On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 08:04 -0400, Thomas Ronayne wrote: > Jo wrote: > > Thomas Ronayne wrote: > >> G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > >>> On Mon, 2006-07-10 at 16:20 -0400, Thomas Ronayne wrote: > >>> > >>>> Other than export-to-word, open-word-document is there any utility > >>>> around that will either convert a FrameMaker document to ODF or, oh > >>>> this would be nice, open a FrameMaker document in OpenOffice? > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> Nope. I have been playing with a MIF import filter but not having much > >>> luck. > >> Ah. > > What is wrong with the export to Word, Open as Word document in OOo > > route? You only have to do it once for each file. On the FM side it > > can be scripted with Framescript, on the OOo side it can be automated > > with OOo Basic. FM books are a different matter though. For those you > > would have to create master documents in OOo. > > > > Jo > 'Cause when you export (a book's chapters and the like particularly) to > word you lose stuff and when you import from word you lose more stuff > and the entire exercise is generally a pain where you sit down. What I > usually wind up having to do is save the FrameMaker file as text then do > the thing in OpenOffice -- at least that way I don't have to deal with > all the Wonderful Things microjunk persists in doing to "help" me then > having to undo them later. The idea is to avoid word completely if at > all possible. >
Since FrameMaker is now a Windows only app, you might try http://www.omsys.com/dcl/omni.htm for Mif2Go. Not cheap but it works. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/
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