RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-12 Thread Martinek, Carla
The one compelling reason I had to upgrade to FM8 was unicode support. One of my docs was a multi-lingual safety guide, and each language had to be done separately, PDF'd on localized machines, and then each language had to be assembled into the the final book. This caused problems with some of

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-11 Thread David Creamer
I am now at the stage of re-installing FrameMaker 8 and have some questions (one a bit belated). This has been answered, but I thought I'd donate my 2 cents... 1. I assumed that FM 8 works fine on Vista (both 32-bit and 64-bit). Is this accurate? (A bit belated of a question, I suppose, but

RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-11 Thread Syed.Hosain
I use both FM 7.2 and 8 on the same Vista 32-bit system without problems. I just open the version I want to use first. Curiosity question: I see a number of people keeping FM7.2 on their systems. Why? Wouldn't it be simpler to go to FM8 and be done with it? I don't have a need to send .fm or

RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-11 Thread Syed.Hosain
Wouldn't it be simpler to go to FM8 and be done with it? Maybe. But. - If FM 7.2 does everything you need, there might not be a reason to update. - Not everybody can get the money for updates. While it might be relatively cheap to buy a single license, the cost grows quickly when you need

Re: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-11 Thread David Creamer
On syed.hos...@aeris.net at syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote on 12/11/08 7:22 AM: Curiosity question: I see a number of people keeping FM7.2 on their systems. Why? Wouldn't it be simpler to go to FM8 and be done with it? I don't have a need to send .fm or .book files to people, but if I did, I

RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-11 Thread Syed.Hosain
I'm an Adobe trainer, so I need both versions depending on which version my client has. I also have InDesign CS2, CS3, and CS4 on my computer too. (The government is usually the last to upgrade...) Ah! Got it ... I am not sure I understand this exactly. Do you mean that when you did an FM

Re: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-11 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:22:26 -0700, syed.hos...@aeris.net wrote: Curiosity question: I see a number of people keeping FM7.2 on their systems. Why? Wouldn't it be simpler to go to FM8 and be done with it? I don't have a need to send .fm or .book files to people, but if I did, I could save it in

RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-11 Thread Syed.Hosain
Curiosity question: I see a number of people keeping FM7.2 on their systems. Why? Wouldn't it be simpler to go to FM8 and be done with it? I don't have a need to send .fm or .book files to people, but if I did, I could save it in FM7.2 format if needed (as far as I recall) from within FM

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-11 Thread David Creamer
> I am now at the stage of re-installing FrameMaker 8 and have some questions > (one a bit belated). > This has been answered, but I thought I'd donate my 2 cents... > 1. I assumed that FM 8 works fine on Vista (both 32-bit and 64-bit). Is this > accurate? (A bit belated of a question, I

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-11 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> I use both FM 7.2 and 8 on the same Vista 32-bit system without problems. > I just open the version I want to use first. Curiosity question: I see a number of people keeping FM7.2 on their systems. Why? Wouldn't it be simpler to go to FM8 and be done with it? I don't have a need to send .fm or

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-11 Thread Mike Feimster
: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ... > I use both FM 7.2 and 8 on the same Vista 32-bit system without problems. > I just open the version I want to use first. Curiosity question: I see a number of people keeping FM7.2 on their systems. Why? Wouldn't it be simpler to go to FM8 and b

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-11 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> > Wouldn't it be simpler to go to FM8 and be done with it? > Maybe. But. > - If FM 7.2 does everything you need, there might not be a reason to update. > - Not everybody can get the money for updates. While it might be relatively cheap to buy a single license, the cost grows quickly when you

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-11 Thread David Creamer
On Syed.Hosain at aeris.net at Syed.Hosain at aeris.net wrote on 12/11/08 7:22 AM: > Curiosity question: I see a number of people keeping FM7.2 on their > systems. Why? Wouldn't it be simpler to go to FM8 and be done with it? I > don't have a need to send .fm or .book files to people, but if I

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-11 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> I'm an Adobe trainer, so I need both versions depending on which version my client has. I also have InDesign CS2, CS3, and CS4 on my computer too. (The government is usually the last to upgrade...) Ah! Got it ... > > I am not sure I understand this exactly. Do you mean that when you did > > an

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-11 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:22:26 -0700, wrote: >Curiosity question: I see a number of people keeping FM7.2 on their >systems. Why? Wouldn't it be simpler to go to FM8 and be done with it? I >don't have a need to send .fm or .book files to people, but if I did, I >could save it in FM7.2 format if

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-11 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
> > Curiosity question: I see a number of people keeping FM7.2 on their > > systems. Why? Wouldn't it be simpler to go to FM8 and be done with it? I > > don't have a need to send .fm or .book files to people, but if I did, I > > could save it in FM7.2 format if needed (as far as I recall) from

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-11 Thread Martinek, Carla
The one compelling reason I had to upgrade to FM8 was unicode support. One of my docs was a multi-lingual safety guide, and each language had to be done separately, PDF'd on localized machines, and then each language had to be assembled into the the final book. This caused problems with some of

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread Syed.Hosain
Hi, all. My laptop disk drive started acting flaky, so I had to put a new drive onto the system. In this process, I rebuilt my laptop using Windows Vista rather than Windows XP. I am now at the stage of re-installing FrameMaker 8 and have some questions (one a bit belated). 1. I assumed

RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread Syed.Hosain
directory from my backups ... is there some file there that would solve this issue? Z From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Syed Zaeem Hosain ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Sent: Wed 12/10/2008 8:59 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new

Re: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread John Posada
Why don't you just contact Adobe. Think maybe they've seen this situation before? On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sigh ... yup, I was afraid of this issue. I decided to try installing it anyway and the older activation on my dead drive is preventing my activating

RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread Dov Isaacs
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ... Hi, all. My laptop disk drive started acting flaky, so I had to put a new drive onto the system. In this process, I rebuilt my laptop using Windows Vista rather than Windows XP. I am now at the stage of re

RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread Syed.Hosain
I think I will need to do that! Z From: John Posada [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 12/10/2008 9:17 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ... Why don't you just

RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread Syed.Hosain
Okay ... I am now in Live Chat with someone who says they can help. Z From: John Posada [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed 12/10/2008 9:17 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new

RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread Syed.Hosain
-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ... Hi, all. My laptop disk drive started acting flaky, so I had to put a new drive onto the system. In this process, I rebuilt my laptop using Windows Vista rather than Windows XP. I am now at the stage of re-installing FrameMaker 8 and have some questions (one

Re: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread Susan Modlin
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dov Isaacs [EMAIL PROTECTED]; framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:28:43 PM Subject: RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ... Hi, Dov, et. al. (1) FrameMaker 8 works fine on both Vista 32-bit and Vista 64-bit

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
Hi, all. My laptop disk drive started acting flaky, so I had to put a new drive onto the system. In this process, I rebuilt my laptop using Windows Vista rather than Windows XP. I am now at the stage of re-installing FrameMaker 8 and have some questions (one a bit belated). 1. I assumed that

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
ubject: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ... Hi, all. My laptop disk drive started acting flaky, so I had to put a new drive onto the system. In this process, I rebuilt my laptop using Windows Vista rather than Windows XP. I am now at the stage of re-installing FrameMaker 8 and have some

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread John Posada
Why don't you just contact Adobe. Think maybe they've seen this situation before? On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:11 PM, wrote: > Sigh ... yup, I was afraid of this issue. I decided to try installing it > anyway and the older "activation" on my dead drive is preventing my > activating this

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread Dov Isaacs
lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of > Syed.Hosain at aeris.net > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:00 AM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ... > > Hi, all. > > My laptop disk drive started acting flaky, so I had to put a n

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
I think I will need to do that! Z From: John Posada [mailto:jposad...@gmail.com] Sent: Wed 12/10/2008 9:17 AM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net) Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ... Why don't

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
installing FM 8 onto a new drive ... Why don't you just contact Adobe. Think maybe they've seen this situation before? On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:11 PM, wrote: > Sigh ... yup, I was afraid of this issue. I decided to try installing it > anyway and the older "activation" on my d

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
users.com] On Behalf Of > Syed.Hosain at aeris.net > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 9:00 AM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ... > > Hi, all. > > My laptop disk drive started acting flaky, so I had to put a new drive ont

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread Susan Modlin
From: "Syed.Hosain at aeris.net" <syed.hos...@aeris.net> To: Dov Isaacs ; framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:28:43 PM Subject: RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ... Hi, Dov, et. al. > (1) FrameMaker 8 works fine on both Vista 32-b

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread syed.hos...@aeris.net
. Z From: Susan Modlin [mailto:smod...@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:14 PM To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net); Dov Isaacs; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ... Just out of curiosity, does Frame 7.2 run on either

Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ...

2008-12-10 Thread Dov Isaacs
To: Susan Modlin; Dov Isaacs; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Re-installing FM 8 onto a new drive ... I do not know about FM 7.2 and Vista - so maybe Dov can comment on that. But, at least, I can now confirm that FrameMaker 8 runs fine on Vista 32 bit. :) The look and feel