FM +XML to avoid Word

[jhik]

I have to give a complete document in Word (1000p), this document will vary
with time..It is the hypothesis and also I only want to use FM.

Is there a solution to completly make this document with FM or structured
FM, then export text, table, diagram, picture, equation in xml and be able
to open it in MS-word and have all the document with the same text, table,
diagram, picture, equation ? I can try it but if someone has already done
it, I will be more optimist.

Thanks in advance

[Keith Soltys]

Post by jhik
I have to give a complete document in Word (1000p), this document will vary
with time..It is the hypothesis and also I only want to use FM.
Is there a solution to completly make this document with FM or structured
FM, then export text, table, diagram, picture, equation in xml and be able
to open it in MS-word and have all the document with the same text, table,
diagram, picture, equation ? I can try it but if someone has already done
it, I will be more optimist.
Thanks in advance

I got my FrameMaker upgraded to 7.2 the other day at work. Just out of
curiousity, I imported one of my biggest documents, a 200-page technical
specification with a fairly complex layout (lots of diagrams done in Word's
drawing tool, tables, lists, and so on). Frame actually handled the import
pretty well - I think I could fix the formatting issues in a day or two and
have a nice, workable Frame version of the document.

Just out of curiousity, I tried to export the document back to Word. The
results were not as good. Lists bullets got pretty messed up, there were a lot
of spurious page breaks, and other formatting problems.

Based on personal experience, somewhat dated but nothing I've heard from
anyone else contradicts it, if you need to go from Frame to Word, you want to
use MIF2GO from Omni Systems. It does a far better job of conversion than
Frame itself, and is infinitely customizable.

Regards
Keith