TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:RE: From Word to FM From:"Swallow, William" <WSwallow -at- courion -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 3 May 2001 17:32:57 -0400
You *can* open a Word doc in FM 6 (and kinda-sorta in 5.5.6 *g*), but the
results are often not too pretty. BUT, if you're only interested in
migrating legacy/old docs to FM for updating and so forth, I don't see why
not to do this. Once it's open in FM, save as a FM file, and then apply your
template to the file. Then, apply the new styles as needed. It helps to have
a FM template that uses the same style naming conventions as your Word doc,
as you can easily update all, otherwise just make a run through the doc,
tagging with new styles as appropriate.
Bag it, tag it, sell it to the butcher in the store. :)
*****************
BILL SWALLOW
Technical Writer
C O U R I O N C O R P O R A T I O N
1881 Worcester Road
Framingham, Mass. 01701
T E L * 508-879-8400 x316
F A X * 508-879-8500
www.courion.com
*****************
:: Copying Word content over as text (and often plain text at
:: that) is a pain,
:: isn't it. As for the graphics, you can copy and paste them
:: separately to
:: avoid linking files and remembering file names (which is
:: the most recent
:: again ;-D). You'll find copying tables separately, pasting
:: as plain text,
:: then converting to table works great! I wish I'd realized
:: it when I first
:: started out.
*** Deva(tm) Tools for Dreamweaver and Deva(tm) Search ***
Build Contents, Indexes, and Search for Web Sites and Help Systems
Available now at http://www.devahelp.com or info -at- devahelp -dot- com
Sponsored by Information Mapping, Inc., a professional services firm
specializing in Knowledge Management and e-content solutions. See http://www.infomap.com or 800-463-6627 for more about our solutions.
---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.
