FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version

Tue May 20 09:05:53 PDT 2014

Helen, you can install the 30 day trial of Frame 12 from Adobe's site, and test your templates in it.
I would expect them to still work, however.

David

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-----Original Message-----
From: MacDonald, Helen [mailto:hmacdonald at ptitechnologies.com]
Sent: 20 May 2014 17:04
To: Davis, David
Subject: RE: FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version

Thanks to everyone replying to my question.

Well, I am definitely not using this for a hobby...can't think of any hobby that would involve FM. (No offense intended.)

I am still not convinced which route to take - stay with FM8 or upgrade.
It sounds like with the patch I can stay with FM8 and everything should go on as usual. Since I haven't yet had to produce XML I do not know how that will go. So far I have only had to deliver pdfs.

My biggest concern is using the Template (created with FM6) with a newer version of FM.  I don't understand the relationship between the template and the version of software that it was created with. Whether or not this even matters? I was under the impression it did matter. Or it matters because the plugins do not work.

Having the latest software is usually a good thing but if it messes up all of the manuals I have created it would not be so good!

Any further insight will be appreciated.
Helen MacDonald
PTI Technologies Inc.

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From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Davis, David
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 12:55 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
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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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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