Hi, If you have all graphics embedded in a FrameMaker file, you could export them via Mif2Go. As far as I know also the demo version would work.
However, that would not import them as referenced graphics. If I were you, I would write a script. Best regards Winfried > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of > Diane Gaskill > Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 2:41 PM > To: John Hedtke; framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: RE: Importing docs from Word question > > John, > > We've done a lot of what you are starting to do. But we are > using FM8, which > has a good Word to FM import filter. FM7 does not. The > easiest way to > export the graphics from a word file to files in a directory > is to save the > word file as HTML. Word will export all the graphics into GIF > files. The > names will all be just numbers, but they are in the order > that they appear > in the manual. You will have to sort them out by chapter and probably > rename them. > > The next step is to decide when to break up the word file > into chapters. > You can import the whole word file and then break it up in > FM, or you can > break up the word file into chapters and import each chapter into FM > separately. For smaller manuals (100 pages or less, I import > the whole word > file and then break it up. For larger manuals, I break up > the word file > first. Since your word doc is (omigosh) 1000 pages, I'd > recommend you break > it up in word. > > In FM8, we use the Microsoft 2007 filter when importing the > word file. It > creates frames for all the graphics, but leaves them embedded > in the frames. > You have to delete the graphics and import the GIF files > manually. However, > if you have Framescript, you can automate all of this. Rick > Quatro is the > expert on FrameScript. Maybe he can comment on this. > > Hope this helps, > Diane Gaskill > ===================== > > -----Original Message----- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com]On Behalf Of John Hedtke > Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 4:30 PM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Importing docs from Word question > > > I've got a challenge at work I've been asked to work on: > > Starting with a Word document of about 1000 pages > (don't ask; I didn't do it) and 2187 graphics > (again, not my fault!), we want to turn this into > a working FM 7.x document that has the graphics > no longer embedded and instead stored off in a > graphics directory of some kind and linked at the > appropriate places in the Frame > document. There's not always an associated > figure caption, so naming of the graphics is > going to have to be something pretty arbitrary > (even if it's only... oh... a page number from the Word document > or something). > > For the obvious reasons, including the writer who > has to work on this possibly beating himself to > unconsciousness with his keyboard, I'd like to > automate as much of this process for him as > possible. I haven't done any huge imports like > this before and the question of how to extract > the embedded graphics and replace them with a > link is not something I've dealth with > before. Is this best done BEFORE the import > (using, say, a Word macro or manipulating the RTF > file), AFTER the import (using a FrameScript or > some sequence of find/replaces on the MIF file), or via some other > mechanism? > > Many thanks! > > > Yours truly, > > John Hedtke > Author/Consultant/Contract Writer > www.hedtke.com <-- website > 541-685-5000 (office landline) > 541-554-2189 (cell) > john at hedtke.com (primary email) > johnhedtke at aol.com (secondary email)
