To add to my initial "upgrade" I will say that the click/drag bug was there in some way in many versions. I would select a text frame, resize... crash. I'd hold the button down, say a prayer, hope for the best... crash.
I found workarounds, but it just was a headache to do it every time. When it crashed I was upset (see, nice and polite word) and expressed it (with words that were NOT as nice and polite), and loved it when the bugs got fixed. I have some clients still on versions 5 or 6 (and 7, 8, etc) but upgrading is pretty simple in most cases, and the value in some incremental stuff may not be there (some people stay with version X since version X+1 had minor changes). However, jumping from a single digit version (7, 8, 9) to 2017 is a major change. If you do it, prepare to be frustrated by things moving on menus, but the majority of the functions are still there. With 2017 there is enough (press F7 almost anywhere to get a contextual menu of 'things you can do') that makes it a major update, plus the first full quarterly patch is out so initial bugs are resolved. Sure, there are still some things to deal with, but it is a lot smoother than previous versions. Sounds weird to describe it as such, but that's the best I have early in the day. You can always download the trial, test it, and then decide. Like any new product there will be the times you say "where is THAT thing I want", but it is pretty sweet once it's running. Plus, if it does NOT do what you want, just go back to the previous. As always, back up files before doing work, and track what you do to ensure you can re-do it if you really need it in an older version. Plus, there is always MIF. Mileage will vary, but do consider the work to maintain a VM (I run a few of them myself) as well as older software and the lack of support for them after 5 or 10+ years of development into newer products. Hope that helps a bit. Bernard -----Original Message----- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+bernard=publishingsmarter....@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Caroline Tabach Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 8:55 AM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Crashes When I first moved to Windows 7 I did not even manage to install Frame 7.2 with all of the patches. We used an XP emulator and it worked very well In addition, instead of dragging with a mouse, you can select text by clicking at the beginning and pressing shift and at the end (instead of dragging). This often works much better Caroline Tabach Technical/Marcom Writer T. +972-77-7745-042 -----Original Message----- From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+caroline=radcom....@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 4:43 AM To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software. <framers@lists.frameusers.com> Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 7.2 Crashes If you're not running it in Windows XP Mode, try that. It worked for me. Download it here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh859554.aspx Installation instructions (with an outdated download link) here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx%3Fid=8002 On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Dennis Brunnenmeyer <dennis.brunnenme...@gmail.com> wrote: > Windows 7 Professional, 64-bit. > > On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 6:31 PM, Robert Lauriston > <rob...@lauriston.com> > wrote: > >> Which version of Windows are you running? _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com