FrameMaker can create the basic conversion table for you to use as a starting point.
The first step in creating a conversion table is to run the command. This creates an initial conversion table based on the styles and objects in the current file. In order to ensure that the conversion table supports all of the styles and objects in all files in a book, you need to create a file that contains examples of all styles and objects used in the book. The easy way to do this is to copy and paste the content from each file into a single file. Once you’ve got this merged file, run the Generate Conversion Table command, and you’ll have a good starting point for your conversion table.
The conversion table generated by the Generate Conversion Table command isn’t terribly useful as-is. You can apply it to a file or the entire book, but it’ll just create a nonsense structure that uses tag names that match your style and object names. The first column in the conversion table specifies the styles and objects being mapped, the second column is the element that each style or object is mapped to, and a third column (empty by default) is for an optional qualifier (discussed later). You add additional rows to the table that define element wrapping rules that let you build up the desired structure.
The table that’s created by this command will start with rows for paragraph style mapping (identified by a “P:” prefix) then rows for character styles (“C:”). After that will be rows that map other objects like cross-references (“X:”), markers (“M:”), user variables (“UV:”), and graphics (“G:”). All of these prefixes will be followed by the associated style or object name, except for the “G:” which just maps to all graphics. You’ll also see rows for tables and table “parts.” Each table format will be identified with a “T:” prefix, and then you’ll see codes with no descriptive text for each table part: “TT:” (table title), “TH:” (table head), “TB:” (table body), “TF:” (table footer, which isn’t valid in DITA), “TR:” (table row), and “TC:” (table cell).
Before doing anything serious, you may want to do is to modify the formatting and layout of the table. We suggest reducing the font size and expanding the table width by reducing the margins, then possibly adding another column for notes. This is all optional, but you’ll be spending a lot of time in this table, so make it something that’s easy remember.
A conversion table may be broken into multiple tables to make it easier for you to organize the processing rules, as defined by each row in the table. In general, there are two fundamental groups of rules, mapping rules and wrapping rules. The mapping rules create the base element from a style or object, and wrapping rules will wrap existing elements in more elements.