Re: Converting Framemaker files

[Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> Also I looked up some
> information on xtensions, but it seems the files
> have to be in .MIF where mine are in .FM.  

Have the people who sent you the FM files send you the
MIFs instead... it's a simple save-as from
FrameMaker...

> I also looked at things like
> Webworks Publisher and
> Filtrex, but I'm still in the dark.

WebWorks Publisher and like programs won't help you.
They are designed to take FM files and make Help and
HTML files. Filtrex may help, but it's expensive.

> Here's what I'm wondering.  Would it be best to send
> the files back to the
> original company and have them change the files to
> .MIF and then get an xtension program?  

Yep.

> Are .MIF files the only way to convert?  

Might be the best option. The cold, hard fact is that
there's a major paradigm shift (are my pointy tufts
showing?) between FrameMaker and Quark. FM's a long
document authoring app, while Q is more of a layout
app.

> Is there any way
> I can convert without an extension and without
> Framemaker?  

Without the Mif, I don't think there's an easy route
from point A to point B...

> We do have PDFs of the documents.  Is that any help?

Wekk, you can use Acrobat to export to TXT and RTF...
but if there are many graphics, that could be
problematic, or at least warrant lots of time to
reconstitute the files in Quark, plus a lot of
aspirin.

Good luck!

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