Generate HTML from FrameMaker Book
How to generate an HTML file from a FrameMaker book? I want to view the book in a Web browser.
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You can follow this tutorial to generate an HTML file from a FrameMaker book.
1. Open the FrameMaker book like FM-Book-Example.book, and click "Edit > Update Book" menu to ensure the entire book is updated.
2. Select the FrameMaker book in the book panel on the left. Then click "File > Save Book As" menu You see the "Save Book" screen.
3. Enter the PDF file name like "FM-Book-Example". And make sure that "Save as type" is set to "HTML (*.htm)".
4. Click "Save".
5. Wait for FrameMaker to finish generating the HTML file.
6. Go to the folder where the HTML file was saved. You actually see two files generated:
FM-Book-Example.htm - Contains HTML code for the book FM-Book-Example.css - Contains display CSS styles
7. Open FM-Book-Example.htm in a Web Browser. You see that the page layout is removed. But text formatting attributes are maintained.
8. Open the HTML file in a text editor. You see how the book content is organized.
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"><HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Adobe FrameMaker 2016/HTML Export Filter"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="FM-Book-Example.css" CHARSET="UTF-8" TYPE="text/css"> <TITLE> Chapter 1. Introduction</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY> <P CLASS="Heading1TOC"> <A NAME="50556940_pgfId-309336"></A> <A HREF="FM-Book-Example.htm#50556929_pgfId-998390" CLASS="Index"> Chapter 1. Introduction 1</A></P> <P CLASS="Heading1TOC"> <A NAME="50556940_pgfId-309338"></A> <A HREF="FM-Book-Example.htm#50556933_pgfId-998394" CLASS="Index"> Chapter 2. Basics 1</A></P> <P CLASS="Heading1TOC"> <A NAME="50556940_pgfId-309340"></A> <A HREF="FM-Book-Example.htm#50556936_pgfId-998394" CLASS="Index"> Chapter 3. Summary 1</A></P> <DIV> <H2 CLASS="Heading1"> <A NAME="50556929_pgfId-998390"></A>Chapter 1. Introduction</H2> <P CLASS="Body"> <A NAME="50556929_pgfId-998451"></A> </P> <P CLASS="Body"> <A NAME="50556929_pgfId-998455"></A>This is our first FrameMaker book. A FrameMaker book is a special document created in FrameMaker and saved in FrameMaker book format (.book).</P> <P CLASS="Body"> <A NAME="50556929_pgfId-998510"></A> </P> ...
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