FM8 backward compatibility

2007-09-06 Thread Jon Harvey
Everyone, I have one person on my team who plans to upgrade to FM8. The rest of us have either 7.0, 7.1, or 7.2. Is there an issue with compatibility if she saves files as FM8? Can FM8 save files in version 7.x? If she saves her files in 8.0 and we find we can open them, are there still

Re: FM8 backward compatibility

2007-09-06 Thread Alan Houser
FrameMaker 7.x cannot open FrameMaker 8 binary files. However, FrameMaker 8 can save files in FrameMaker 7 binary or MIF format for backwards compatibility. From a practical perspective, in mixed-version environments (e.g. FM7.x and FM8), I've found that it's Really Easy to Forget to Save As

RE: FM8 backward compatibility

2007-09-06 Thread Kelly McDaniel
, September 06, 2007 8:50 AM To: Framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: FM8 backward compatibility Everyone, I have one person on my team who plans to upgrade to FM8. The rest of us have either 7.0, 7.1, or 7.2. Is there an issue with compatibility if she saves files as FM8? Can FM8 save files

FM8 backward compatibility

2007-09-06 Thread Jon Harvey
Everyone, I have one person on my team who plans to upgrade to FM8. The rest of us have either 7.0, 7.1, or 7.2. Is there an issue with compatibility if she saves files as FM8? Can FM8 save files in version 7.x? If she saves her files in 8.0 and we find we can open them, are there still

FM8 backward compatibility

2007-09-06 Thread Kelly McDaniel
+kmcdaniel=pavtech.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harvey Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 8:50 AM To: Framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: FM8 backward compatibility Everyone, I have one person on my team who plans to upgrade to FM8. The rest of us have either 7.0, 7.1, or 7.2