I never trust Notepad. Notepad++ is a free programming editor, very nice. You'll love it!
Jack DeLand 734 972 3026 > On Nov 17, 2016, at 12:25 PM, Stamm, David <david.st...@gd-ms.com> wrote: > > 2016-11-17-04T17:25Z > > Windows 7 Enterprise operating system > > FrameMaker 2015 Release (13.0.5.547) installed on workstation > > FrameMaker source and inset files are on a server on our local area network > > ========== > > Help, please, even if only to tell me that I'm "holding my mouth wrong." > > With [BookName].book open, on the menu bar, I choose File | Save Book As... > > MIF 2015 (.mif). The program saves the .book file as [BookName].mif. > > Through Windows Explorer, I open [BookName].mif with Notepad, delete various > and sundry cruft such bad color definitions, old character tags, and old > conditional text tags. > > I save [BookName].mif and exit Notepad. > > Through Windows Explorer, I try to open [BookName].mif with FrameMaker 2015, > which displays the "Unknown file type" window. > > In the "Unknown file type" window, there are numerous types of file listed. > "MIF" is among the choices, but .fm is not. > > When I choose "MIF" and the "Convert" button, the program complains that "The > filter encountered an error and could not complete the translation." > > ¿Am I the only one who has experienced this? > > Thanks, > Dave Stamm > Information Engineer. > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
