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Can i convert a FM 10 .fm file to FM 8 if i don't have FM 10?

Apr 23, 2012 5:31 AM

I don't know much about framemaker, so i'm sorry if this is a simple quiestion that i should know. I searched briefly and couldnt find the answer.

 

The problem is that we have received a FM 10 .fm file and all we have is FM 8. So is there any way to convert the FM 10 file to FM 8 without having a copy of FM 10?

 

I was hoping this would be a problem similar to having a docx file and Word 2003. All microsoft requires you to do is download a patch for word 2003 in order to open .docx files.

 

Thanks!

981 Views   7 Replies   Latest reply: Error7103, Apr 23, 2012 8:56 AM
 
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  • Harry28586
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    1. Harry28586,
    Apr 23, 2012 6:03 AM   in reply to crawfucious
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    Hi,

     

    I dont think there is backward compatibily if you dont have Frame10 installed and also with FM 10 you can save a file for fm7,but not for fm8.

    What you can try is,goto www.adobe.com and download Framemaker 10 as a trial and open the FM10.fm file that you have and save it as fm7.mif.

    then try and open that fm7.mif with fm 8 and take a look if you can open that file or not.

     

    Thanks

    Harpreet.

     
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  • Jeff_Coatsworth
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    2. Jeff_Coatsworth,
    Apr 23, 2012 7:20 AM   in reply to crawfucious
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    Someone would have to open it in 10 and do a save as MIF to get it back to you in 8; if the originator can’t do that, use a spare machine that doesn’t have any FM on it and download the demo of 10 off the adobe website; it’s fully functional for 30 days.

     
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  • Jeff_Coatsworth
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    3. Jeff_Coatsworth,
    Apr 23, 2012 7:21 AM   in reply to Harry28586
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    Sorry Harry, didn’t see your response there

     
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  • Harry28586
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    4. Harry28586,
    Apr 23, 2012 7:27 AM   in reply to crawfucious
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    Hi Jeff,

     

    Thats fine,no problems...

     
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  • Van Kurtz
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    5. Van Kurtz,
    Apr 23, 2012 8:52 AM   in reply to Harry28586
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    open the FM10.fm file that you have and save it as fm7.mif.

     

    I am not sure, but I believe it is not necessary to save to fm7.mif. Just save as fm10.mif, which can be opened with Fm8. I am concerned that saving to fm7.mif might alter any Unicode content.

     

    Van

     
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  • Mike Wickham
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    6. Mike Wickham,
    Apr 23, 2012 8:55 AM   in reply to crawfucious
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    I don't think FrameMaker 8 will open an FM 10 file directly, but you can

    have the file provider save as MIF 7.0 for you. FM8 can open that. There

    is also (for FM10) a SaveAsFM8 ExtendScript that the file provider can

    use to convert. It's available in the SampleScripts.zip file on this page:

    http://frameautomation.com/2011/05/31/framemaker-10-extendscript-slide s/

     
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  • Error7103
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    7. Error7103,
    Apr 23, 2012 8:56 AM   in reply to Jeff_Coatsworth
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    ... use a spare machine that doesn’t have any FM on it ...

     

    That needs some emphasis.

     

    Is "heroic open" a possibility here?

     
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