RE: Converting PageMaker to FrameMaker

[Dina Davidson <DinaD@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Meira,

There is no easy way to get from PageMaker to FrameMaker. 
The best way that I have found is to
(a) export your PM text to RTF
(b) create your templates in Frame, setting up your master pages as you
desire
(c) import the RTF docs into new FM docs based on your spiffy new templates.

FrameMaker and PageMaker are quite different, but once you get into Frame, I
suspect that you will love it. I know it has made my life a lot easier.

Hope this helps,

Dina Davidson
Technical Publications Coordinator/Technical Communicator
Xantrex Technology Inc.
mailto:dinad@xantrex.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Meira Epplein Meek [mailto:memeek@nbr.org]
> Sent: April 20, 1999 4:19 PM
> To: Framers@frameusers.com
> Subject: Converting PageMaker to FrameMaker
> 
> 
> Hello!
> 
> A new FrameMaker user, I find that I am unable to import old PageMaker
> files into FrameMaker.  The PageMaker files contain a number 
> of stories
> (text, footnotes, pull-out quotes, etc.) so just copying and 
> pasting would
> be quite tedious.  Also, I can't just import the original 
> word documents
> because there have been editing changes made directly into 
> PageMaker since
> the final word document.  Anybody have any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks immensely,
> Meira 
> 
> 
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