Can't Open a FM File

[Donald M Rinderknecht]

Has anyone else tried opening it for you on another machine?

Thanks,
Don.

Don Rinderknecht -- KD5MVV
Meteorologist Instructor/Developer ~ Warning Decision Training Branch$

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ridder, Fred" <fred.ridder at intel.com>
Date: Thursday, December 8, 2005 9:57 am
Subject: RE: Can't Open a FM File

> While on the subject of .backup files, it is important to note 
> that 
> these are not real backups.  All that happens is that whn you do 
> a Save, FrameMaker renames the last manually saved version of 
> the file with a second extension (.backup) rather than marking it 
> as an unused file that the OS can reallocate. In other words, the 
> "backup" file is always one save behind the real working file,
> and the magnitude of the difference depends on how frequently
> you remember to do manual saves. 
> 
> My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel.
> Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com)
> Intel
> Parsippany, NJ
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-
> bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
> Behalf Of DeFlorio, Dominick
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 9:33 AM
> To: pearlrosenberg at nc.rr.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: Can't Open a FM File
> 
> If you're setup for backup saves...have you tried opening the
> *.backup.fm? 
> 
> 
> Dominick A. DeFlorio
> Senior Technical Writer
> Plug Power, Inc.
> 968 Albany-Shaker Road
> Latham, NY 12110
> (518) 738-0389
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> framers-bounces+dominick_deflorio=plugpower.com at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-
> bounces+dominick_deflorio=plugpower.com at lists.frameusers.com] On 
> Behalf Of pearlrosenberg at nc.rr.com
> Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 9:30 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Can't Open a FM File
> 
> Hi Framers,
> 
> FM 7.0p578
> Windows XP Professional
> 512 MB RAM
> 
> I hope somebody can help me open this file. When I try to open it, FM
> tells me I do not have enough memory. The file is a little under 
> 2.7 MB,
> and there are larger FM files in the book that FM does open. I've 
> triedclosing everything and rebooting and then opening only that 
> file, but I
> get the same message.
> 
> There are a lot of graphics in the file, and I suspect that is the
> problem. If I could just open the file to get the text back, I could
> work around the graphics (split the chap into two maybe). 
> 
> I've tried opening the file in Word, but it was garbage. I tried
> converting it using a trial version of Mif2Go, but it converted 
> all the
> files in the book except the one I can't open. Also, I gave a copy 
> to a
> co-worker who has 1 GB of RAM, and he couldn't open it either.
> 
> Please, can somebody help? I put a lot of hard work into this 
chapter!
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Pearl Rosenberg
> TeleHealth Services
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