Importing from word to Framemaker

[ArunKrChannappa]

Hi,

I am new to Adobe framemaker & i have a set of word document which i want to convert it into framemaker document. After importing the word document, all my images are enlarged, different to that appeared in word format. How can i import both content & image without disturbing the image size. I have prepared a standard template but the problem is the image getting enlareged after import.

Please help!

[FrameMaker-dk]

To my knowledge, you can't properly control the image sizes on import. What you CAN do, is to create object styles with a number of predefined scalings. So when you have imported your document into FrameMaker, you can click on each image and apply an object style. to the anchored frame and to the image residing in the frame.  The succes of such an operation rests on the images having a systematic scaling.

[ArunKrChannappa]

@FrameMaker-dk  Thank you for you suggestion & i will give a try.

[Barb Binder]

Hi @ArunKrChannappa. Welcome to the Community!

As a best practice, we link graphics to our FrameMaker documentation, not copy/embed them. When the graphics are included in the Word doc, they will be embedded. Each graphic increases the file size and eventually, the FrameMaker file will become bloated and sluggish. Here's a trick that will save you before you get too far down that road...

• Make a copy of the Word document. 
• Change the file extension of the copy from .docx to .zip and then unzip the file. 
• Inside the unzipped file, there is a media folder, with all of the individual graphics that were part of the .docx file.
• Now you can move the images to your project folder and begin the process of importing those back into the FrameMaker file, sizing as you go. 
• Be sure to take advantage Bjørn's excellent advice and work with object styles. You'll thank him (and yourself) at the end of the layout. 

As a new FrameMaker user, I want to share my standard advice: FrameMaker is not hard to use, but it is hard to teach yourself. Consider locating a training class and invest in training before you go much further. And if you haven't found this video series, you may find the link below worthwhile. These videos are meant to supplement formal training and not replace it, but you find some of them useful until you can find a class. 

https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-framemaker-webinars/ 

~Barb

[ArunKrChannappa]

@Barb BinderThank you for the suggestion. Today if i am using Adobe Framemaker that is just because of your webinars which is absolutely engaging the whole time. I have finished first 5 parts & yet to complete the rest (5 Parts). Once again i thank you for the 10 parts of tutorial webinars. I will be happy if i can find more.

[Barb Binder]

Well, that made my day! 😊

~Barb

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

Being in a similar situation years ago, I found the trick of copying from the Word doc and pasting into my FM docs as plain text, then applying tags to the content. It produced a cleaner set of tags/styles in the content. To force the paste (Ctl-V) to always paste as plain text, edit your copy of the maker.ini file (it's hiding in your C:\users\{user_name}\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\FRameMaker\{version}\ folder) and change the: 
[Preferences]
ClipboardFormatsPriorities=TEXT, FILE, MIFW, MIF, RTF, OLE 2, META, EMF, DIB, BMP, UNICODE TEXT

to have TEXT listed at the start of that string.

[FrameMaker-dk]

This is good advice and a process I also prefer. It definitely IS possible to use the Word import filter and have a good result, but in my experience stuff like - especially - images, and tables tend to create issues. And the import of a lot of unused styles can be an annoyance.

[ArunKrChannappa]

@Jeff_Coatsworth Thanks for the suggestion. I had tried that but as @FrameMaker-dk said the images & tables are creating issues which are oversized along with some tables will be filled with black in color instead of text/content..