I've got this pretty much working (FrameMaker 10 > MIF2Go > RTF > Word > Save As > Text with Layout) except for a couple of glitches appearing in the final conversion:
1. The text with layout converter for Word drops tabs from headings, so bullets and numbered steps are collapsed, e.g. instead of "1. Click ..." I get "1.Click ..." 2. Random numbers appear at the end of headings, e.g. "Known Issues" comes out as "Known Issues26". I guess I'll ask about alternative Text with Layout converters on a Word-geek forum. In the meantime, any other suggestions on getting "text with layout" out of FrameMaker? On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Robert Lauriston <[email protected]> wrote: > FM10's Save As > Text Only doesn't do any indenting, so parts of the > resulting file are harder to read than users are used to. > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:13 AM, Lizak, Samantha > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Never needed the MIF2GO and Word aspects; I'm a bit confused as to why you >> add them in. What particular problem are you seeing when applying a >> fixed-width layout template and then saving in the correct text format? I >> notice that Windows FM8 only offers 1 .txt choice instead of the 3 I recall >> from Unix; is the issue that the Windows form doesn't force line ends? >> >> -Sam. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston >> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 11:10 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: single-sourcing PDF and "text with layout"? >> >> Thanks, that's pretty much what I was figuring to do to polish the >> MIF2GO > Word > text with layout option. >> >> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:46 AM, Lizak, Samantha >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Back when we were still doing an ASCII version of the Release Notes, I >>> developed a template that used the same paragraph tags but had different >>> font (a fixed width) with headings in all upper case, bullets replaced with >>> o, -, and + for the three possible levels, and a different page layout to >>> force things into a certain line wrap. (There were probably a few other >>> tweaks as well; I seem to recall that forcing the indent was giving me >>> headaches. May have used tabs with an awk script to convert tabs to >>> spaces.) >>> >>> To produce the ASCII form, I'd apply the other template, save as Unix-based >>> text (the product still does not have a Windows version), and add a few >>> last touches such as underlines under the H1s, and possibly adjusting >>> indentation. (It has been four or five years, and this was all in FM 6 for >>> Unix so may not be needed now.) >>> >>> Hope this gives you at least a small leg up on the problem- >>> >>> Sam. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 2:45 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: single-sourcing PDF and "text with layout"? >>> >>> 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.
