Embedded graphics in Word do not come across with the text. In fact, most RTF files with graphics in them crash the filter. It simily stops. After a few seconds, it displays an error message about not being able to continue. This happens with anything except very small files (one or two pages). Yes, I realize that Word has many problems (ok, it's full of bugs) and that is one of the reasons we are switching to FM.
Does Adobe have any recommendations for prepping the word file before trying to import it? When previoiusly trying to convert files, I've removed all the graphics and that helped a lot. But I assume we shouldn't have to do that if the filter worked as it is supposed to. Diane -----Original Message----- From: Dov Isaacs [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 8:33 AM To: Diane Gaskill; Rick Quatro; framers at FrameUsers.com Subject: RE: PDF to framemaker You could/should be a bit more specific about what you mean by Adobe "fixing up the RTF to FM filter." If you are finding bugs, by all means officially report them! You should be aware that many of the "RTF to anything else" conversion issues do relate to inconsistencies between how Microsoft itself produces and/or interprets RTF in various versions and releases of Word. Even within a particular version of Word, you can see discrepancies. Many of these have to do with character encodings, especially anything other than base ASCII characters! This is especially true if you are copying text from old Word documents from times prior to that in which Unicode was supported. - Dov > -----Original Message----- > From: Diane Gaskill > Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 7:29 PM > > Hi all, > > Speaking of converters, I was wondering if Adobe might ever > consider fixing up the RTF to FM and FM to RTF filters that > come with Frame. Especially the RTF to FM filter. It would > be SO helpful to companies like mine who are about to convert > their docsets, including many large manuals (up to 800 pages, > believe it or not) from Word to FM. It would have made the > job of convincing management a lot easier to switch to Frame > if we didn't have to pay an outside vendor to do this for us. > > Seems like it would be a profitable thing to do, considering > that more companies would be likely to by Frame if they had > an easy way to get there from Word. > > Diane
