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Adobe has changed the FrameMaker binary file format with every
FrameMaker release since 7.2. On average, this means a new binary
file format every 18 months (the length of the historical FrameMaker
release cycle). <br>
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FrameMaker has maintained forward compatibility (each release opens
binary files from all previous releases), but backwards
compatibility is tedious.<br>
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If you are working with FrameMaker binary files, you will need to
"save as FM10" from FM11. This is non-trivial, especially when
working with large numbers of files.<br>
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If you are working with XML files, you may have complete backwards
compatibility.<br>
<br>
I hope this helps!<br>
<br>
-Alan<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Alan Houser
Group Wellesley, Inc.
Consultant and Trainer, Technical Publishing
arh on Twitter
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/5/15 1:11 PM, Jim Duszynski wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy Tuesday Framers!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are adding a writer and current have
FM10. I want to buy FM10 or FM11 but am not sure if FM11 is
completely backward compatible with FM10. Can anyone verify
that the FM working files are interchangeable between FM11
& FM10, with no special save to FM10 steps? I know there’s
a difference and I think that is DITA output with FM11 (Thanks
to Klaus for the FM feature history!). I’d appreciate hearing
from anyone who has been down this road before me.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Jim Duszynski</i></b><span
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Writer
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(719) 884-3787 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">"Don't
write merely to be understood. Write so that you cannot
possibly be misunderstood."
</span></i><span
style="font-family:"Candara",sans-serif">(Robert
Louis Stevenson)</span><span style="font-family:"Times
New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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