[Framers] Compatability with FM11 non-structured files

[John Posada]

I cannot install or download anything.


On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 11:45 AM Lea Rush <lea at astoria-pacific.com> wrote:

> How about installing a trial version, exporting, and uninstalling?
>
> Lea
>
>
> Lea Rush
> Senior Software and Documentation Specialist
> Astoria-Pacific
> www.astoria-pacific.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Framers [mailto:framers-bounces+lea=
> astoria-pacific.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of John Posada
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 7:43 AM
> To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.
> Subject: Re: [Framers] Compatability with FM11 non-structured files
>
> Here's the deal.
>
> I've been using FM11 for over 5 years. I have multiple books...maybe 50,
> with some books 500-600 pages each.
>
> Last October I suffered a laptop crash and all my applications needed to be
> reloaded. However, due to network and security changes, they were
> unsuccessful in getting FM11 to install, so they tried upgrading to the
> latest version...and this has been going on since October.
>
> I no long need FM to do my current deliverable, but there are instances
> where I need to make update changes to existing books.
>
> SO...I need access to the FM files to make changes...once I have access, I
> would probably export to Word, but to do anything with them, I need to be
> able to open them.
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 10:35 AM Rick Quatro <rick at rickquatro.com> wrote:
>
> > You may want to consider PDF for a visual representation of the files and
> > MIF (Maker Interchange Format) for a text-based representation of the
> > content. MIF is would mainly be useful for recovering the content in
> > FrameMaker in the future if you needed to. Convert the files to MIF,
> > archive
> > them, and uninstall FrameMaker.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Framers <framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro.com at lists.frameusers.com>
> > On
> > Behalf Of John Posada
> > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 10:12 AM
> > To: An email list for people using Adobe FrameMaker software.
> > <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Framers] Compatability with FM11 non-structured files
> >
> > How about just ingesting the files and converting to another
> formatting...I
> > won't need to go back to FM on these
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 10:02 AM Rick Quatro <rick at rickquatro.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi John,
> > >
> > > Forgive me for testing the loyalty you have for the people in your
> > > company, but the people that don't like FM installed on their network
> > > are idiots. If FrameMaker is the tool you are using to produce content
> > > for them, why wouldn't they want it installed on their network?
> > >
> > > No, there is no tool besides FrameMaker that will work with
> > > unstructured FrameMaker documents.
> > >
> > > Rick
> > >
> > > Rick Quatro
> > > Carmen Publishing Inc.
> > > rick at frameexpert.com
> > > 585-729-6746
> > > www.frameexpert.com/store/
> > >
> > > Save on energy at quatro.mystream.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Framers
> > > <framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro.com at lists.frameusers.com>
> > > On
> > > Behalf Of John Posada
> > > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 9:28 AM
> > > To: FrameUsers List <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
> > > Subject: [Framers] Compatability with FM11 non-structured files
> > >
> > > Hi, guys...I have 5 years of FM files and my company doesn't like FM
> > > installed on their network.
> > >
> > > Are there any other applications that can be installed and open native
> > > FM
> > > 11 files and retain most of the FM functionality, especially the book
> > > paradigm?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
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John Posada