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Subject:Re: Saving from Framemaker 5.5 to 5.0 From:Peter Martin <peterm -at- FOXBORO -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Mon, 10 May 1999 11:23:19 +1000
At 17:47 9/05/99 PDT, Linda Michaels wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I'm fairly new to Framemaker--I have version 5.5 and I want to save a
>document in 5.0--is there a way to do that?
>
Save to MIF format and re-open in the 5.0 program.
MIF has so far maintained downwards compatibility from as far
back as, well... just about all the way, I think.
If you have 5.5-specific features in the file, the 5.0 version of the
executable will read in the MIF and ignore the 5.5 features.
Depending on your platform, and/or a few default settings,
you may be able to watch a console display of the "ignoring" messages if
you're interested..
It's worth learning about MIF and its structure... It can save you
from a lot of dicky problems, sometimes.
--
Peter Martin, Contract Tech. Writer peterm -at- foxboro -dot- com -dot- au
+61 2 9818 5094 (home) 0408 249 113 (mobile) peterm -at- zeta -dot- org -dot- au
