Adobe information on conditional text enhancements in 8.x / 9.x, feedback, compatibility issues

[David Spreadbury]

Melissa,
One such document on the BOOLEAN conditional text feature is documented in
an article by Sarah O'Keefe and can be found at
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/framemaker/articles/fm8_single_sourcing.html.

If you do a web search for "framemaker 8 boolean", without the
double-quotes, you will get a log of hits that explain the Frame 8 features.
I tried it with "framemaker 9 boolean" and got almost as many.

Between these you should be able to gather sufficient justification for
upgrading to frame 9.

I am running 7.2, 8, and an eval of 9 and haven't found any issues when
saving as a previous version, a 9 document back to 8, back to 7.2. The big
issue there is that any 9=specific features will be dropped when going to 8,
and 8=specific features are dropped when going to 7.2, which should be
expected.

HTH,

David Spreadbury
Sr. Technical Writer

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Melissa Clark
Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 6:30 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Adobe information on conditional text enhancements in 8.x / 9.x,
feedback, compatibility issues

Hi,
I'm currently using Adobe FrameMaker 7.2.

I'd like to upgrade to Adobe FrameMaker 9.x but am seeking more information
first (for upgrade justification to management).  I seem to recall that
there was a whitepaper or other explanation type of document (written by
Adobe) that described the BOOLEAN style conditional text setting
enhancements that were done in FM 8.x.  Does anyone happen to know where I
can get that document (or another similar one applicable to 9.x?)?

Does anyone know whether FM documents are completely compatible (open fine
without down saving) between 8.x and 9.x?  I seem to recall there's an
incompatibility issue (which means files have to be down saved) between 5.x
and 7.x and again between 7.x and 9.x but am wondering if the same issue
exists between 8.x and 9.x.

I'd also appreciate any general feedback (positive OR negative) that people
want to share on FM 9.x.

Thanks,
Melissa