## 6.4 Converting a FrameMaker book to print RTF

Word becomes unstable at much smaller document sizes than are typical for FrameMaker books. Combining FrameMaker files into a single RTF file usually results in a file that crashes Word. Word is limited to a maximum of about 150 pages per file, though you might get away with larger files, or fail with smaller files. So merging the (usually larger) FrameMaker files is a risky proposition. This is true especially if FrameMaker files contain graphics; Word keeps a local copy of every referenced graphic in the document file, so file sizes can become huge very quickly.

If you really must produce a single RTF file from a FrameMaker book, you can do so:

• in FrameMaker before conversion:

§2.5.6 Producing a single output file from a FrameMaker book

• in Word after conversion:

§6.16.4 Combining RTF files into a Word master document.

| 6.3 Adjusting output for different versions of Word |  | 6.5 Specifying document layout options |