FrameMaker 8 and Plugins

[Art Campbell]

I don't know that there's a specific SaveAs for FM7 file formats, but
MIF was available, and as always, backwards support for new features
was lacking  but didn't cripple the file.
Art

On 7/31/07, John Sgammato <jsgammato at imprivata.com> wrote:
> I called Adobe Sales, and after some other business asked that question.
> He put me on hold while he consulted with the Support group. Considering
> how big Adobe is, it is certainly possible that there are multiple
> Support groups with different information.
>
> Do you know if you can convert a book from Fm7 to FM8, update it, then
> save it as FM7 and port it successfully to ePublisher Pro? That would
> remove a stopper for me!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Prentice [mailto:sp at leximation.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 6:20 PM
> To: John Sgammato
> Cc: Frame Users
> Subject: Re: FrameMaker 8 and Plugins
>
> The SaveAs dialog includes FM7.0 as an export option, and it seems to
> work for me. Did Adobe Support really say that?
>
> ...scott
>
> Scott Prentice
> Leximation, Inc.
> www.leximation.com
> +1.415.485.1892
>
>
>
> John Sgammato wrote:
> > The concern goes beyond plugins - my workflow goes from FM7.2 to
> > ePublisher Pro, but ePub is not FM8-ready and probably won't be in
> > time for my big October release. According to Adobe Support, FM8 docs
> > can't be saved as FM7.2 docs, either. That would mean that I cannot
> > upgrade to
> > FM8 until I know ePub is ready, or else I change to Mif2Go (which is
> > FM8-ready.
> > john
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: framers-bounces+jsgammato=imprivata.com at lists.frameusers.com
> > [mailto:framers-bounces+jsgammato=imprivata.com at lists.frameusers.com]
> > On Behalf Of Mike Wickham
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 6:11 PM
> > To: Frame Users
> > Subject: FrameMaker 8 and Plugins
> >
> > I've got quite a few plugins for my current version of FrameMaker
> (7.1).
> >
> > Does anyone know if any, most, or all of these will become useless
> > under FrameMaker 8?
> >
> > I'm anxious to upgrade to FrameMaker 8, but worry that I'll actually
> > lose some functionality until the various plugin vendors produce
> > updates.
> >
> > Mike Wickham
> >
> >
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