Re: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-14 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 12:02 +1200 14/7/09, Alan T Litchfield wrote: >The difference I have made though, from one especially large and difficult >assignment, was to print the Word file to PDF then export the graphics. That >enabled vector based illustrations to be retained and not converted to raster. Thank you so

Re: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-13 Thread Writer
Like things that go bump in the night. Nadine Carole Johnson wrote: > I agree, all the hidden stuff will give you problems sleeping. > > > > > ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@

Re: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-13 Thread Alan T Litchfield
day, July 13, 2009 2:44 PM > To: Art Campbell; Flato, Gillian > Cc: Framers List > Subject: RE: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0 > > > As a novice Frame user, I am currently doing the same thing (taking > a 350 page Word manual and moving to FrameMaker 9). > > As

RE: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-13 Thread Carole Johnson
I agree, all the hidden stuff will give you problems sleeping. Alison Craig Sent by: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com 07/13/2009 03:10 PM To Art Campbell , "Flato, Gillian" cc Framers List Subject RE: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0 As a novice Frame user, I am

RE: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-13 Thread Syed.Hosain
2009 2:44 PM To: Art Campbell; Flato, Gillian Cc: Framers List Subject: RE: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0 As a novice Frame user, I am currently doing the same thing (taking a 350 page Word manual and moving to FrameMaker 9). As a long time, highly skilled Word user, I know from experienc

Re: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-13 Thread Tori Muir
Frame" approach. > > I have no doubt this is taking me longer, but I am more confident about the > results. > > Alison > > > > > -Original Message- > From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On

Re: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-13 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:43:46 -0700, Alison Craig wrote: >As a novice Frame user, I am currently doing the same thing (taking a 350 page >Word manual and moving to FrameMaker 9). > >As a long time, highly skilled Word user, I know from experience that there is >a mountain of invisible crap in t

RE: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-13 Thread Matt Sullivan
Hi Gillian, I haven't noticed any real differences in how FM9 imports Word. The main thing to keep in mind is how rigidly the Word author used Para and Character Styles. Normal+ will not come across cleanly...never did and never will! If the author was a sophisticated Word user, and did not man

RE: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-13 Thread Alison Craig
On Behalf Of Art Campbell Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 2:25 PM To: Flato, Gillian Cc: Framers List Subject: Re: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0 The procedures and best practices for importing Word files are still the same as for earlier versions of Frame... Usually, the best results are obtain

Re: Importing a Word Doc into Frame v9.0

2009-07-13 Thread Art Campbell
The procedures and best practices for importing Word files are still the same as for earlier versions of Frame... Usually, the best results are obtained by saving s RTF in Word and opening that file... Graphics, if they're embedded in the Word file, can be recreated by saving the Word as HTML, then