FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version

[Mike Wickham]

Your FM8 templates should work fine in FM12 and you've already 
discovered that some plugins will need updates to work.

You said you lost your FM8 disk. It probably wouldn't work anyway, since 
there was a Windows change that broke it. You can download a fixed 
version of the installation file (labeled as "XP SP3 fix") here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=22&platform=Windows
You would, of course, need your license key to install it. If you've 
lost that, you should be able to get it from your My Adobe account. 
Otherwise, the free Belarc Advisor can retrieve it for you.

Mike Wickham

On 5/14/2014 11:53 AM, MacDonald, Helen wrote:
>
> Hi Framers,
>
> I am presently using structured FrameMaker version 8 on Windows XP. 
> (And we seem to have lost the original software disks.)  Writing 
> commercial airlines manuals using a template created for FrameMaker 6. 
> And using SDI software to create the cgm graphics from eps files.
>
> I have not had any problems using the template but plugins do not 
> work.  I have not tried to output as XML so I don't know how that will 
> go.  I have only been using FrameMaker for a little over a year and am 
> the only TW in my company.
>
> My company wants to move me off of XP to Windows 7.  And is looking to 
> upgrade the FrameMaker to either version 10, 11, or 12. (These are the 
> versions they can find to buy legal licenses with.)
>
> Does anyone know if there will be any issues with a template created 
> for FrameMaker 6 running on these newer versions?  Since I am fairly 
> new to FM I don't cause myself extra grief.
>
> I have opened a file (that I created in FM 8) in a trial version of FM 
> 12 and it looks okay but I don't know if there are things going on 
> behind the scenes. Are there things I should be looking for?
>
> What issues might I have?
>
> Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you for your time,
>
> Helen MacDonald
>
> PTI Technologies Inc.
>
>
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