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fabricen12632321
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March 30, 2019
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Convert old fm2 files into .eps or pdf

  • March 30, 2019
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Dear A ll

I have to re-edit old articles I wrote in the 90s and I have some drawings (5 to be precise) still published with FrameMaker. Unfortunately I do not work with framemaker anymore. Does anyone know if  there is  a simple solution I can use to edit these files and export them in .eps or .pdf  (I searched but looks like that Adobe is not proposing a free monthly trial anymore)?

Thank you very much for your advice

Fabrice

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    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
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    April 4, 2019

    Hi Fabrice, were you able to download the trial per the link Bob provided?

    I recall that those early versions of Fm also used a DOC extension. They should open easily in Fm 2019, but you'll either need to change the extension to .FM, or set the Open dialog to All Files so that you can select the DOC files as well as FM files.

    -Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
    Bob_Niland
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    April 4, 2019

    There's also the question of just what is the content that needs to be recovered.

    If the document already exists as PDF, pages can be deconstructed and art recovered. I've done this in Illustrator many times. Whether other vector editors can do it is an open question.

    Once re-opened in a newer FM, is the art native FM graphics, embedded vector, embedded raster, or some imported-by-reference elements you no longer have?

    If native or embedded vector, it's pretty easy to neutralize all the other content on the page, then print the page as PDF or even EPS, for re-use elsewhere.

    Bob_Niland
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    Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
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    April 4, 2019

    fabricen12632321: …looks like that Adobe is not proposing a free monthly trial anymore)?

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