Exporting Frame content to Word?

Report · Aug 23, 2011

Hi,

I am working on manuals that have been done in both Frame 7.2 and Word 2003 and am hoping to migrate to a newer version of Frame some day.

Right now I'm trying to update a few Word-based manuals with some content from Frame docs but it's slow and tedious.

If I cut a range of text and graphics from the Frame doc, and do a Paste Special -> RTF into Word, all I get is the text without the original formatting (the Frame styles don't survive the cut and paste). BTW, Word offers only RTF and text as methods for Paste Special. Then I have to cut and paste each graphic with Paste-> Special -> Bitmap. The SOP here is to embed all graphics rather than link them.

Can anyone advise if there is an easier way to move content from Frame to Word? If it's possible in a later release, then that would be motivation to upgrade.

Yours,

Michael F

Report · Aug 23, 2011

The filters in newer version of FM seem to have evolved slightly, but the Best Practice solution is to buy a copy of MIF2Go from omsys.com and use that to export. It's the only solution that maintains most of the look and feel of the FM documents and doesn't drop data on the floor.

Art

Report · Oct 04, 2011

we use Solid Converter PDF -> Word from Solidworks.

It works on the PDF output from your Frame and produces a 100% replica of the PDF in RTF.