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 <samantha_lizak at mentor.com> 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: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at > lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 2:45 PM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > 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 samantha_lizak at mentor.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/samantha_lizak%40mentor.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
