FM9 getting started

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Amen to that. Or a widescreen monitor.

Nadine

--- On Tue, 6/15/10, Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: FM9 getting started
> To: "Lynn Durell" <Lynn.Durell at dds.co.uk>
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Date: Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 9:32 AM
> And a P.S.:
> 
> As long as your company is spending some bucks to upgrade
> to 9, GET THEM TO
> SPRING FOR A SECOND MONITOR if you don't have one already.
> 
> Big productivity boost, especially with the new FM 9 UI
> because you can put
> all the damn pallets in the second window...
> 
> Cheers,
> Art
> 
> Art Campbell
>          art.campbell at gmail.com
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> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > The user interface is likely to be the biggest thing
> you'll need to
> > learn/re-learn, but nothing has gone away -- just
> several new tools added.
> > So your 7 skills should transfer pretty easily.
> >
> > Things to be aware of:
> >
> >    - FM adopted unicode character support in
> v 8, so you may have to redo
> >    some special characters. Note that full
> unicode support may require fonts
> >    that include unicode characters. Usually
> not a big deal, but something to
> >    watch.
> >    - If I were you, I'd make an archive copy
> of my 7 books as they are
> >    before converting any of them. I've also
> found that after converting them to
> >    the 9 file format, it's a good idea to
> save the files as MIF and then open
> >    and save those as .FM files. Cleans up
> any odd characters or anomalies.  You
> >    can do this by the book with a free
> utility from Omsys.com that's included
> >    with their MIF2GO free eval. Stays on the
> system even if you don't buy.
> >    - Don't trust SaveAs PDF any further than
> you can throw it.
> >    - If you haven't already installed the
> Microsoft PS printer hotfix on
> >    your SP systems, do so:
> >    http://support.microsoft.com/?id=952909
> >    -- it applies to all PS printers,
> including the logical PDF.
> >
> >
> > Art Campbell
> >            art.campbell at gmail.com
> >  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this
> world beats a '52 Vincent and
> > a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
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> >
> > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Lynn Durell <Lynn.Durell at dds.co.uk>wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> My company are about to upgrade us from FM7.1 to
> FM9.0 (Win XP).
> >>
> >> Can anyone point me to a getting started guide or
> similar for FM 9.0, or
> >> other useful help for getting going with FM 9.0?
> >>
> >> Thanks very much,
> >> Lynn
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