Saving FrameMaker files in earlier version

Question

I created files using Unstructured FrameMaker 11. Our customer has FrameMaker 10. I saved the FrameMaker 11.0 files as Document 10 files (*.fm) and sent them to our customer. They are unable to open the Document 10 files. How do i resolve this issue?

Bob_Niland · Answer

Save them in MIF format to *.mif. That's the main purpose of MIF.

Use the highest version of MIF available to you (i.e. NOT FM 7).

If you are using any features added at FM11, your FM10 recipient will lose them, but they will be able to open the files.

if you ever need to send to someone on a version earlier than FM8, there is another potential issue with the text content of the document (Unicode). That won't arise in an FM11->10 situation.

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