My experience with trying to read PDF documents into Word has always been way less than optimal.
Lots of incorrect look and feel issues, footnote problems, font sizes, etc., etc., etc., creep in, and the document becomes tough to further edit in Word afterward. I usually end up biting the bullet and converting manually - just bring all the text in, and apply paragraphs that I create in a Word template as needed. All character/word emphasis (italics, bolding, etc.) takes a major hit and I spend time fixing those too ... argh! :( Of course, a 700+ page document will take time and effort! I have to admit that I have never tried to do this for such a large document. Z ________________________________ From: Framers <framers-bounces+syed.hosain=aeris....@lists.frameusers.com> on behalf of pe...@galley.ie <pe...@galley.ie> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 8:52 AM To: 'An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.' <framers@lists.frameusers.com> Subject: Re: [Framers] Converting a frame maker document to a word document CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Could you save as PDF and then save that as Word? Alternately, you could sub-contract the job to me 😊 Peter -----Original Message----- From: Framers <framers-bounces+peter=galley...@lists.frameusers.com> On Behalf Of Tammy Van Boening Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 4:41 PM To: Framers <framers@lists.frameusers.com> Subject: [Framers] Converting a frame maker document to a word document Hello all, I have an absolutely massive frame maker document (700+ pages including a bibliography) that is laden with cross references and graphics. It’s a heavily detailed scientific guide that I’m also single sourcing to produce another guide from. I’ve gone round and round with my client on this, but they’ve decided that they want everything in Word now, despite all my articulate arguments about why Word is not the source tool you want to use for something like this. That said, that means I have to convert this beast to a word document. I know I’m probably up the proverbial creek without a paddle, but is there any even remotely possible way to do this short of copying and pasting everything in and manually reformatting ? I have tons across references. I have numbered figures that need to remain numbered sequentially. I have a bibliography that uses super scripts for cross references, etc. It’s just a nightmare and I don’t even want to think about starting this but I don’t have a choice. Any and all advice short of drinking heavily and running away is appreciated Thank you so much, Tam Sent from my iPhone. Blame Steve Jobs for any typos. _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com This communication contains Aeris Confidential Information. If it has been sent to you in error, please reply to advise the sender of the error and then immediately delete this message. _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
