Best methods for creating e-books from FrameMaker 10 (TCS 3.5)

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December 19, 2011
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I would like to know your thoughts on which of the following methods is the best, and easiest, way to create e-books from FrameMaker. I will most likely be using Calibre to do the file conversion.

(1) Using File > Publish > ePub to create an ePub file, which can then be imported into Calibre.

(2) Using the File > Save Book As > HTM command (which creates a separate HTML file for each FM file), editing the HTML files in RoboHelp (or another HTML editing tool), then importing all of the HTML files into Calibre.

Note that when I published to HTML from FM, it appears that only an output file was created from RoboHelp, as I could not find any HTML files were actually created. Is that the case, or was I just not looking for the HTML files in the right place?

If anyone has any other recommendations, please let me know! Thanks!

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Anonymous

I linked the FrameMaker book to RoboHelp, then generated an ePub file from RoboHelp, and have a couple of issues.

(1) When I open the ePub file in Calibre and Adobe Digital Editions, there is no contents section within the book. The only contents is the contents in the navigation bar. How do I generate a contents to appear in the front of the ebook, or do I have to create that manually in RH? I did specify the settings in RH to convert the FM contents.

(2) The ePub file looks much better in Calibre than Adobe Digital Editions. Should I be concerned about this? Which viewer should I rely on?

Jeff_Coatsworth

Community Expert

Since you've got TCS, why not go FM - RH - ePub?

Arnis Gubins

Inspiring

1. You could also try out Frank Elmore's (the creator of FrameScript) new ePubFM plug-in. See: http://elmsoftonline.com/

2. Using mif2go to create better HTML and a stable workflow to Calibre and Sigil is also worth checking out. See: http://www.omsys.com/dcl/mif2go_main.htm