Re: time estimate for Word to Frame conversion

["Lynne A. Price" <lprice@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rick,
  This estimate seems in line with what I've heard for WRITING
14,000 pages, not for converting it.
	--Lynne



At 10:11 AM 6/27/00 -0500, Rick.Henkel@firstdatacorp.com wrote:
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>A different branch of my company is considering converting all their Word docs
>to Frame. They told me "It is estimated that it would take 8 writers between 2.5
>to 3 years to convert the entire library [14,000
>pages] from Word 97 to FrameMaker. This includes the building
>of templates, testing, and training."
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>I've never tried anything that big, but that estimate seems a bit much,
>especially considering what they can do with FrameScript and various other
>plug-ins and such.
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>For those of you with experience in these kinds of projects, does 2.5 to 3 years
>sound reasonable?
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>rick
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Lynne A. Price
Text Structure Consulting, Inc.
lprice@txstruct.com
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