Expert: Wayne Johnson - 11/14/2011

Question
Wayne,

I have Framemaker 7.2 and Word 2003 at work. I need to convert a 370 page manual done in Word (with 100+ graphics) to Frame.

I have tried using Paste Special in Frame and selecting RTF format but Frame fails to insert anything (after chugging along for a minute or so).

The only method that works somewhat is Paste Special as text. That methods inserts all the text but strips out all graphics and all formatting.

I have read about a third party tool called MIF2GO but the web site makes it sound like that tool is for converting from Frame to other formats.

Is there a method that will allow me to copy all the formatting and graphics from the Word doc into Frame?

Hopefully,

Michael F

Answer
Michael
Try the following: Save your Word File as an RTF file and then import it into your Frame Document, but what I would do is:
Break your Word document into about 50-75 page sections and then import each section into your Frame document.
You might even use 1 Frame document for each of your sections and then control the sections, numbering etc., using a Frame Book File. This should make your opening, closing and editing of the files much faster, than if you have 1 large manual.

Regards, Wayne.