FrameMaker 8 to a Newer Version

[Robert Lauriston]

What kind of XML will you have to produce and what plugins are not working?

FrameMaker doesn't really have templates. You just open an .fm or
.book file in a newer version and it's converted. I've opened FM6 in
FM10 without problems.

We use the word "template" loosely to mean the character and paragraph
tags, stuff on the Master and Reference pages, etc. (everything that
can be imported other than content).

On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 9:11 AM, MacDonald, Helen
<hmacdonald at ptitechnologies.com> wrote:

> 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.