Hi everyone, If I'm not mistaken, for that technique to work you must have at least one document open in Frame. It can be a new blank document. Regards,
Berny Gagné Lead Technical Writer Husky Injection Molding Systems Bolton, Ontario, Canada -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Gold Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FIles of old FM versions Hi, Klaus: Do you see any messages when you try to open the file? FrameMaker 7.x can read FrameMaker files as far back as 4.x, I believe. Your file may be corrupted. One technique that might help is called "OpenHeroic." This bypasses FrameMaker's validation checks that are usually performed when opening a file. You perform it with these keystrokes: * Tap and release Escape * Tap and release lowercase o * Tap and release uppercase H * Locate the file in the openFile dialog box. Klaus Daube wrote: > I came across the problem of opening an FM 5.5.6 file in FM 7 - which is not > possible. Fortunately the file was short and I could reconstruct it from its > paper form. Anyhow some content had to be updated. > > How to get really old FM versions (set of diskettes)? > > With a virtual environment or an old Windows 3.1 machine some bootstrapping > process should be possible. > > Do you know of other means to read an old FM file? > > Well there still is the problem of reading it physically (a diskette format > no more in use, MO disks etc.). I guess that things must be reconstructed > from printed matter (scan, ocr, ...) > > BTW does anyone know the details of the header information? What does the > letter J in <MakerFile 6.0J> denote? FM 7.2 puts <MakerFile 7.0H> into the > file. > > Thanks for your ideas > > Klaus Daube > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Docu + Design Daube; Schäracher 11; CH-8053 Zürich > > Technical documentation & consultancy; On-line and paper > > Phone: +41-44-422 86 25 FAX: +41-44-422 82 78 > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.daube.ch/ > _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.