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Converting Word documents for use in FrameMaker


Matt Sullivan

Matt Sullivan

grafixtraining.com

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Legacy document conversion
  3. Using the Find/Change tool for cleanup
  4. Common wildcard strings
  5. Formatting
  6. Word/FrameMaker integrated workflow
Created:
30 July 2007
User Level:
Intermediate
Products:
Framemaker

FrameMaker and FrameMaker workflows give you integrated document control. FrameMaker gives you control over formatting, referencing, and numbering. Follow a few simple rules, and your numbered lists stay properly numbered, and your cross-references, Table of Contents (TOCs), and Indexes (Indices) stay up-to-date.

All that control doesn't help unless you have content. This usually means importing legacy documents from Microsoft Word, or accepting submissions from team members who do not work with long documents in FrameMaker.

In this article, I'll discuss both legacy document conversion and a Word/FrameMaker integrated workflow.

Requirements

In order to make the most of this article, you need the following software and files:

FrameMaker 8 or later

Acrobat 8.0 Professional

Adobe Reader (for contributing authors)

Microsoft Office Word 2003 or later

Windows XP

Prerequisites:

To get the most from this article, you should be familiar with:

  • Templates and their use in Word and FrameMaker
  • Applying or modifying styles in Word (Normal, Heading 1, Caption, and the like)
  • Applying or modifying styles in Adobe FrameMaker using the Paragraph Catalog, the Paragraph Designer, or both
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About the author

Matt Sullivan is the owner of GRAFIX Training, a southern California-based Adobe Authorized Training Center. He has been a leader in the FrameMaker community and print publishing industries for over 10 years. He regularly writes on Adobe's Technical Communication Suite as well as Adobe's Creative Suite 3 applications.