RE: Frame 8-compatible file format?

2015-01-08 Thread Rick Quatro
-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of mkopen Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 11:22 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Frame 8-compatible file format? I transfer files between Frame 12 and Frame 8 every week without a problem; in Frame 12, I save as v.12 *.mif. These mif file

Re: Frame 8-compatible file format?

2015-01-07 Thread mkopen
I transfer files between Frame 12 and Frame 8 every week without a problem; in Frame 12, I save as v.12 *.mif. These mif file open reliably in Frame 8 every time (and Unicode encoding is maintained, as was pointed out already). -- The message console lets you admire all that nutritious Frame 12

RE: Frame 8-compatible file format?

2015-01-06 Thread Rick Quatro
: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Michael Norton Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 1:29 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Frame 8-compatible file format? Hi Lise, In FrameMaker v12, there are two options for saving

Re: Frame 8-compatible file format?

2015-01-06 Thread Robert Lauriston
FrameMaker just ignores any MIF tags it doesn't recognize, so there should be no problem opening MIF 12 in FM8. I've gone between many different FM versions and never had a problem. As Rick notes FM 12 MIF 12 FM 8 is a better choice than FM 12 MIF 7 FM 8.

Re: Frame 8-compatible file format?

2015-01-06 Thread Lise Bible
Thanks, Barbara! And yes, I got to that link from a google search of framemaker 12 save as framemaker 8 so I just copied and pasted that address, but when I click on the link from my e-mail below, I can't get to it either. Weird. Here it is the long way, via google:

Re: Frame 8-compatible file format?

2015-01-06 Thread Michael Norton
Hi Lise, In FrameMaker v12, there are two options for saving in MIF format: MIF 12.0 (*.mif) MIF 7.0 (*.mif) I don't have FrameMaker v8 installed, but I would think you would want files saved in MIF 7.0 format. I do go between FMv10 and FMv12 fairly often and that is the format I use. Hope

RE: Frame 8-compatible file format?

2015-01-06 Thread Rick Quatro
Hi Lise, In later versions of FrameMaker, there are two MIF versions you can choose: MIF #.#, where #.# is the current FrameMaker version you are saving from and MIF 7.0, which is the pre-unicode version of MIF. You don't want MIF 7.0, you want the current version. So, if they are using

RE: Frame 8-compatible file format?

2015-01-06 Thread Craig, Alison
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lise Bible Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 8:25 AM To: Barbara Ash Cc: Post Framers Subject: Re: Frame 8-compatible file format? Thanks, Barbara! And yes, I got to that link from a google search of framemaker 12 save as framemaker 8 so I just