Converting Word Documents for Use in FrameMaker
Matt Sullivan of Grafix Training and Consulting has written an article that will improve your efficiency when working with Word documents that you intend to import into FrameMaker.
According to Sullivan, "FrameMaker gives you control over formatting, referencing, and numbering. Follow a few simple rules, and your numbered lists stay properly numbered, and your cross-references, Table of Contents (TOCs), and Indexes (Indices) stay up-to-date.
"All that control doesn’t help unless you have content. This usually means importing legacy documents from Microsoft Word, or accepting submissions from team members who do not work with long documents in FrameMaker."
In his article, Sullivan teaches you some nice techniques such as:
- Legacy document conversion
- Using the Find/Change tool for cleanup
- Common wildcard strings
- Formatting
- Word/FrameMaker integrated workflow
Click here to read the article.