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Subject:Re: Word to FrameMaker Conversion From:"Caroline Tabach" <caroline -dot- tabach -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"Lin Sims" <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:12:19 +0300
I also highly reccomend TableCleaner, you cannot do the table
conversion without it.
Mif2Go is not a tool to go from Word to Frame, but the other way around
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:35 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 2:40 PM, R D <jaguarjam -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
>> Hi-
>>
>> I'm contemplating moving a 1000 page Word doc to FrameMaker. This document has a lot of tables so I'm guessing I will have to reformat all of them. I'm sure there will be other problems. Is there anyone who can advise me on Word-to-Frame conversion projects and what problems I may encounter? I know in the long run having this document in FrameMaker will save me time and aggravation but I'm nervous about what the conversion will entail.
>>
>> Thanks-
>> RD
>
> I'd suggest getting Rick Quatro's excellent TableCleaner plugin. It
> does cost $60, but I've found it to be invaluable when having to deal
> with tables imported from Word (and it's pretty danged nifty even if
> you're just working in Frame tables).
>
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