On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 10:48 -0400, Thomas Ronayne wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > 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. > > > Hmm. > > Well, given that I'm coming from FrameMaker on Solaris to OpenOffice on > Solaris and Linux... looks like text-to-text might be the only practical > solution. >
Ooops! Of course Solaris. I was thinking of Abode stuff and lumped frame in with the products they stopped supporting. So since you are on Solaris, have you tried miftran ( http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~jimmc/freesw.html ) ? Old but ... -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/
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