The user interface is likely to be the biggest thing you'll need to
learn/re-learn, but nothing has gone away -- just several new tools added.
So your 7 skills should transfer pretty easily.

Things to be aware of:

   - FM adopted unicode character support in v 8, so you may have to redo
   some special characters. Note that full unicode support may require fonts
   that include unicode characters. Usually not a big deal, but something to
   watch.
   - If I were you, I'd make an archive copy of my 7 books as they are
   before converting any of them. I've also found that after converting them to
   the 9 file format, it's a good idea to save the files as MIF and then open
   and save those as .FM files. Cleans up any odd characters or anomalies.  You
   can do this by the book with a free utility from Omsys.com that's included
   with their MIF2GO free eval. Stays on the system even if you don't buy.
   - Don't trust SaveAs PDF any further than you can throw it.
   - If you haven't already installed the Microsoft PS printer hotfix on
   your SP systems, do so:
   http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909
   -- it applies to all PS printers, including the logical PDF.


Art Campbell
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On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Lynn Durell <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My company are about to upgrade us from FM7.1 to FM9.0 (Win XP).
>
> Can anyone point me to a getting started guide or similar for FM 9.0, or
> other useful help for getting going with FM 9.0?
>
> Thanks very much,
> Lynn
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