FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version

[Craig Ede]

Maybe there is somebody out their who can sell Robert their copy of FM 8 via a license transfer and then use that money to buy a new FM 12 license. (Or, better yet, work a swap via license transfer with him. I think he's on FM10.)

Craig

> From: David.Davis at non.schneider-electric.com
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 02:55:15 -0500
> Subject: RE: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version 
> 
> Unless you are just using FrameMaker as a hobby,
> I would go for the current version (Frame12).
> Trying to deliver work on an obsolete unsupported version asking for trouble.
> For instance, you might need to open a .fm file from a colleague - and if that file is from Frames 9, 10, 11 and 12, you can't.
> A Microsoft update patch might break something in Frame8, and it won't be fixed.
> And you will also be missing out on various new features (Google "What's New FrameMaker  N" where N = 9 to 12 ;)  )
> 
> David
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> Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 08:21:25 -0700
> From: Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
> To: "MacDonald, Helen" <hmacdonald at ptitechnologies.com>,
>         "framers at lists.frameusers.com" <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> Subject: Re: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version
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> I wish I had a copy of FrameMaker 8, it is in many ways superior to later versions, especially if you prefer keyboard shortcuts to the mouse. Adobe layered a badly designed UI on top in FM9, the new UI broke a lot of things, they never fixed them. They've added some useful features but fundamentally it hasn't changed much since FM8 (which does have Unicode support).
> 
> People are successfully running FM8 on Windows 7, personally I'd try it before switching to a newer version.
> 
> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 9:53 AM, MacDonald, Helen <hmacdonald at ptitechnologies.com> wrote:
> > Hi Framers,

 		 	   		  
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