Re: QUESTION: Frame-->RTF-->RoboHELP

[Alexia Prendergast <alexiap -at- SEAGATESOFTWARE -dot- COM>]

Hi, Kathryn --

Why don't you try the Omni filter? You don't even need Robohelp at all
then -- you can do all your authoring (macros and all) in Frame. It
works great!

A.

--
Alexia Prendergast
Tech Pubs Manager
Seagate Software (Durham, NC, USA)
mailto:alexiap -at- seagatesoftware -dot- com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathryn Marshall [SMTP:kmarshall -at- MODACAD -dot- COM]
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 1997 3:57 PM
> To:   TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject:      QUESTION: Frame-->RTF-->RoboHELP
>
> I currently create online in RoboHELP by converting FrameMaker files
> to
> RTF and then importing them into RoboHELP. However, after I import the
> file, I find myself having to go through each file and perform tedious
> work like changing what used to be paragraph style XYZ (from
> FrameMaker)
> to style ABC in RoboHELP/Word.
>
> So far, I've only figured out how to convert my predefined headings
> into
> topics. Is there a way (through a Word macro) to convert other
> paragraph
> styles to those used in the RoboHELP template? This is the embarassing
> part. I never use macros and have no idea if this is possible (seems
> like it should be though). Up  until now, I've used my own system of
> doing this (preferring to tediously update the file rather than find a
> way to automate things - don't ask). But we recently hired a new
> writer
> and I think it will help to standardize things (she's also new to
> RoboHELP, so the easier the conversion process, the better).
>
> Much TIA,
> Kathryn
>
> ______________________________________
> Kathryn Marshall
> ModaCAD, Inc.          http://www.modacad.com
> 310-312-9826            mailto:kmarshall -at- modacad -dot- com
>
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