Upgrading to FM 9.0 and Word filters

[Shlomo Perets]

Turning ON "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" is recommended in FM9 when saving 
as PDF, regardless of whether the content was authored in FM9 or in 
previous FM versions.

Shlomo



Alison Craig wrote:
>Shlomo:
>
>Picking up on one of your caveats:
>
> > Also, the new CMYK support can be better ignored for the time
> > being.
> > When Saving as PDF, "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" should be
> > turned ON (which restores the state available with previous
> > FM versions), or else various problems may be encountered
> > including font changes in the PDF, e.g. Arial Narrow
> > showing as Times New Roman).
>
>I am new to the FrameMaker world, so I have only worked in FM9.
>
>If all of my documents were created solely in FM9, do I need to worry 
>about turning ON "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" when I save to PDF?
>
>Alison
>
>Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
>E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com 
>[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Shlomo Perets
>Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:49 AM
>To: Gay Alson
>Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>Subject: Re: Upgrading to FM 9.0 and Word filters
>
>Gay,
>
>You wrote:
>
>  > I've been monitoring various threads during FM 9.0's maturation process.
>  > Before upgrading, would appreciate advice or comments from the list.
>  >
>  > In addition to (1) general curiosity as to any compelling reasons to
>  > upgrade to 9.0, I am specifically interested in (2) improvements to
>  > filters.   In 7.2, I wasn't particularly impressed either with saving a
>  > .FM file as a Word .doc or with opening a Word .doc in FM.   Does 9.0
>  > have improved filters?
>
>I'm not sure whether the FM9 Word filter is different than the FM9 filter.
>In any case, in my recent Word->FM conversions projects I analyzed
>the results of both FM8 and FM9 filters, and found out that using the
>FM7.2 filter produced better results. So even though the client required
>FM8 files, I imported through FM7.2 and then opened the FM files in FM8.
>
>If you like to use keyboard shortcuts for tag assignment: unfortunately,
>these do not work consistently in FM9 (even with all patches applied).
>[eg F9 or Ctrl-9 for paragraph tags;  F8 or Ctrl-8 for character tags;
>Ctrl-0 for variables; Ctrl-4/5/6 for conditions]
>While I still try and use these shortcuts out of habit, I *often* have to
>resort to opening the catalogs or pods to apply tags or insert variables.
>
>Also, the new CMYK support can be better ignored for the time being.
>When Saving as PDF, "Convert CMYK Colors to RGB" should be
>turned ON (which restores the state available with previous FM
>versions), or else various problems may be encountered (including
>font changes in the PDF, e.g. Arial Narrow showing as Times New Roman).
>
>If you identify some "compelling reasons to upgrade to 9.0" that apply
>to you needs, probably the best next step is to install FM9 for a trial of
>one month and evaluate its new interface and features while working
>on a typical project.
>
>
>Shlomo Perets
>
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