Re: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version
What kind of XML will you have to produce and what plugins are not working? FrameMaker doesn't really have templates. You just open an .fm or .book file in a newer version and it's converted. I've opened FM6 in FM10 without problems. We use the word template loosely to mean the character and paragraph tags, stuff on the Master and Reference pages, etc. (everything that can be imported other than content). On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 9:11 AM, MacDonald, Helen hmacdon...@ptitechnologies.com wrote: It sounds like with the patch I can stay with FM8 and everything should go on as usual. Since I haven't yet had to produce XML I do not know how that will go. So far I have only had to deliver pdfs. My biggest concern is using the Template (created with FM6) with a newer version of FM. I don't understand the relationship between the template and the version of software that it was created with. Whether or not this even matters? I was under the impression it did matter. Or it matters because the plugins do not work. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version
Oh, I missed that you're using structured FrameMaker. That does have templates. If the plugins were broken by the switch from FM6 to FM8, post the names of the plugins. Some might appear in the menu, others you might identify only by looking in the fminit\plugins directory. It's possible your company has a custom setup that's not compatible with FM8 or any later version. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version
Unless you are just using FrameMaker as a hobby, I would go for the current version (Frame12). Trying to deliver work on an obsolete unsupported version asking for trouble. For instance, you might need to open a .fm file from a colleague - and if that file is from Frames 9, 10, 11 and 12, you can't. A Microsoft update patch might break something in Frame8, and it won't be fixed. And you will also be missing out on various new features (Google What's New FrameMaker N where N = 9 to 12 ;) ) David -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 08:21:25 -0700 From: Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com To: MacDonald, Helen hmacdon...@ptitechnologies.com, framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version Message-ID: CAN3Yy4BuJH9keRa0tFi+SZG-hJfMR7=mqqlkbteguwg_oho...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I wish I had a copy of FrameMaker 8, it is in many ways superior to later versions, especially if you prefer keyboard shortcuts to the mouse. Adobe layered a badly designed UI on top in FM9, the new UI broke a lot of things, they never fixed them. They've added some useful features but fundamentally it hasn't changed much since FM8 (which does have Unicode support). People are successfully running FM8 on Windows 7, personally I'd try it before switching to a newer version. On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 9:53 AM, MacDonald, Helen hmacdon...@ptitechnologies.com wrote: Hi Framers, *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys Limited, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please select the Legal Entities link at invensys.com. Invensys Limited is owned by the Schneider-Electric Group. You may contact Invensys Limited on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version
Maybe there is somebody out their who can sell Robert their copy of FM 8 via a license transfer and then use that money to buy a new FM 12 license. (Or, better yet, work a swap via license transfer with him. I think he's on FM10.) Craig From: david.da...@non.schneider-electric.com To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 02:55:15 -0500 Subject: RE: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version Unless you are just using FrameMaker as a hobby, I would go for the current version (Frame12). Trying to deliver work on an obsolete unsupported version asking for trouble. For instance, you might need to open a .fm file from a colleague - and if that file is from Frames 9, 10, 11 and 12, you can't. A Microsoft update patch might break something in Frame8, and it won't be fixed. And you will also be missing out on various new features (Google What's New FrameMaker N where N = 9 to 12 ;) ) David -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 08:21:25 -0700 From: Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com To: MacDonald, Helen hmacdon...@ptitechnologies.com, framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version Message-ID: CAN3Yy4BuJH9keRa0tFi+SZG-hJfMR7=mqqlkbteguwg_oho...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I wish I had a copy of FrameMaker 8, it is in many ways superior to later versions, especially if you prefer keyboard shortcuts to the mouse. Adobe layered a badly designed UI on top in FM9, the new UI broke a lot of things, they never fixed them. They've added some useful features but fundamentally it hasn't changed much since FM8 (which does have Unicode support). People are successfully running FM8 on Windows 7, personally I'd try it before switching to a newer version. On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 9:53 AM, MacDonald, Helen hmacdon...@ptitechnologies.com wrote: Hi Framers, ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version
Helen, you can install the 30 day trial of Frame 12 from Adobe's site, and test your templates in it. I would expect them to still work, however. David _ -Original Message- From: MacDonald, Helen [mailto:hmacdon...@ptitechnologies.com] Sent: 20 May 2014 17:04 To: Davis, David Subject: RE: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version Thanks to everyone replying to my question. Well, I am definitely not using this for a hobby...can't think of any hobby that would involve FM. (No offense intended.) I am still not convinced which route to take - stay with FM8 or upgrade. It sounds like with the patch I can stay with FM8 and everything should go on as usual. Since I haven't yet had to produce XML I do not know how that will go. So far I have only had to deliver pdfs. My biggest concern is using the Template (created with FM6) with a newer version of FM. I don't understand the relationship between the template and the version of software that it was created with. Whether or not this even matters? I was under the impression it did matter. Or it matters because the plugins do not work. Having the latest software is usually a good thing but if it messes up all of the manuals I have created it would not be so good! Any further insight will be appreciated. Helen MacDonald PTI Technologies Inc. -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Davis, David Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 12:55 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version Unless you are just using FrameMaker as a hobby, I would go for the current version (Frame12). Trying to deliver work on an obsolete unsupported version asking for trouble. For instance, you might need to open a .fm file from a colleague - and if that file is from Frames 9, 10, 11 and 12, you can't. A Microsoft update patch might break something in Frame8, and it won't be fixed. And you will also be missing out on various new features (Google What's New FrameMaker N where N = 9 to 12 ;) ) David -- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 08:21:25 -0700 From: Robert Lauriston rob...@lauriston.com To: MacDonald, Helen hmacdon...@ptitechnologies.com, framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version Message-ID: CAN3Yy4BuJH9keRa0tFi+SZG-hJfMR7=mqqlkbteguwg_oho...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I wish I had a copy of FrameMaker 8, it is in many ways superior to later versions, especially if you prefer keyboard shortcuts to the mouse. Adobe layered a badly designed UI on top in FM9, the new UI broke a lot of things, they never fixed them. They've added some useful features but fundamentally it hasn't changed much since FM8 (which does have Unicode support). People are successfully running FM8 on Windows 7, personally I'd try it before switching to a newer version. On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 9:53 AM, MacDonald, Helen hmacdon...@ptitechnologies.com wrote: Hi Framers, *** Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any associated or attached files, is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This e-mail is confidential and may well also be legally privileged. If you have received it in error, you are on notice of its status. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and then delete this message from your system. Please do not copy it or use it for any purposes, or disclose its contents to any other person. This email comes from a division of the Invensys Group, owned by Invensys Limited, which is a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 3rd Floor, 40 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7AW (Registered number 166023). For a list of European legal entities within the Invensys Group, please select the Legal Entities link at invensys.com. Invensys Limited is owned by the Schneider-Electric Group. You may contact Invensys Limited on +44 (0)20 3155 1200 or e-mail recept...@invensys.com. This e-mail and any attachments thereto may be subject to the terms of any agreements between Invensys (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates) and the recipient (and/or its subsidiaries and affiliates). ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as hmacdon...@ptitechnologies.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/hmacdonald%40ptitechnologies.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info
RE: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version
Thanks to everyone replying to my question. Well, I am definitely not using this for a hobby...can't think of any hobby that would involve FM. (No offense intended.) I am still not convinced which route to take - stay with FM8 or upgrade. It sounds like with the patch I can stay with FM8 and everything should go on as usual. Since I haven't yet had to produce XML I do not know how that will go. So far I have only had to deliver pdfs. My biggest concern is using the Template (created with FM6) with a newer version of FM. I don't understand the relationship between the template and the version of software that it was created with. Whether or not this even matters? I was under the impression it did matter. Or it matters because the plugins do not work. Having the latest software is usually a good thing but if it messes up all of the manuals I have created it would not be so good! Any further insight will be appreciated. Helen MacDonald PTI Technologies Inc. Hi Framers, I am presently using structured FrameMaker version 8 on Windows XP. (And we seem to have lost the original software disks.) Writing commercial airlines manuals using a template created for FrameMaker 6. And using SDI software to create the cgm graphics from eps files. I have not had any problems using the template but plugins do not work. I have not tried to output as XML so I don't know how that will go. I have only been using FrameMaker for a little over a year and am the only TW in my company. My company wants to move me off of XP to Windows 7. And is looking to upgrade the FrameMaker to either version 10, 11, or 12. (These are the versions they can find to buy legal licenses with.) Does anyone know if there will be any issues with a template created for FrameMaker 6 running on these newer versions? Since I am fairly new to FM I don't cause myself extra grief. I have opened a file (that I created in FM 8) in a trial version of FM 12 and it looks okay but I don't know if there are things going on behind the scenes. Are there things I should be looking for? What issues might I have? Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time, Helen MacDonald PTI Technologies Inc. CONFIDENTIALITY/COMPLIANCE NOTICE: The information in this communication may be confidential, and is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. You are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, to any other party, is strictly prohibited. The contents may contain Technical Data that is controlled by the ITAR, 22CFR parts 120 to 130, or EAR, 15CFR parts 730 to 772, and therefore should not be disclosed to a non-U.S. person, or entity, in the U.S. or abroad. If you have received this communication in error, please return it to the sender immediately and delete the original message and any copy of it from your computer system. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version
The FM10 license belongs to the company that bought my old employer. I haven't upgraded my personal copy since FM6 since I haven't needed it for freelancing since then. Unless and until it's possible to integrate FrameMaker with a wiki, I can't see using it again except for legacy docs. On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:13 AM, Craig Ede craig...@hotmail.com wrote: Maybe there is somebody out their who can sell Robert their copy of FM 8 via a license transfer and then use that money to buy a new FM 12 license. (Or, better yet, work a swap via license transfer with him. I think he's on FM10.) ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version
I wish I had a copy of FrameMaker 8, it is in many ways superior to later versions, especially if you prefer keyboard shortcuts to the mouse. Adobe layered a badly designed UI on top in FM9, the new UI broke a lot of things, they never fixed them. They've added some useful features but fundamentally it hasn't changed much since FM8 (which does have Unicode support). People are successfully running FM8 on Windows 7, personally I'd try it before switching to a newer version. On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 9:53 AM, MacDonald, Helen hmacdon...@ptitechnologies.com wrote: Hi Framers, I am presently using structured FrameMaker version 8 on Windows XP. (And we seem to have lost the original software disks.) Writing commercial airlines manuals using a template created for FrameMaker 6. And using SDI software to create the cgm graphics from eps files. I have not had any problems using the template but plugins do not work. I have not tried to output as XML so I don’t know how that will go. I have only been using FrameMaker for a little over a year and am the only TW in my company. My company wants to move me off of XP to Windows 7. And is looking to upgrade the FrameMaker to either version 10, 11, or 12. (These are the versions they can find to buy legal licenses with.) Does anyone know if there will be any issues with a template created for FrameMaker 6 running on these newer versions? Since I am fairly new to FM I don’t cause myself extra grief. I have opened a file (that I created in FM 8) in a trial version of FM 12 and it looks okay but I don’t know if there are things going on behind the scenes. Are there things I should be looking for? What issues might I have? Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time, Helen MacDonald PTI Technologies Inc. CONFIDENTIALITY/COMPLIANCE NOTICE: The information in this communication may be confidential, and is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. You are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, to any other party, is strictly prohibited. The contents may contain Technical Data that is controlled by the ITAR, 22CFR parts 120 to 130, or EAR, 15CFR parts 730 to 772, and therefore should not be disclosed to a non-U.S. person, or entity, in the U.S. or abroad. If you have received this communication in error, please return it to the sender immediately and delete the original message and any copy of it from your computer system. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as rob...@lauriston.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/robert%40lauriston.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version
F8 and F9 are working again in FM11. There is a slight delay the first time you use one of them, but other than that they are OK. Shmuel Wolfson Technical Writer 052-763-7133 On 16-May-14 6:21 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote: I wish I had a copy of FrameMaker 8, it is in many ways superior to later versions, especially if you prefer keyboard shortcuts to the mouse. Adobe layered a badly designed UI on top in FM9, the new UI broke a lot of things, they never fixed them. They've added some useful features but fundamentally it hasn't changed much since FM8 (which does have Unicode support). People are successfully running FM8 on Windows 7, personally I'd try it before switching to a newer version. On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 9:53 AM, MacDonald, Helen hmacdon...@ptitechnologies.com wrote: Hi Framers, I am presently using structured FrameMaker version 8 on Windows XP. (And we seem to have lost the original software disks.) Writing commercial airlines manuals using a template created for FrameMaker 6. And using SDI software to create the cgm graphics from eps files. I have not had any problems using the template but plugins do not work. I have not tried to output as XML so I don’t know how that will go. I have only been using FrameMaker for a little over a year and am the only TW in my company. My company wants to move me off of XP to Windows 7. And is looking to upgrade the FrameMaker to either version 10, 11, or 12. (These are the versions they can find to buy legal licenses with.) Does anyone know if there will be any issues with a template created for FrameMaker 6 running on these newer versions? Since I am fairly new to FM I don’t cause myself extra grief. I have opened a file (that I created in FM 8) in a trial version of FM 12 and it looks okay but I don’t know if there are things going on behind the scenes. Are there things I should be looking for? What issues might I have? Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time, Helen MacDonald PTI Technologies Inc. CONFIDENTIALITY/COMPLIANCE NOTICE: The information in this communication may be confidential, and is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. You are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, to any other party, is strictly prohibited. The contents may contain Technical Data that is controlled by the ITAR, 22CFR parts 120 to 130, or EAR, 15CFR parts 730 to 772, and therefore should not be disclosed to a non-U.S. person, or entity, in the U.S. or abroad. If you have received this communication in error, please return it to the sender immediately and delete the original message and any copy of it from your computer system. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as rob...@lauriston.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/robert%40lauriston.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as shmue...@gmail.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/shmuelw1%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version
Hi Framers, I am presently using structured FrameMaker version 8 on Windows XP. (And we seem to have lost the original software disks.) Writing commercial airlines manuals using a template created for FrameMaker 6. And using SDI software to create the cgm graphics from eps files. I have not had any problems using the template but plugins do not work. I have not tried to output as XML so I don't know how that will go. I have only been using FrameMaker for a little over a year and am the only TW in my company. My company wants to move me off of XP to Windows 7. And is looking to upgrade the FrameMaker to either version 10, 11, or 12. (These are the versions they can find to buy legal licenses with.) Does anyone know if there will be any issues with a template created for FrameMaker 6 running on these newer versions? Since I am fairly new to FM I don't cause myself extra grief. I have opened a file (that I created in FM 8) in a trial version of FM 12 and it looks okay but I don't know if there are things going on behind the scenes. Are there things I should be looking for? What issues might I have? Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time, Helen MacDonald PTI Technologies Inc. CONFIDENTIALITY/COMPLIANCE NOTICE: The information in this communication may be confidential, and is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. You are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, to any other party, is strictly prohibited. The contents may contain Technical Data that is controlled by the ITAR, 22CFR parts 120 to 130, or EAR, 15CFR parts 730 to 772, and therefore should not be disclosed to a non-U.S. person, or entity, in the U.S. or abroad. If you have received this communication in error, please return it to the sender immediately and delete the original message and any copy of it from your computer system. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version
You've already done the important step of testing out your FM8 material in a 12 trial - your biggest changes will be the new UI and perhaps old fonts - Unicode came in there somewhere around FM7/8. From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of MacDonald, Helen Sent: May-14-14 12:54 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version Hi Framers, I am presently using structured FrameMaker version 8 on Windows XP. (And we seem to have lost the original software disks.) Writing commercial airlines manuals using a template created for FrameMaker 6. And using SDI software to create the cgm graphics from eps files. I have not had any problems using the template but plugins do not work. I have not tried to output as XML so I don't know how that will go. I have only been using FrameMaker for a little over a year and am the only TW in my company. My company wants to move me off of XP to Windows 7. And is looking to upgrade the FrameMaker to either version 10, 11, or 12. (These are the versions they can find to buy legal licenses with.) Does anyone know if there will be any issues with a template created for FrameMaker 6 running on these newer versions? Since I am fairly new to FM I don't cause myself extra grief. I have opened a file (that I created in FM 8) in a trial version of FM 12 and it looks okay but I don't know if there are things going on behind the scenes. Are there things I should be looking for? What issues might I have? Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time, Helen MacDonald PTI Technologies Inc. CONFIDENTIALITY/COMPLIANCE NOTICE: The information in this communication may be confidential, and is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. You are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, to any other party, is strictly prohibited. The contents may contain Technical Data that is controlled by the ITAR, 22CFR parts 120 to 130, or EAR, 15CFR parts 730 to 772, and therefore should not be disclosed to a non-U.S. person, or entity, in the U.S. or abroad. If you have received this communication in error, please return it to the sender immediately and delete the original message and any copy of it from your computer system. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version
Your FM8 templates should work fine in FM12 and you've already discovered that some plugins will need updates to work. You said you lost your FM8 disk. It probably wouldn't work anyway, since there was a Windows change that broke it. You can download a fixed version of the installation file (labeled as XP SP3 fix) here: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=22platform=Windows You would, of course, need your license key to install it. If you've lost that, you should be able to get it from your My Adobe account. Otherwise, the free Belarc Advisor can retrieve it for you. Mike Wickham On 5/14/2014 11:53 AM, MacDonald, Helen wrote: Hi Framers, I am presently using structured FrameMaker version 8 on Windows XP. (And we seem to have lost the original software disks.) Writing commercial airlines manuals using a template created for FrameMaker 6. And using SDI software to create the cgm graphics from eps files. I have not had any problems using the template but plugins do not work. I have not tried to output as XML so I don't know how that will go. I have only been using FrameMaker for a little over a year and am the only TW in my company. My company wants to move me off of XP to Windows 7. And is looking to upgrade the FrameMaker to either version 10, 11, or 12. (These are the versions they can find to buy legal licenses with.) Does anyone know if there will be any issues with a template created for FrameMaker 6 running on these newer versions? Since I am fairly new to FM I don't cause myself extra grief. I have opened a file (that I created in FM 8) in a trial version of FM 12 and it looks okay but I don't know if there are things going on behind the scenes. Are there things I should be looking for? What issues might I have? Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time, Helen MacDonald PTI Technologies Inc. CONFIDENTIALITY/COMPLIANCE NOTICE: The information in this communication may be confidential, and is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. You are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, to any other party, is strictly prohibited. The contents may contain Technical Data that is controlled by the ITAR, 22CFR parts 120 to 130, or EAR, 15CFR parts 730 to 772, and therefore should not be disclosed to a non-U.S. person, or entity, in the U.S. or abroad. If you have received this communication in error, please return it to the sender immediately and delete the original message and any copy of it from your computer system. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as i...@mikewickham.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/info%40mikewickham.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
