file extensions
Ridder, Fred
fred.ridder at intel.com
Sat Jul 15 16:19:56 PDT 2006
On a Windows platform, opening a file by double-clicking is
completely dependent on the filename extension and an
association database that the OS keeps. Without extensions
it is extremely cumbersome to open a file by double-clicking
because you have to manually identify the application to use.
Opening a file using FrameMaker's File > Open command
should certainly work, but here it may be necessary to pick
the option to show all files rather than the default to show
just .fm and .book files.
The bottom line is that what you handed off is not unusable,
but will certainly a PITA to work with on a Windows machine.
Note that if the component files are renamed with a .fm
extension to make them easier to use under Windows,
this really needs to be done from the book file window so
that the inter-file references are not broken by the name
change. And even then, there are likely to be issues with
text insets and referenced graphics since those do not
appear directly in the book window.
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 Graeme Forbes
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 12:05 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: file extensions
I've just sent a zip archive of hundreds of files, mostly Mac FM
ones, to someone who's taking over a job from me. He's on Windows,
and tells me he can't open any of the files, because, he thinks, none
of them have .extensions. Do I really have to add ".fm" to all the FM
files, or is there another way?
Graeme Forbes
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