[Framers] FrameMaker 2015 compatability with earlier versions

[Jeff Coatsworth]

​Yes, it's safer to find a machine that doesn't have any FM loaded on it to play around with trials.

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From: Ken Poshedly <poshedly at bellsouth.net>
Sent: September-07-16 9:49 AM
To: Jeff Coatsworth
Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2015 compatability with earlier versions

Good idea, Jeff.

I do have FM 10 (not 11) installed on a laptop at home. But will installing cloud-based FM2015 "pollute" that and make my FM10 unusable afterwards?

I remember seeing previous posts over the years of others who did trial upgrades but then decided no-thanks, only to find their original versions unusable.

-- Ken


On Wednesday, September 7, 2016 9:39 AM, Jeff Coatsworth <Jeff.Coatsworth at jonasclub.com> wrote:


Ken - if you've got a spare machine at home (or kicking about the office), you could download the FM2015 trial & test for yourself ;>)
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From: Framers <framers-bounces+jeff.coatsworth=jonasclub.com at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:jonasclub.com at lists.frameusers.com>> on behalf of Ken Poshedly <poshedly at bellsouth.net<mailto:poshedly at bellsouth.net>>
Sent: September-07-16 9:35 AM
To: Rick Quatro; 'Framers List'
Subject: Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2015 compatability with earlier versions

To all,
Could someone on this list who already uses FM2015 email me privately so we could set up a short test?
Thanks,
-- Ken in Atlanta


    On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 11:42 AM, Rick Quatro <rick at rickquatro.com<mailto:rick at rickquatro.com>> wrote:


Ken,

Have them save the files in MIF and you will be able to open them with 11.

Rick

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
585-366-4017
rick at frameexpert.com<mailto:rick at frameexpert.com>




-----Original Message-----
From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro.com at lists.frameusers.com<mailto:rickquatro.com at lists.frameusers.com>] On Behalf Of Ken Poshedly
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2016 11:25 AM
To: Framers List
Subject: [Framers] FrameMaker 2015 compatability with earlier versions

The translation department at my company's home office in China is considering to obtain FrameMaker 2015. That's the best wording I can use for this because I'm sure all of us are aware of the hacking in that country, so I can't speak for how they'll get the software. (My company is absolutely humongous in China with offices worldwide, but operates as if the staff consists of only four or five minimum-wage peons. Sort of how Scrooge treated Marley in The Christmas Carol.)

My office is in metro Atlanta and we use "FrameMaker Version 11.0," with really no problems — though I wish we didn't have to jump through hoops to archive [book-build] a finished manual. (Even then, those archives have their own problems with duplicates of some files in different folders.)

I already know that files created (or edited) in a newer version of Frame must be deliberately saved to a lower version so they can be accessed by those with the earlier Frame product.

Because of the multi-generational difference between FrameMaker 2015 and Frame 11, I'm concerned that the newer product will not save files to the earlier level (FM11) that we here can use.

Are my concerns valid or is everything hunky-dory? And no, the Chinese management at my office will definitely NOT (i.e., no way, nada, hell-no!, etc.) upgrade my department of three American writers with the new product. The Chinese business model (or at least the one my company follows) is to cut costs but hope for increased sales. I'll be glad to discuss that issue off-list.

-- Ken in Atlanta
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