Re: MIF2RTF vs. Quadralay?

["J. B." <jpbNOSPAM -at- NETSENSE -dot- NET>]

Please change the header if your going to change subjects.

p.s. My company is looking at Quadralay also...

Thanks!

Frog Princess wrote:

> >I, too, have been considering these options, but since the company I work
> >for has decided to standardize on RoboHelp, we pretty much have to go with
> >that.  Luckily, the latest version (7.0) is pretty user-friendly and easy
> to
> >use. (thank goodness)
> >
> >We're just starting to evaluate it, so we're not quite sure how easy it is
> >to port files from FrameMaker to RoboHelp.  If anyone has already done
> this,
> >please let us know; I'm sure many would be curious to hear your opinion.  I
> >know I would.
>
> I'm using FrameMaker 5.5 to write manuals, and converting the Frame text to
> RTF to use in RoboHelp 6.0. (I don't have version 7.0 of RoboHelp yet
> because I'm afraid to convert to a new version in the middle of a project
> with a pressing deadline.)
>
> My frustration is that the cross reference and index tags in FrameMaker
> aren't converted to "jumps" or index entries in RoboHelp. When I import the
> RTF file, all the tags are converted to strings of text. I have to go
> through and delete each one, then recreate the "jumps" and index in
> RoboHelp. Very time consuming.
>
> Here's an example of how Frame's index tags appear in RoboHelp:
>
> Frequ{xe "test equipment required:frequency
> counter;frequency:counter;counter, frequency;specifications:frequency
> counter"}ency Counter
>
> I like RoboHelp, but I don't like the extra steps required to import
> FrameMaker documents.


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