FM has the ability to structure unstructured documents. See tha appendix in the fm 9 manual.
Assuming that the formatting in the fm 9 documents followed a consistent style the transformation won't be horrible. The real work comes in building the EDD. On Apr 7, 2011, at 10:56, Joseph Lorenzini <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a colleague who may want to make the jump into DITA. I am old school > with unstructured FrameMaker but I know there's plenty out there but I'd like > to get recommendations from you all. I am looking for FrameMaker plugins for > 1) converting unstructured framemaker 9 files into DITA and 2) that help > with DITA authoring in general, though I believe FrameMaker's out of the box > capabilities are pretty decent. Also, are there some good DITA tutorials out > there? Cost is an issue for my colleague so closer to free would be > preferable :). > > Sincerely, > Joseph Lorenzini > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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/quills%40airmail.net > > 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.
