All, I've got a 6-page document that was last modified in FrameMaker 7.1. It's basically four tables, including one that spans three pages. Three of the four tables are two-column affairs with text and pictures in almost every cell. It's supposed to be mostly-pictorial instructions for setting up some equipment. Woulda been IKEA-like, but I couldn't manage to make some of the steps picture-only, so I went with a combination of pics supplemented by a sentence or two in each cell.
I'd like to continue supporting that document, but in OOo. What's my best bet for getting this done? The export options from FM are limited (actually Save as... FM, MIF, a few Word versions, XML, html) The XML version came into OOo as tagged text. It doesn't render. The html version renders crudely (with all the pictures reduced to low-quality GIFs) and of course the table structure as a basic html thing (all steps are step 1), and the page headers didn't come through. The FM document has all the graphics referenced, not embedded, if that makes a difference, so I do have the source files, mostly in both JPG and PNG formats. The word versions aren't a whole lot better, with respect to importing into OOo in ready-to-maintain fashion. Word always does freaky things with styles. I could just build the doc fresh in OOo, duplicating the look of the FM version, but that's a bit time-consuming if I don't hafta. Importing in some fashion is an attractive option, but only if the imported document doesn't make more (re-)work than just building from the ground up. Is there a canned Howto? Best practice? Thanks, Kevin in Ottawa, Canada The information contained in this electronic mail transmission may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected from disclosure. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and deleting it from your computer without copying or disclosing it.
