[Framers] Framemaker 2017 save backwards

[Lin Sims]

As I said in the saveAs Mif Re: Framemaker 2017 save backwards topic, I
have a FrameScript that saves to MIF8, MIF10, MIF11, and MIF12, as well as
to FM8, 10, and 11. I think it's based on one of the example scripts Rick
shared a few years back, although I've expanded it to additional MIF
formats. It adds a drop-down to the menu bar that works with both books and
individual files, and I can share it. (And yes, I asked Rick about that a
couple years back and he was okay with me sharing it.)

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> To follow the KISS principle:
>
>    - If someone on '17 saves as either flavor of MIF, the file that is
>    created is backward compatible with earlier revs.
>    - All features not supported in the earlier revs are discarded.
>
> So AFAIK, there is no reason to make your new employee jump through hoops
> -- just do the Save as MIF when she needs to export something for a team
> share.
>
> If y'all do FrameScript, you could run up a script that works on files,
> book contents, or directories to convert all FM 17 files to MIF like once a
> day, at the end of the day and write the files to a subdirectory or other
> location.
>
>
>
>
> Art Campbell
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>
> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Pat Christenson <
> Pat.Christenson at morningstar.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi -
> >
> > We have a new employee and her FrameMaker license is for 2017. The rest
> of
> > us are on FM 12 but will be upgrading, although I don't know when.
> >
> > I looked at the 2017 user guide and it says you can save as 2015. It
> > doesn't mention 2012. I just want to verify this with the group before I
> > write up instructions for our new user.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Pat Christenson
> > Senior Technical Writer, Client Education
> > Morningstar, Inc.
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