E-Book conversion (WAS Framescript or plug-in to merge all files in book to 1 FM file?)
Yves, When you first posted this, I didn't think there would ever be a need for it, but I just ran into a problem where I needed it. I have to convert a book to Amazon's Kindle format, and they prefer a single monolithic HTML file as the input type. In fact they seem not to accept any multi-file formats. I'm using MIF2go for conversion, and there's no way to cocatenate with it. So the solution is to cocatenate all the FM files into one, and then export. It turns out that Rick Quattro does have a cocatenate-all-files-in-a-book script, and it seems to work great, at least for my project, which doesn't include cross refs, inter-file linking or anything fancy. It's just straight text, as in a novel -- in fact, it is a novel. But the script is available, and it works great. Rick's at frameexp...@truevine.net . Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Yves Barbion yves.barb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi FrameUsers I'm looking for a Framescript or plug-in to merge all files in a FM book to a single FM file. Thanks. -- Yves Barbion • Managing Director • Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor www.scripto.nu • skype: yves.barbion • T: +32 494 12 01 89 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
E-Book conversion (WAS Framescript or plug-in to "merge" all files in book to 1 FM file?)
Yves, When you first posted this, I didn't think there would ever be a need for it, but I just ran into a problem where I needed it. I have to convert a book to Amazon's Kindle format, and they prefer a single monolithic HTML file as the input type. In fact they seem not to accept any multi-file formats. I'm using MIF2go for conversion, and there's no way to cocatenate with it. So the solution is to cocatenate all the FM files into one, and then export. It turns out that Rick Quattro does have a cocatenate-all-files-in-a-book script, and it seems to work great, at least for my project, which doesn't include cross refs, inter-file linking or anything fancy. It's just straight text, as in a novel -- in fact, it is a novel. But the script is available, and it works great. Rick's at frameexpert at truevine.net . Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Yves Barbion wrote: > Hi FrameUsers > > I'm looking for a Framescript or plug-in to "merge" all files in a FM book > to a single FM file. > > Thanks. > > -- > Yves Barbion ? Managing Director ? Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor > www.scripto.nu ? skype: yves.barbion ? T: +32 494 12 01 89 > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.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/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Framescript or plug-in to merge all files in book to 1 FM file?
Hi FrameUsers I'm looking for a Framescript or plug-in to merge all files in a FM book to a single FM file. Thanks. -- Yves Barbion • Managing Director • Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor www.scripto.nu • skype: yves.barbion • T: +32 494 12 01 89 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Framescript or plug-in to merge all files in book to 1 FM file?
Hi, Yves: I seem to recall something like that is available, possibly free, from omsys.com. You may have to export all to MIF first. dtptools.com has a free FM2MIF batch tool that can be helpful for the above step. HTH Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Yves Barbion yves.barb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi FrameUsers I'm looking for a Framescript or plug-in to merge all files in a FM book to a single FM file. Thanks. -- Yves Barbion • Managing Director • Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor www.scripto.nu • skype: yves.barbion • T: +32 494 12 01 89 ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Framescript or plug-in to merge all files in book to 1 FM file?
On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:40:11 -0500, Peter Gold pe...@knowhowpro.com wrote: I seem to recall something like that is available, possibly free, from omsys.com. You may have to export all to MIF first. Sorry, we don't do that. What you may be thinking of is exporting a Frame book to a single Word file. We think that's a Very Bad Idea (for most books, the file would be too large for Word to open), but it is possible. And actually, the same method could be used for what Yves wants; it's just not automatic. The basic idea is to create a new Frame document, then import each document in the book into it by reference as an inset. For Word, you then convert that wrapper document; but you could just as well use it in Frame. If you wanted, you could convert all the insets to text in Frame too, so that the wrapper file had no dependencies on the original files. Just double-click in any inset, and in the dialog choose All Text Insets and click Convert. Note that there can be problems with this whole idea, in addition to the obvious size one. For example, the numbering may not be the same; the book file controls the chapter numbering, and if it is gone, the numbering will revert to whatever the wrapper chapter is set up for. So every chapter may be numbered 1... A Framescript to do the basic combining would be simple. It's the cleanup that can't really be automated. ;-) HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Framescript or plug-in to merge all files in book to 1 FM file?
Thanks for the correction, Jeremy. I seemed to recall it wrong! I didn't see a reason or purpose the original poster had in mind to combine the book component files into a single FrameMaker file. If we knew more about the goal, perhaps we could suggest other workable solutions. HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Jeremy H. Griffith jer...@omsys.com wrote: On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:40:11 -0500, Peter Gold pe...@knowhowpro.com wrote: I seem to recall something like that is available, possibly free, from omsys.com. You may have to export all to MIF first. Sorry, we don't do that. What you may be thinking of is exporting a Frame book to a single Word file. We think that's a Very Bad Idea (for most books, the file would be too large for Word to open), but it is possible. And actually, the same method could be used for what Yves wants; it's just not automatic. The basic idea is to create a new Frame document, then import each document in the book into it by reference as an inset. For Word, you then convert that wrapper document; but you could just as well use it in Frame. If you wanted, you could convert all the insets to text in Frame too, so that the wrapper file had no dependencies on the original files. Just double-click in any inset, and in the dialog choose All Text Insets and click Convert. Note that there can be problems with this whole idea, in addition to the obvious size one. For example, the numbering may not be the same; the book file controls the chapter numbering, and if it is gone, the numbering will revert to whatever the wrapper chapter is set up for. So every chapter may be numbered 1... A Framescript to do the basic combining would be simple. It's the cleanup that can't really be automated. ;-) HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. jer...@omsys.com http://www.omsys.com/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Framescript or plug-in to "merge" all files in book to 1 FM file?
Hi FrameUsers I'm looking for a Framescript or plug-in to "merge" all files in a FM book to a single FM file. Thanks. -- Yves Barbion ? Managing Director ? Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor www.scripto.nu ? skype: yves.barbion ? T: +32 494 12 01 89
Framescript or plug-in to "merge" all files in book to 1 FM file?
Hi, Yves: I seem to recall something like that is available, possibly free, from omsys.com. You may have to export all to MIF first. dtptools.com has a free FM2MIF batch tool that can be helpful for the above step. HTH Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Yves Barbion wrote: > Hi FrameUsers > > I'm looking for a Framescript or plug-in to "merge" all files in a FM book > to a single FM file. > > Thanks. > > -- > Yves Barbion ? Managing Director ? Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor > www.scripto.nu ?? skype: yves.barbion ?? T: +32 494 12 01 89
Framescript or plug-in to "merge" all files in book to 1 FM file?
On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:40:11 -0500, Peter Gold wrote: >I seem to recall something like that is available, possibly >free, from omsys.com. You may have to export all to MIF first. Sorry, we don't do that. What you may be thinking of is exporting a Frame book to a single Word file. We think that's a Very Bad Idea (for most books, the file would be too large for Word to open), but it is possible. And actually, the same method could be used for what Yves wants; it's just not automatic. The basic idea is to create a new Frame document, then import each document in the book into it by reference as an inset. For Word, you then convert that "wrapper" document; but you could just as well use it in Frame. If you wanted, you could convert all the insets to text in Frame too, so that the wrapper file had no dependencies on the original files. Just double-click in any inset, and in the dialog choose All Text Insets and click Convert. Note that there can be problems with this whole idea, in addition to the obvious size one. For example, the numbering may not be the same; the book file controls the chapter numbering, and if it is gone, the numbering will revert to whatever the wrapper chapter is set up for. So every chapter may be numbered "1"... A Framescript to do the basic combining would be simple. It's the cleanup that can't really be automated. ;-) HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. http://www.omsys.com/
Framescript or plug-in to "merge" all files in book to 1 FM file?
Thanks for the correction, Jeremy. I seemed to recall it wrong! I didn't see a reason or purpose the original poster had in mind to combine the book component files into a single FrameMaker file. If we knew more about the goal, perhaps we could suggest other workable solutions. HTH Regards, Peter ___ Peter Gold KnowHow ProServices On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Jeremy H. Griffith wrote: > On Tue, 6 Oct 2009 09:40:11 -0500, Peter Gold > wrote: > >>I seem to recall something like that is available, possibly >>free, from omsys.com. You may have to export all to MIF first. > > Sorry, we don't do that. ?What you may be thinking of > is exporting a Frame book to a single Word file. ?We > think that's a Very Bad Idea (for most books, the file > would be too large for Word to open), but it is possible. > And actually, the same method could be used for what > Yves wants; it's just not automatic. > > The basic idea is to create a new Frame document, then > import each document in the book into it by reference > as an inset. ?For Word, you then convert that "wrapper" > document; but you could just as well use it in Frame. > > If you wanted, you could convert all the insets to text > in Frame too, so that the wrapper file had no dependencies > on the original files. ?Just double-click in any inset, > and in the dialog choose All Text Insets and click Convert. > > Note that there can be problems with this whole idea, > in addition to the obvious size one. ?For example, the > numbering may not be the same; the book file controls > the chapter numbering, and if it is gone, the numbering > will revert to whatever the wrapper chapter is set up for. > So every chapter may be numbered "1"... > > A Framescript to do the basic combining would be simple. > It's the cleanup that can't really be automated. ?;-) > > HTH! > > -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. > ? ?http://www.omsys.com/
