Re: Framemaker to Pagemaker

[Jay Smith <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ingrid,

Others have correctly answered that there is no GOOD way to get from here to
there.

But, there IS a way to do this...(my experience is on Win95, FM556, PM6.5)

  IF it is okay that your table content is UNchangable (i.e. a graphic).
  IF you will only be printing this document on a PS-compatible printer.

>From FM, print to a PS file, distill the PS file to PDF, make sure that you
have the Settings set to embed fonts.  Then in Acrobat Exchange (came on your
FM cd), open the PDF and go to where each table is.  Use the Crop tool to crop
the area so you just have the table by itself on a page.

THEN.... FIRST you have to download and install the PDF --> PS/EPS free plugin
from the Adobe site.

Then, (File,) Export your PDF page to EPS.  You may have to experiment with
the four possible combinations of EPS settings, but you DO want to embed fonts
and you do want a preview!  I do not yet fully understand the four possible
setting combinations; it seems to depend upon what type of machine (PC, Mac)
and printer the eventual recipient is using.

TEST placement in PM and test printing after your have done one; If it does
not preview on-screen and/or it does not print, then try another of the four
settings.  (The PS level 1 and Ascii encoding combination seems to be most
versatile.)

Once you have the EPS file(s) created, (it really does not take long once you
get the hang of it), you can place them in PM or any other program, just like
a graphic.  However, you cannot edit them.  Using Acrobat Exchange, Text Touch
Up tool, you may be able to make some minor modifications to table content
(and then reexport as EPS), but you won't be able to do stuff like adding
table rows or columns

The described method is what we regularly use for creating ad copy for print
publications when we don't want them to be able to "mess with it."

Lastly, why would you want to go from FM to PM?  We are usually trying to do
the opposite.

Jay


Ingrid Breuer wrote:
> 
> Please Help,
> 
> I have to create a document in PM5 from one created in FM5.  The problem
> I'm having is with tables.  I would like to copy the tables in FM into
> PM. I can copy text but not tables.  What is the best way to do this?
> 
> Tks,

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Jay Smith

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