RE: FrameMaker to RoboHelp Conversions

["Karen Field Carroll" <kfcarroll -at- cox -dot- net>]

Yikes! Hm, now scheming to figure out how to get boss-girl to spring for
true Webworks...sigh.
Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Swallow [mailto:techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com] 
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 8:23 AM
To: Karen Field Carroll
Cc: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Subject: Re: FrameMaker to RoboHelp Conversions

That sounds like Express. That's not what you want. WebWorks  
ePublisher costs a decent penny. The free Express version that comes  
with FrameMaker (what version are you using?) is minimally  
customizeable and only produces basic, barely formatted HTML. I  
honestly never understood why they included that given how limited it  
is.

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On Aug 10, 2009, at 11:14 AM, "Karen Field Carroll"  
<kfcarroll -at- cox -dot- net> wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who's posted on this topic. I have WebWorks (it  
> came with
> the Frame software), so I think that's my next move.
> Have a great week, everyone!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Swallow [mailto:techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 10:47 PM
> To: Karen Field Carroll
> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: FrameMaker to RoboHelp Conversions
>
> Are you using the Technical Communication Suite? RoboHelp and
> FrameMaker should be able to cooperate now and allow you to map styles
> easily. Have you set up templates in RoboHelp?
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:06 PM, Karen Field Carroll<kfcarroll -at- cox -dot- net>
> wrote:
>> Good day, everyone.
>>
>> I've finally surrendered to single-source thinking, so I'm  
>> converting my
>> Frame user guides to RoboHelp (via import from RoboHelp). Even with  
>> a CSS,
>> however, I spend a lot of time reformatting content once it's in  
>> RH. Is
>> there a better way to do this? Should I convert the Frame book to  
>> HTML
> first
>> and then import to RH? ANY advice would be great. Thanks!
>
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