I've inherited a couple of docs in FrameMaker that have for some years been delivered in both PDF and plain text and am obliged to continue doing that.
As far as I can see from the source, working directories, and so on, the PDF was generated from FrameMaker, and the text version was maintained by making the same changes twice. Any suggestions on single-sourcing the text output? People are used to the text being pretty readable, with headings in caps, indents using leading spaces, bullets using "o," and so on, so FM's native save as text is not acceptable. Best solution I've found so far is MIF2Go > RTF > Word > Save As > Text with Layout (*.ans). That's kludgy but close enough that I could probably make it work by tweaking the FM template and/or MIF2Go options and maybe doing some post-processing with a script. Acrobat's save as Accessible Text also seems promising but not as close to what I need as the above. Once upon a time there was FM2A for precisely this sort of task. What's the latest version of FM it will work with? http://www.fsatools.com/oldies.html Any other suggestions? _______________________________________________ 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.
