[possible idiot question] Can DITA 8 live in FM 7?

Has anyone tried creating a DITA document in FM 8, saving as FM 7 MIF, and then opening in unstructured 7.1 / 2? Can the 7.x user make text edits (not wholesale reformatting or tag changes) without trashing the hidden DITA structure and data? Thanks, Art -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ...

Re: [possible idiot question] Can DITA 8 live in FM 7?

Hi Art... Opening a structured document in unstructured mode will wipe out all of the structure. However, you can save an FM8 DITA file to an FM7 or MIF7 file and open it in FM7.x (as long as structured mode is enabled), make edits, then reopen in FM8 and save back to XML. It's possible that

[possible idiot question] Can DITA 8 live in FM 7?

Has anyone tried creating a DITA document in FM 8, saving as FM 7 MIF, and then opening in unstructured 7.1 / 2? Can the 7.x user make text edits (not wholesale reformatting or tag changes) without trashing the "hidden" DITA structure and data? Thanks, Art -- Art Campbell art.campbell at

[possible idiot question] Can DITA 8 live in FM 7?

Hi Art... Opening a structured document in unstructured mode will wipe out all of the structure. However, you can save an FM8 DITA file to an FM7 or MIF7 file and open it in FM7.x (as long as structured mode is enabled), make edits, then reopen in FM8 and save back to XML. It's possible that