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Re: Converting to word

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From: Thomas_Michanek
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:11
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I think it would help if you could explain why you need to
convert to Word and how often you need to do this.

Is someone requesting a Word version because they want to
edit the document, provide feedback or insert review comments?
In many cases, PDF is a much better distribution format.

Is this a one-time single request or will it be done regularly?
Are you expecting to perform round-tripping via Word, that is,
edit using Word and then bringing the results back into FM?
Or are you moving from FM to Word completely?

FM and Word use very different document models, and some features
are impossible to transfer or will have limited use. If you expect
to have a fully functional Word/FM document after conversion, you
will become disappointed.
Also, high-quality Word conversion is not considered an important
feature by Adobe, and so the built-in capabilities are limited.
There are much better third-party tools, such as Mif2go.

Finally, remember that FM is not to be used as either a back-end
or front-end to Word. FM is an authoring and publishing tool on
its own, and your workflow should not be dependent on Word.

-- 
/Thomas Michanek
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