Re: FrameMaker to Pagemaker problem

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From: Thomas Michanek
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 08:04

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> I am a long-time user of PageMaker (Macintosh) who has been given two files generated in
Framemaker.
> They won't open in Pagemaker 7.0, and if i try to convert them with MacLink Plus I get a prompt
saying they must be saved in FrameMaker as .MIF files.

The binary *.fm files MUST be opened in FrameMaker and resaved as either MIF or RTF.
So you do need to get a copy of FM or ask a FM user to do it for you.

Be aware that FM and PM are two very different applications, and you cannot expect
a trouble-free conversion. I have not done this myself, but I've heard others say
you basically need to recreate the layout manually in PM and then import and
reformat the text. Sounds like a lot of work if you need the PM document to look
like the FM document.

Why not settle for a PDF file? You still need FM to create the PDF (or PS) file, though.


--
/Thomas Michanek, FrameMaker/UNIX/MIF expert
mailto:Thomas.Michanek@telia.com
http://go.to/framers/

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