RE: importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-06 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 3:24 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: importing HTML into FrameMaker? I occasionally need

Re: importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-06 Thread Robert Lauriston
I'm looking to automate the conversion of HTML tags to FrameMaker tags. I don't need an app to get plain text. My current process is to copy from the wiki in normal WYSIWYG mode, paste into a text editor, clean up, and paste in FrameMaker. For tables, I copy the wiki HTML source, paste it in a

Re: importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-06 Thread Robert Lauriston
I'll give that a try. The source is XHTML so I don't need to go through RoboHelp. I tried importing RoboHelp 9-generated XHTML to Structured FrameMaker 10 last year. It failed because RoboHelp generated invalid XHTML: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4450928 On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 9:22 PM,

Re: importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-06 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
Hi Robert, I don't know what was different with your project, but my project used the same versions of software that you used. I had no problem getting valid XHTML out of RoboHELP 9. I hope you have success with this technique. _ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product

RE: importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-06 Thread Craig Ede
, May 04, 2013 3:54 AM To: Robert Lauriston Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: importing HTML into FrameMaker? Hi Robert I don't know which version of FrameMaker you are using, but Fm 11 has Smart Paste: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/new-in-framemaker11-xml-authoring-features/framemaker

Re: importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-06 Thread Heiko Haida
-- http://www.blueberrysoftware.com/htmtomif.htm I don't know the software, but you might give it a try. Best regards - Tino H. Haida Am 2013-05-05 10:06, schrieb Shmuel Wolfson: Another option is to save the webpage to your computer, open it with Word, save it as a DOC or DOCX file,

Re: importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-05 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Another option is to save the webpage to your computer, open it with Word, save it as a DOC or DOCX file, then open the DOC/DOCX file with Frame. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 04-May-13 1:24 AM, Robert Lauriston wrote: I occasionally need to take content from a

Re: importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-05 Thread John Sgammato
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Friday, May 3, 2013 5:24 PM Subject: importing HTML into FrameMaker? I occasionally need to take content from a MindTouch wiki and add it to a FrameMaker doc. The wiki source is very basic HTML: h2, h3, p, strong, ul, ol, tables, that's about

importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-05 Thread Shmuel Wolfson
Another option is to save the webpage to your computer, open it with Word, save it as a DOC or DOCX file, then open the DOC/DOCX file with Frame. Regards, Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 04-May-13 1:24 AM, Robert Lauriston wrote: > I occasionally need to take content from a

importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-05 Thread Heiko Haida
--> http://www.blueberrysoftware.com/htmtomif.htm I don't know the software, but you might give it a try. Best regards - Tino H. Haida Am 2013-05-05 10:06, schrieb Shmuel Wolfson: > Another option is to save the webpage to your computer, open it with > Word, save it as a DOC or DOCX

Re: importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-04 Thread Yves Barbion
Hi Robert I don't know which version of FrameMaker you are using, but Fm 11 has Smart Paste: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/new-in-framemaker11-xml-authoring-features/framemaker-11-smart-paste-unstruct-content-into-xml/ If you are using DITA-FMx, you need to install this structapps stub first:

Re: importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-04 Thread Scott Turner
The real question may be is there a method in FM, or a tool that will convert tags from one to another. I envision a mapping tool like when you convert an unstructured into a structured document. On May 4, 2013, at 3:54, Yves Barbion yves.barb...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Robert I don't know

importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-04 Thread Yves Barbion
Hi Robert I don't know which version of FrameMaker you are using, but Fm 11 has Smart Paste: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/new-in-framemaker11-xml-authoring-features/framemaker-11-smart-paste-unstruct-content-into-xml/ If you are using DITA-FMx, you need to install this "structapps stub" first:

importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-04 Thread Scott Turner
The real question may be is there a method in FM, or a tool that will convert tags from one to another. I envision a mapping tool like when you convert an unstructured into a structured document. On May 4, 2013, at 3:54, Yves Barbion wrote: > Hi Robert > > I don't know which version of

importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-04 Thread Robert Lauriston
I'm looking to automate the conversion of HTML tags to FrameMaker tags. I don't need an app to get plain text. My current process is to copy from the wiki in normal WYSIWYG mode, paste into a text editor, clean up, and paste in FrameMaker. For tables, I copy the wiki HTML source, paste it in a

importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-04 Thread Robert Lauriston
I'll give that a try. The source is XHTML so I don't need to go through RoboHelp. I tried importing RoboHelp 9-generated XHTML to Structured FrameMaker 10 last year. It failed because RoboHelp generated invalid XHTML: http://forums.adobe.com/message/4450928 On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 9:22 PM,

importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-04 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
Hi Robert, I don't know what was different with your project, but my project used the same versions of software that you used. I had no problem getting valid XHTML out of RoboHELP 9. I hope you have success with this technique. _ Maxwell Hoffmann | Product

importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-04 Thread Craig Ede
, May 04, 2013 3:54 AM To: Robert Lauriston Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: importing HTML into FrameMaker? Hi Robert I don't know which version of FrameMaker you are using, but Fm 11 has Smart Paste: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/new-in-framemaker11-xml-authoring-features

importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-03 Thread Robert Lauriston
I occasionally need to take content from a MindTouch wiki and add it to a FrameMaker doc. The wiki source is very basic HTML: h2, h3, p, strong, ul, ol, tables, that's about it. Is there a tool that will convert HTML to FrameMaker or MIF? Sort of the reverse of RoboHelp / WebWorks / MIF2Go? I

Re: importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-03 Thread David Spreadbury
. Of course, there are probably others available. Framescript might be able to do it too. Dave From: Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Friday, May 3, 2013 5:24 PM Subject: importing HTML into FrameMaker? I occasionally

importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-03 Thread Robert Lauriston
I occasionally need to take content from a MindTouch wiki and add it to a FrameMaker doc. The wiki source is very basic HTML: h2, h3, p, strong, ul, ol, tables, that's about it. Is there a tool that will convert HTML to FrameMaker or MIF? Sort of the reverse of RoboHelp / WebWorks / MIF2Go? I

importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-03 Thread David Spreadbury
. Of course, there are probably others available. Framescript might be able to do it too. Dave > > From: Robert Lauriston >To: framers at lists.frameusers.com >Sent: Friday, May 3, 2013 5:24 PM >Subject: importing HTML into FrameMaker? > >

importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-03 Thread John Sgammato
riston > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Sent: Friday, May 3, 2013 5:24 PM > Subject: importing HTML into FrameMaker? > > I occasionally need to take content from a MindTouch wiki and add it > to a FrameMaker doc. The wiki source is very basic HTML: h2, h3, p, > strong, ul, ol, ta

importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2013-05-03 Thread Maxwell Hoffmann
://adobe.ly/Pbdp0J -Original Message- From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Friday, May 03, 2013 3:24 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: importing HTML into FrameMaker? I occasionally

Re: Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-22 Thread Pat Christenson
Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions. This is a one-off so I don't think I'll use XHTML/Tidy but it's good to know about! Pat ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To

Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-22 Thread Pat Christenson
Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions. This is a one-off so I don't think I'll use XHTML/Tidy but it's good to know about! Pat

Re: Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-21 Thread Peter Ring
HTML can be 'normalized' in several automated ways. Microsoft Word can be a part of the solution -- Word is quite good at importing tag-soup HTML. Next step is whatever you usually do to go from Word to FrameMaker. I'd try to clean up as much as possible in Word. If this insn't just a

Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-21 Thread Peter Ring
HTML can be 'normalized' in several automated ways. Microsoft Word can be a part of the solution -- Word is quite good at importing tag-soup HTML. Next step is whatever you usually do to go from Word to FrameMaker. I'd try to clean up as much as possible in Word. If this insn't just a one-off,

Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-20 Thread Pat Christenson
Hi all - I have a client who wants to import HTML docs into FrameMaker. My guess is that this will be a copy-and-paste with a lot of manual cleanup. Anybody have any ideas on how to make this less painful? Thanks. Pat Christenson ___ You are

Re: Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-20 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 10:15 -0700 20/4/07, Pat Christenson wrote: I have a client who wants to import HTML docs into FrameMaker. My guess is that this will be a copy-and-paste with a lot of manual cleanup. Anybody have any ideas on how to make this less painful? HTML, or XHTML? If the latter, structured

Re: Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-20 Thread Pat Christenson
That would help. I think tables are probably going to be the nightmarish part. Pat On Apr 20, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Art Campbell wrote: I'd at least think about importing the HTML source, rather than cut-and-pasting from a browser window. If you did that, you should be able to do a series of

Re: Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-20 Thread quills
You could use a MIF converter. Though if it were only for a few pages wi= th a short length it wouldn't be cost-effectve. I know that on the Ma= c you can open HTML files in their TextEdit application and save it out for= matted in RTF. However, I'm not sure that would

Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-20 Thread Pat Christenson
Hi all - I have a client who wants to import HTML docs into FrameMaker. My guess is that this will be a copy-and-paste with a lot of manual cleanup. Anybody have any ideas on how to make this less painful? Thanks. Pat Christenson

Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-20 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 10:15 -0700 20/4/07, Pat Christenson wrote: >I have a client who wants to import HTML docs into FrameMaker. My guess is >that this will be a copy-and-paste with a lot of manual cleanup. Anybody have >any ideas on how to make this less painful? HTML, or XHTML? If the latter, structured

Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-20 Thread Art Campbell
I'd at least think about importing the HTML source, rather than cut-and-pasting from a browser window. If you did that, you should be able to do a series of find-and-replaces based on your tags (=Heading1) for both paragraphs and characters, and then finish cleaning up with wildcard based

Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-20 Thread Pat Christenson
It's HTML. Pat On Apr 20, 2007, at 10:44 AM, Steve Rickaby wrote: > At 10:15 -0700 20/4/07, Pat Christenson wrote: > >> I have a client who wants to import HTML docs into FrameMaker. My >> guess is that this will be a copy-and-paste with a lot of manual >> cleanup. Anybody have any ideas on

Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-20 Thread Pat Christenson
That would help. I think tables are probably going to be the nightmarish part. Pat On Apr 20, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Art Campbell wrote: > I'd at least think about importing the HTML source, rather than > cut-and-pasting from a browser window. If you did that, you should be > able to do a series

Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-20 Thread Gagne, Bernard (Bolton)
=husky.ca at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Pat Christenson Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 2:38 PM To: framers List Subject: Re: Importing HTML into FrameMaker? That would help. I think tables are probably going to be the nightmarish part. Pat On Apr 20, 2007, at 11:01 AM, Art Campbell wrote

Importing HTML into FrameMaker?

2007-04-20 Thread qui...@airmail.net
You could use a MIF converter. Though if it were only for a few pages wi the Ma save it out for result in parargraph tags r instructions. Scott On Fri Apr 20 11:15 , Pat Christenson sent: Hi all - I have a client who wants to import HTML docs into