RE: Copying large data sets into tables

[Andy Smith (WFL)]

Hi all

 

Thanks for all the support on importing tables from Word. In the end I went
through the process convert to text, import and then convert back to table.
There were a few frustrations of FrameMaker assuming the first line was a
heading line and I still haven't figured out how to switch that off but is
was no real trouble. 

 

I also had an issue of embedding a small table in a single table cell, as my
client had laid out the source data, but I decided the recommended solution
was more trouble that it was worth and far too ugly so I set my table up
with enough cells to included the sub table and straddled the ones I didn't
need.

 

Cheers

 

Andy

 

 

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Copying large data sets into tables

[Andy Smith (WFL)]

Hi all



Thanks for all the support on importing tables from Word. In the end I went
through the process convert to text, import and then convert back to table.
There were a few frustrations of FrameMaker assuming the first line was a
heading line and I still haven't figured out how to switch that off but is
was no real trouble. 



I also had an issue of embedding a small table in a single table cell, as my
client had laid out the source data, but I decided the recommended solution
was more trouble that it was worth and far too ugly so I set my table up
with enough cells to included the sub table and straddled the ones I didn't
need.



Cheers



Andy





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Re: Copying large data sets into tables

[Shmuel Wolfson]

  
  
I would open a copy of the Word file in Frame then copy the table
cells. 

As far as the garbage that you get when opening a table from a Word
file, that's custom lines and shading that Frame adds when it
converts the Word file. To get rid of that, either select the entire
table and remove all borders and shading, or apply the desired table
format, then select the entire table and apply "From Table" to all
ruling of all cells. 

Regards,
Shmuel Wolfson
052-763-7133


On 1/30/2012 4:23 PM, Andy Smith (WFL) wrote:

  
  
  

  

  

  
  
  
Hi

Does anybody know if there
  is a quick way of copying large
  sets of table data from a Word doc into a
  FrameMaker 10 table?

I've tried copying straight
  from the clipboard (Windows 7)
  but FrameMaker reports "No table cells on the
  clipboard." I'm guessing
  that this means that FrameMaker is expecting
  to be pasting from one FrameMaker
  table to another FrameMaker table. I've also
  tried copying via Notepad but I
  get the same result.

Surely there must be a way
  of importing table data from
  outside of FrameMaker.

Any ideas?


Andy W. Smith
  Winged Feet Ltd.,
  Technical Writing, Documentation and
  Copywriting Services,
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  England.
  
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  address for general correspondence,
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  address.
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Re: Copying large data sets into tables

[rebecca officer]

Hi Andy
 
If it isn't a complicated table layout, just convert it to paragraphs in Word, 
paste the text into FM and convert it back into a table.
 
Cheers
Rebecca

 On 31/01/12 at 03:23, Andy Smith (WFL) andy.sm...@wingedfeet.co.uk 
 wrote:


Hi
 
Does anybody know if there is a quick way of copying large sets of table data 
from a Word doc into a FrameMaker 10 table?
 
I've tried copying straight from the clipboard (Windows 7) but FrameMaker 
reports No table cells on the clipboard. I'm guessing that this means that 
FrameMaker is expecting to be pasting from one FrameMaker table to another 
FrameMaker table. I've also tried copying via Notepad but I get the same result.
 
Surely there must be a way of importing table data from outside of FrameMaker.
 
Any ideas?
 
 
Andy W. Smith
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Technical Writing, Documentation and Copywriting Services,
Hemel Hempstead,
England.

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Re: Copying large data sets into tables

[Roger Shuttleworth]

Hi Andy

You can convert the table to text in Word, using a paragraph delimiter or 
whatever. Then copy and paste the text into FrameMaker. Then select the text in 
FM and convert it to a table (Table  Convert to Table), using the same 
delimiter. This works fine so long as there are no straddled (merged) cells in 
the original table.

Before you do it, ensure that the ClipboardFormatsPriorities line in your 
maker.ini file has TEXT as the first option. If not, either change it, or when 
pasting use Edit  Paste Special  Text. 

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Sent: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:23:03 -0500
Subject: Copying large data sets into tables




Hi

 

Does anybody know if there is a quick way of copying large  sets of table data 
from a Word doc into a FrameMaker 10 table?

 

I've tried copying straight from the clipboard (Windows 7)  but FrameMaker 
reports No table cells on the clipboard. I'm guessing  that this means that 
FrameMaker is expecting to be pasting from one FrameMaker  table to another 
FrameMaker table. I've also tried copying via Notepad but I  get the same 
result.

 

Surely there must be a way of importing table data from  outside of FrameMaker. 
   

 

Any ideas?

 

 

Andy W. Smith
  Winged Feet Ltd.,
  Technical Writing, Documentation and Copywriting Services,
  Hemel Hempstead,
  England.
  
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  instead please phone or email for a postal address.
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RE: Copying large data sets into tables

[Keith . Soltys]

 I used this plugin to import and cleanup for a large number of tables in 

 a legacy Word document, and it worked like a charm even w/ all the 
 garbage that a legacy Word document can have (and it was a ton - - more 
 like a landfill's worth). And, if you are lucky enough to have styles in 

 your Word document, Rick  also wrote a script for me that reads these 
 Word styles in your tables, and after import, applies the corresponding 
 correct FM paragraph style.
 
 I have no financial gains from making this statement - just one very 
 satisfied customer.
 
 TVB


Add me to the list of satisfied TableCleaner customers. It will pay for 
itself the first time you have to do an import of tables from Word.

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[rebecca officer]

Hi Andy

If it isn't a complicated table layout, just convert it to paragraphs in Word, 
paste the text into FM and convert it back into a table.

Cheers
Rebecca

>>> On 31/01/12 at 03:23, "Andy Smith (WFL)"  
>>> wrote:


Hi

Does anybody know if there is a quick way of copying large sets of table data 
from a Word doc into a FrameMaker 10 table?

I've tried copying straight from the clipboard (Windows 7) but FrameMaker 
reports "No table cells on the clipboard." I'm guessing that this means that 
FrameMaker is expecting to be pasting from one FrameMaker table to another 
FrameMaker table. I've also tried copying via Notepad but I get the same result.

Surely there must be a way of importing table data from outside of FrameMaker.

Any ideas?


Andy W. Smith
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Hemel Hempstead,
England.

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Copying large data sets into tables

[Andy Smith (WFL)]

Hi

 

Does anybody know if there is a quick way of copying large sets of table
data from a Word doc into a FrameMaker 10 table?

 

I've tried copying straight from the clipboard (Windows 7) but FrameMaker
reports No table cells on the clipboard. I'm guessing that this means that
FrameMaker is expecting to be pasting from one FrameMaker table to another
FrameMaker table. I've also tried copying via Notepad but I get the same
result.

 

Surely there must be a way of importing table data from outside of
FrameMaker.

 

Any ideas?

 

 

Andy W. Smith
Winged Feet Ltd.,
Technical Writing, Documentation and Copywriting Services,
Hemel Hempstead,
England.

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RE: Copying large data sets into tables

[Owen, Clint]

I have not tried this with FM10, but it worked in FM7 for huge tables.
 
Strip everything out of your Word doc except what you want to import.
 
From FM just import the Word doc, but use copy into document instead
of by reference. This is the only time I ever use that choice.
 
Then you need to format the results to fit your document.
 
HTH,
 
Clint

 

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425 743 8674 | Fax: +1 425 743 8113

 



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Subject: Copying large data sets into tables



Hi

 

Does anybody know if there is a quick way of copying large sets of table
data from a Word doc into a FrameMaker 10 table?

 

I've tried copying straight from the clipboard (Windows 7) but
FrameMaker reports No table cells on the clipboard. I'm guessing that
this means that FrameMaker is expecting to be pasting from one
FrameMaker table to another FrameMaker table. I've also tried copying
via Notepad but I get the same result.

 

Surely there must be a way of importing table data from outside of
FrameMaker.

 

Any ideas?

 

 

Andy W. Smith
Winged Feet Ltd.,
Technical Writing, Documentation and Copywriting Services,
Hemel Hempstead,
England.

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correspondence,
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company number 3622021

 



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RE: Copying large data sets into tables

[Rick Quatro]

Hi Andy,

 

Your best bet is to open (or import) the Word document with FrameMaker. It
will preserve the tables, but they will require some clean up. I designed my
TableCleaner plugin to automate some of the clean up of Word tables in
FrameMaker. For more information, see

 

http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/

 

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very
much.

 

Rick

 

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http://www.frameexpert.com

 

 

 

 

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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andy Smith (WFL)
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:23 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Copying large data sets into tables

 

Hi

 

Does anybody know if there is a quick way of copying large sets of table
data from a Word doc into a FrameMaker 10 table?

 

I've tried copying straight from the clipboard (Windows 7) but FrameMaker
reports No table cells on the clipboard. I'm guessing that this means that
FrameMaker is expecting to be pasting from one FrameMaker table to another
FrameMaker table. I've also tried copying via Notepad but I get the same
result.

 

Surely there must be a way of importing table data from outside of
FrameMaker.

 

Any ideas?

 

 

Andy W. Smith
Winged Feet Ltd.,
Technical Writing, Documentation and Copywriting Services,
Hemel Hempstead,
England.

Please do not use the registered office address for general correspondence,
instead please phone or email for a postal address.
Registered Office: 83 High Street, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP1 3AH. 
Winged Feet Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with
company number 3622021

 

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Re: Copying large data sets into tables

[Writer]

Something I've done if the tables are not too complex in structure is:

In Word, convert the table to text.
Copy the data, and then paste it into FrameMaker. 

In FrameMaker, select all of the data, and convert text to table.

Nadine





 From: Andy Smith (WFL) andy.sm...@wingedfeet.co.uk
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com 
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:23:03 AM
Subject: Copying large data sets into tables
 

 
Hi
 
Does anybody know if there is a quick way of copying large
sets of table data from a Word doc into a FrameMaker 10 table?
 
I've tried copying straight from the clipboard (Windows 7)
but FrameMaker reports No table cells on the clipboard. I'm guessing
that this means that FrameMaker is expecting to be pasting from one FrameMaker
table to another FrameMaker table. I've also tried copying via Notepad but I
get the same result.
 
Surely there must be a way of importing table data from
outside of FrameMaker.
 
Any ideas?
 
 
Andy W. Smith
Winged Feet Ltd.,
Technical Writing, Documentation and Copywriting Services,
Hemel Hempstead ,
England .

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instead please phone or email for a postal address.
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Hemel Hempstead, Herts ,
 HP1 3AH . 
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and Wales 
with
company number 3622021
 
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RE: Copying large data sets into tables

[Tammy Van Boening]

I used this plugin to import and cleanup for a large number of tables in a
legacy Word document, and it worked like a charm even w/ all the garbage
that a legacy Word document can have (and it was a ton - - more like a
landfill's worth). And, if you are lucky enough to have styles in your Word
document, Rick  also wrote a script for me that reads these Word styles in
your tables, and after import, applies the corresponding correct FM
paragraph style.

 

I have no financial gains from making this statement - just one very
satisfied customer.

 

TVB

 

 

 

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Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 1:03 PM
To: andy.sm...@wingedfeet.co.uk; framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Copying large data sets into tables

 

Hi Andy,

 

Your best bet is to open (or import) the Word document with FrameMaker. It
will preserve the tables, but they will require some clean up. I designed my
TableCleaner plugin to automate some of the clean up of Word tables in
FrameMaker. For more information, see

 

http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/

 

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very
much.

 

Rick

 

Rick Quatro

Carmen Publishing Inc.

*** 585-283-5045 *** NEW NUMBER

r...@frameexpert.com

http://www.frameexpert.com

 

 

 

 

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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andy Smith (WFL)
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:23 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Copying large data sets into tables

 

Hi

 

Does anybody know if there is a quick way of copying large sets of table
data from a Word doc into a FrameMaker 10 table?

 

I've tried copying straight from the clipboard (Windows 7) but FrameMaker
reports No table cells on the clipboard. I'm guessing that this means that
FrameMaker is expecting to be pasting from one FrameMaker table to another
FrameMaker table. I've also tried copying via Notepad but I get the same
result.

 

Surely there must be a way of importing table data from outside of
FrameMaker.

 

Any ideas?

 

 

Andy W. Smith
Winged Feet Ltd.,
Technical Writing, Documentation and Copywriting Services,
Hemel Hempstead,
England.

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instead please phone or email for a postal address.
Registered Office: 83 High Street, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP1 3AH. 
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company number 3622021

 

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RE: Copying large data sets into tables

[Combs, Richard]

Andy Smith (WFL) wrote: 
 
 Does anybody know if there is a quick way of copying large sets of
 table data from a Word doc into a FrameMaker 10 table?

You can't copy _into_ an existing FM table -- the underlying structures are 
just too dissimilar. 

Bring it into FM in one of the ways suggested by Rick, Nadine, and Tammy. Once 
it's a nice, clean FM table, then you can copy/paste the rows into your 
existing FM table. 

Nadine's solution is OK if you only need to do this once or twice. But I'll 
second Tammy's endorsement of Rick's TableCleaner plugin. It's invaluable for 
cleaning up Word tables, and mighty useful for various global changes on native 
FM tables, too. 

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Copying large data sets into tables

[Andy Smith (WFL)]

Hi



Does anybody know if there is a quick way of copying large sets of table
data from a Word doc into a FrameMaker 10 table?



I've tried copying straight from the clipboard (Windows 7) but FrameMaker
reports "No table cells on the clipboard." I'm guessing that this means that
FrameMaker is expecting to be pasting from one FrameMaker table to another
FrameMaker table. I've also tried copying via Notepad but I get the same
result.



Surely there must be a way of importing table data from outside of
FrameMaker.



Any ideas?





Andy W. Smith
Winged Feet Ltd.,
Technical Writing, Documentation and Copywriting Services,
Hemel Hempstead,
England.

Please do not use the registered office address for general correspondence,
instead please phone or email for a postal address.
Registered Office: 83 High Street, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP1 3AH. 
Winged Feet Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with
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[Owen, Clint]

I have not tried this with FM10, but it worked in FM7 for huge tables.

Strip everything out of your Word doc except what you want to import.

>From FM just import the Word doc, but use "copy into document" instead
of "by reference". This is the only time I ever use that choice.

Then you need to format the results to fit your document.

HTH,

Clint



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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andy Smith
(WFL)
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 6:23 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Copying large data sets into tables



Hi



Does anybody know if there is a quick way of copying large sets of table
data from a Word doc into a FrameMaker 10 table?



I've tried copying straight from the clipboard (Windows 7) but
FrameMaker reports "No table cells on the clipboard." I'm guessing that
this means that FrameMaker is expecting to be pasting from one
FrameMaker table to another FrameMaker table. I've also tried copying
via Notepad but I get the same result.



Surely there must be a way of importing table data from outside of
FrameMaker.



Any ideas?





Andy W. Smith
Winged Feet Ltd.,
Technical Writing, Documentation and Copywriting Services,
Hemel Hempstead,
England.

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[Rick Quatro]

Hi Andy,



Your best bet is to open (or import) the Word document with FrameMaker. It
will preserve the tables, but they will require some clean up. I designed my
TableCleaner plugin to automate some of the clean up of Word tables in
FrameMaker. For more information, see



http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/



Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very
much.



Rick



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Carmen Publishing Inc.

*** 585-283-5045 *** NEW NUMBER

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From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andy Smith (WFL)
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:23 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Copying large data sets into tables



Hi



Does anybody know if there is a quick way of copying large sets of table
data from a Word doc into a FrameMaker 10 table?



I've tried copying straight from the clipboard (Windows 7) but FrameMaker
reports "No table cells on the clipboard." I'm guessing that this means that
FrameMaker is expecting to be pasting from one FrameMaker table to another
FrameMaker table. I've also tried copying via Notepad but I get the same
result.



Surely there must be a way of importing table data from outside of
FrameMaker.



Any ideas?





Andy W. Smith
Winged Feet Ltd.,
Technical Writing, Documentation and Copywriting Services,
Hemel Hempstead,
England.

Please do not use the registered office address for general correspondence,
instead please phone or email for a postal address.
Registered Office: 83 High Street, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP1 3AH. 
Winged Feet Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with
company number 3622021



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[Writer]

Something I've done if the tables are not too complex in structure is:

In Word, convert the table to text.
Copy the data, and then paste it into FrameMaker. 

In FrameMaker, select all of the data, and convert text to table.

Nadine




>
> From: Andy Smith (WFL) 
>To: framers at lists.frameusers.com 
>Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:23:03 AM
>Subject: Copying large data sets into tables
> 
>
> 
>Hi
>?
>Does anybody know if there is a quick way of copying large
sets of table data from a Word doc into a FrameMaker 10 table?
>?
>I've tried copying straight from the clipboard (Windows 7)
but FrameMaker reports "No table cells on the clipboard." I'm guessing
that this means that FrameMaker is expecting to be pasting from one FrameMaker
table to another FrameMaker table. I've also tried copying via Notepad but I
get the same result.
>?
>Surely there must be a way of importing table data from
outside of FrameMaker.
>?
>Any ideas?
>?
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>Winged Feet Ltd.,
>Technical Writing, Documentation and Copywriting Services,
>Hemel Hempstead ,
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[Tammy Van Boening]

I used this plugin to import and cleanup for a large number of tables in a
legacy Word document, and it worked like a charm even w/ all the garbage
that a legacy Word document can have (and it was a ton - - more like a
landfill's worth). And, if you are lucky enough to have styles in your Word
document, Rick  also wrote a script for me that reads these Word styles in
your tables, and after import, applies the corresponding correct FM
paragraph style.



I have no financial gains from making this statement - just one very
satisfied customer.



TVB







From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Rick Quatro
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 1:03 PM
To: andy.smith at wingedfeet.co.uk; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Copying large data sets into tables



Hi Andy,



Your best bet is to open (or import) the Word document with FrameMaker. It
will preserve the tables, but they will require some clean up. I designed my
TableCleaner plugin to automate some of the clean up of Word tables in
FrameMaker. For more information, see



http://www.frameexpert.com/plugins/



Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you very
much.



Rick



Rick Quatro

Carmen Publishing Inc.

*** 585-283-5045 *** NEW NUMBER

rick at frameexpert.com

http://www.frameexpert.com









From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Andy Smith (WFL)
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:23 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Copying large data sets into tables



Hi



Does anybody know if there is a quick way of copying large sets of table
data from a Word doc into a FrameMaker 10 table?



I've tried copying straight from the clipboard (Windows 7) but FrameMaker
reports "No table cells on the clipboard." I'm guessing that this means that
FrameMaker is expecting to be pasting from one FrameMaker table to another
FrameMaker table. I've also tried copying via Notepad but I get the same
result.



Surely there must be a way of importing table data from outside of
FrameMaker.



Any ideas?





Andy W. Smith
Winged Feet Ltd.,
Technical Writing, Documentation and Copywriting Services,
Hemel Hempstead,
England.

Please do not use the registered office address for general correspondence,
instead please phone or email for a postal address.
Registered Office: 83 High Street, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP1 3AH. 
Winged Feet Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with
company number 3622021



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[Combs, Richard]

Andy Smith (WFL) wrote: 

> Does anybody know if there is a quick way of copying large sets of
> table data from a Word doc into a FrameMaker 10 table?

You can't copy _into_ an existing FM table -- the underlying structures are 
just too dissimilar. 

Bring it into FM in one of the ways suggested by Rick, Nadine, and Tammy. Once 
it's a nice, clean FM table, then you can copy/paste the rows into your 
existing FM table. 

Nadine's solution is OK if you only need to do this once or twice. But I'll 
second Tammy's endorsement of Rick's TableCleaner plugin. It's invaluable for 
cleaning up Word tables, and mighty useful for various global changes on native 
FM tables, too. 

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-903-6372
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Copying large data sets into tables

[Roger Shuttleworth]

Hi Andy

You can convert the table to text in Word, using a paragraph delimiter or 
whatever. Then copy and paste the text into FrameMaker. Then select the text in 
FM and convert it to a table (Table > Convert to Table), using the same 
delimiter. This works fine so long as there are no straddled (merged) cells in 
the original table.

Before you do it, ensure that the ClipboardFormatsPriorities line in your 
maker.ini file has TEXT as the first option. If not, either change it, or when 
pasting use Edit > Paste Special > Text. 

Hope this helps.

Roger Shuttleworth
Technical Documentation
AV-BASE Systems Inc.
1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200
London, Ontario
N5V 3S4
Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 330
  _  

From: Andy Smith (WFL) [mailto:andy.sm...@wingedfeet.co.uk]
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Sent: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:23:03 -0500
Subject: Copying large data sets into tables




Hi



Does anybody know if there is a quick way of copying large  sets of table data 
from a Word doc into a FrameMaker 10 table?



I've tried copying straight from the clipboard (Windows 7)  but FrameMaker 
reports "No table cells on the clipboard." I'm guessing  that this means that 
FrameMaker is expecting to be pasting from one FrameMaker  table to another 
FrameMaker table. I've also tried copying via Notepad but I  get the same 
result.



Surely there must be a way of importing table data from  outside of FrameMaker. 
   



Any ideas?





Andy W. Smith
  Winged Feet Ltd.,
  Technical Writing, Documentation and Copywriting Services,
  Hemel Hempstead,
  England.

  Please do not use the registered office address for general correspondence,
  instead please phone or email for a postal address.
  Registered Office: 83 High Street,  Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP1 3AH. 
  Winged Feet Limited is a company registered in England  and Wales  with
  company number 3622021


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[keith.sol...@tmx.com]

> I used this plugin to import and cleanup for a large number of tables in 

> a legacy Word document, and it worked like a charm even w/ all the 
> garbage that a legacy Word document can have (and it was a ton - - more 
> like a landfill's worth). And, if you are lucky enough to have styles in 

> your Word document, Rick  also wrote a script for me that reads these 
> Word styles in your tables, and after import, applies the corresponding 
> correct FM paragraph style.
> 
> I have no financial gains from making this statement - just one very 
> satisfied customer.
> 
> TVB
>

Add me to the list of satisfied TableCleaner customers. It will pay for 
itself the first time you have to do an import of tables from Word.

Regards
Keith
--
Keith Soltys
Senior Technical Writer
Architecture
TMX Group
(416) 947-4397
http://www.tmx.com/






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