Re: Gee, ain't dem RTF/*.doc files BIG!

[Jeanette Feldhousen <jeanette@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Could your colleague switch from RoboHelp to ForeHelp, which accepts
MIF files as input?

--Jeanette

At 08:53 AM 2/1/01 +1000, hedley_finger@myob.com.au wrote:
>Framesters:
>
>A colleague wanted some FrameMaker files exported as *.rtf or *.doc to
>massage in Word and RoboHelp to create tech support docs.
>
>Well, I tried outputting a 44 pp doc to Microsoft Word 6.0/7.0 and
>Microsoft RTF.  After grinding away for half an hour and turning a 200 Kb
>FM file into a 19 000 Kb *.rtf/*.doc (format doesn't matter), FrameMaker
>informed me that the conversion filter had encountered an error.
>
>The file in question contained about 25 screen dumps in TIFF format
>imported by reference.
>
>Is it impossible to export to Word/RTF, or is this just a wonderful dream
>from which I have yet to wake?
>
>[Windows 2000, FrameMaker 5.5.6p145, FrameScript 1.27C01, Enhance 2.02,
>Acrobat 4.05]
>
>Regards,
>Hedley
>
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