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1 Getting started with Mif2Go > 1.2 What you need to know > 1.2.3 Output formats you can specify


1.2.3 Output formats you can specify

Choose from the following output formats:

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Print RTF

WinHelp RTF

HTML / XML

HTML-based Help

Intermediate formats

Word 7/95

WinHelp 3

Standard HTML

MS HTML Help

FrameMaker MIF

Word 8/97+

WinHelp 4/95

XHTML

JavaHelp

ASCII DCL

WordPerfect

 

Generic XML

Oracle Help for Java

 

 

 

DITA XML

OmniHelp

 

 

 

DocBook XML

Eclipse Help

 

In many cases the result is ready for compilation or distribution, with no manual intervention or additional tool purchase required.

Print RTF

Mif2Go handles formats, tables, and graphics, and simulates in Word some features that FrameMaker has but Word lacks, such as sideheads. You can convert FrameMaker documents to Word or WordPerfect. However, consider this a one-way conversion: several FrameMaker features can only be simulated in these output formats. See §5 Converting to print RTF for more information.

WinHelp RTF

You can configure and generate WinHelp RTF with Mif2Go, and compile WinHelp files that need no further tweaking. Mif2Go produces all the files you need, including a TOC and a Help project file. See:

§6 Producing on-line Help

§7 Generating WinHelp.

HTML and XML

Mif2Go can produce HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.0, and XML 1.0 files from your FrameMaker document, and also create Cascading Style Sheets from your FrameMaker formats. You can include arbitrary JavaScript anywhere in HTML output. See:

§12 Converting to HTML

§13 Converting to generic XML.

DITA and DocBook

Mif2Go can produce both DITA XML and DocBook XML from unstructured (or structured) FrameMaker documents. See:

§14 Producing DITA XML

§16 Producing DocBook XML.

HTML-based Help

You can use Mif2Go to configure and generate several flavors of HTML-based Help. Mif2Go produces all the files you need, typically including TOC, Index, and a Help project file. For the two Java formats, Mif2Go prepares the map file; for HTML Help, the aliases file. See:

§6 Producing on-line Help

§8 Generating Microsoft HTML Help

§9 Generating OmniHelp

§10 Generating JavaHelp or Oracle Help

§11 Generating Eclipse Help.

Intermediate formats

You can run a Mif2Go conversion in two stages, stopping the first part of the process either when MIF files have been created or when DCL files have been created; see Figure 1-1. You can use the intermediate files for other purposes, or modify them and then run Mif2Go again to continue the conversion. See §36 Generating MIF or ASCII DCL output for more information.

Plain text

You can use the Generic XML output format to produce plain ASCII text files; see §4.2.1.4 Producing plain ASCII text output.



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