Re: Converting A Book To Word

["Brierley, Sean" <Brierley -at- QUODATA -dot- COM>]

Hallo:

I assume you are converting a FrameMaker book to MS Word.

If so, whether you convert via RTF or the Word6/7 export filter, you must do
it chapter by chapter (*.fm files) not by book (*.book, *.bk).

Since FrameMaker and Word do their jobs so differently, I would expect
anything not in the body of the document to be handled poorly, if at all.
For example, I would expect headers, footers, cross-references, reference
tables (TOC, IX), footnotes, and other such items to need extensive rework.
Graphics, too.

If you do this kind of thing on a regular basis, there are third party
import/export filters, like mif2rtf and Filtrix that claim more accurate,
faster, and easier translation between software packages.

Good luck.

Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com

>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Daruwala Rohina-ind295 [mailto:Rohina -dot- P -dot- Daruwala -at- MOTOROLA -dot- COM]
>>>Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:54 AM
>>>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>>>Subject: Converting A Book To Word
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi All,
>>>
>>>Please help! We would like to convert an entire book to a
>>>word document.
>>>Is
>>>is possible? Or does one have to do it file by file? Also does the
>>>header
>>>and footer material get lost while saving as *.rtf or *.doc
>>>files?? How
>>>does
>>>one avoid this from happening?

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