Yvonne, I have had to go down this minefield myself and it wasn't fun. I ultimately used a combination of Mif-2-Go and some valuable, valuable macros from tech-tav (http://www.tech-tav.com/). These are completely free macros from a reputable third party that automate many, many things in Word and get rid of the dreaded master document. From Tech-Tav's site:
TechTav Macro Suite is used world-wide to replace features and automate work in Word for Windows 6/7/97/2000/2003/XP. It completely replaces the Master Document, AutoNumbering, AutoHeadingNumbering, Insert Captions and Insert Cross-Reference features. Because files are closed when not being edited, the Tech-Tav replacement for Master Documents does not cause resource or file-handling problems and does not corrupt documents. TechTav Macros allows you to number pages, figures and tables across files. For a full description of the TechTav Macro Suite's functionality, click here. Your end users will also need to have Tech-Tav at their end, but they are painless to download. Also, I had to make sure that my starting Framemaker templates were as simple as possible to map to the styles in Word, so although the final Word templates were ultimately not identical to the Framemaker source files, they were close enough and my end-users were happy (well, as happy as you can be using Word!). Contact me off list if you want more info., HTH, TVB Tammy L. Van Boening Senior Technical Writer Fiserv Insurance Solutions Property and Casualty Division 303-729-7733 [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************************** Keep smiling, at least until you get your own way. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] On Behalf Of Yvonne Mills Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 11:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: converting Frame to Word Hello, I was recently asked to convert our FrameMaker template into a MS Word template. Yes, I know this is backwards (and we all know the benefits of Frame over Word). However, the reason for this is because another department wants to make similar-looking documents, but they don't have FrameMaker. This is a book template, so it includes several "templates" (cover templates, a frontmatter template, chapter templates, appendix templates, and templates for TOC and IX), with roman numeral numbering in the fontmatter and regular numbering for the body of the document, along with cross-reference formats, and some reference page graphics (for warning and note symbols). My question for you is: What is the best way to do this? I was leaning toward using Mif2go to get RTF, and then using Word's master document to build the "book". Is there a better way? Thanks. By the way, if it helps: FrameMaker 7.1 / Windows XP pro SP2 / Word 2003 Yvonne Mills Technical Writer 2 JDSU-ComTest-TFS +1-540-378-1398 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/tammy.vanboening%40f iserv.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
