FM10: Saving documents in FM9 format

Hi,

I'm not sure if there is a config setting to change the behaviour of that command, but I don't think so.

But FM10 supports ExtendScript. So you can create your own "Save as FM9" menu (or hook into the existing one), with a small script

Hope this helps

Markus

Is it possible to instruct FrameMaker 10 to save FrameMaker 9 files as FM 9 files by default, ...

If it turns out that the answer is "no", some possible workarounds might include:

• setting up a macro to use instead of File > Save{As}
• setting up a script to do that if a macro can't
  
• setting up a macro to run the script if needed to make it easier
  

These would require that the users run the macro/script rather than used File > Save. This might be as trivial as hitting key F9. I don't know if you could hide/block access to File>Save.

An alternative to saving in FM9 format might be to routinely save as FM10 MIF. The file name suffixes can remain .book and .fm, even though the content is MIF. FM9 should be able to open them, whether or not they contain FM10 features (I would expect FM9 to dialog about, but ignore any FM10 features).
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I have limited FM9 experience, and zero FM10 experience.