Re: FrameMaker 11 and 9 - Doc Team expansion, help.

[Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

I've never had a document go through MIF without needing some kind of
tweaking to fix something that didn't translate correctly.

If the likely scenario is all but one person on FM9, I'd get the new person
FM9 so everyone using FM is on the same tool set.   Snag one of the unused
FM9 seats that that "Team B" hasn't bothered to install yet. Then let the
company decide when to spend the money and drag everyone kicking and
screaming to a new version together.   At the rate companies are spending
money and promoting change today, five years from now you'll all still be
using FM9, Adobe will be spamming you with sales pitches for TCS 6 or 7 and
at least some members of "Team B" will still have uninstalled FM9 seats
sitting in their desk drawers.

Gene Kim-Eng



On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Tammy Van Boening <
tammyvb -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com> wrote:

> I believe you can save to a .mif file (FM 10 allows saving to V7 and V10
> .mif files, so I am assuming that FM 11 would allow saving to V8 and V11
> .mifs). If you save to a V8 .mif, then FM9 should be able to open the older
> .mif version. Adds an extra step w/ the conversion, but if you are stuck in
> the FM9/11 debacle, you can get around it this way.
>
> TVB
>
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>
> Basically, none.  FM11 can save its documents back to FM10 format.  Users
> of
> older versions are SOL.
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Simon Thomson <
> sthomson -at- rapiscansystems -dot- com
> > wrote:
>
> > So the question really is what's the back saving options and support
> > like in FM11 for working on shared FM9 source content using multiple
> > version of FM?
> >
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