RE: FIles of old FM versions

2006-08-23 Thread Gagne, Bernard (Bolton)
] [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

Re: FIles of old FM versions

2006-08-23 Thread Peter Gold
Apologies if this is a duplicate - I had an email problem and it's not clear if this was sent properly. 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

Re: FIles of old FM versions

2006-08-22 Thread Art Campbell
I think you may not have been able to open your old file because of file corruption, not because FM 7 can't -- it certainly can. FM is backward compatible through all versions. What error messages do you get when you attempt to open it? Did you try opening the FM file with anything else? Like FM

Re: FIles of old FM versions

2006-08-22 Thread Peter Gold
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

FIles of old FM versions

2006-08-22 Thread Klaus Daube
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

FIles of old FM versions

2006-08-22 Thread Art Campbell
I think you may not have been able to open your old file because of file corruption, not because FM 7 "can't" -- it certainly can. FM is backward compatible through all versions. What error messages do you get when you attempt to open it? Did you try opening the FM file with anything else? Like FM

FIles of old FM versions

2006-08-22 Thread Peter Gold
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

FIles of old FM versions

2006-08-22 Thread Gagne, Bernard (Bolton)
+bgagne=husky...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+bgagne=husky.ca at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Peter Gold Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:42 AM To: frame at daube.ch; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FIles of old FM versions Hi, Klaus: Do you see any messages when you