We have a lot of tables, that we'd like to maintain outside of FrameMaker (we're using FM9). I've been trying to figure out the best way to do it, and using the Import>File>Convert option seems like the best.
However, my question is what is best practice for the type of files we use? At first it seemed like using Excel and saving as a .csv or tab-delimited text file would be easiest. But there doesn't seem to be a .csv convert option and setting "," as the delimiter means we can't use commas inside the cell content. And it seems to import tab-delimited cells that contain a comma inside quotes.
It seems like the other option would be to use HTML for the table content. We are new to all this stuff, so using HTML would add to the learning curve, but I can push it through if it's best practice/will make the cleanest conversions. Or is there a way to use Excel that converts cleanly that I just haven't figured out?
Any thoughts would be appreciated!