Frame 5.0/Word 6.0 import

[Jane Bergen <janeb -at- ANSWERSOFT -dot- COM>]

The messages on this list convinced us that we should switch to
FrameMaker for Windows 5.0 from our Word for Windows 6.0c. We need to
use the master document feature for some of our longer, more complex
documents and Word was beginning to burp on us.

So, yesterday we got our new FrameMaker for Windows 5.0, installed
it with the Word filter, and guess what......it doesn't work! I went
to the Frame web page to see if there were any filter updates, but
the web page mentions filters only for Word 2.0. Surely this is not
correct! Word 6.0 has been out  a long time.....it's a major software
application. What gives?

So, for tech writers who use Frame, what do you do? How do you import
Word 6.0 documents? I know I could probably save the Word docs as
RTF, but that will undoubtedly require a lot of clean up. Can anyone
help? Is Frame REALLY THIS FAR BEHIND IN TECHNOLOGY?

Thanks...we need help ASAP...

Jane Bergen
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 Jane Bergen
 Technical Writer
 janeb -at- answersoft -dot- com   or   janeb -at- iadfw -dot- net
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