Unable to open Template Files present on Office Sharepoint in FM version 11

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April 27, 2021
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Hi there,

I have few FM template files located on office Sharepoint that I want to work upon. However, I am unable to open these files with Framemaker 11 version installed on my laptop.

I tried to locate the version in which these template files were created, but I was unable to find the version.

The following error message gets diaplayed when I try to open these template files:

Can anyone help me in fixing this issue? Do we have any workaround to open this document in version 11 of FrameMaker?

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Correct answer Jeff_Coatsworth

Download the trial of FM2020 on another (non-production machine), apply all updates - copy the FM2015 file to that machine and open it (it will upgrade it, so use a copy). Then MIF save it back so that your FM11 can open it.

Jeff_Coatsworth

Correct answer

Community Expert

Download the trial of FM2020 on another (non-production machine), apply all updates - copy the FM2015 file to that machine and open it (it will upgrade it, so use a copy). Then MIF save it back so that your FM11 can open it.

Bob_Niland

Community Expert

And if trial-copy is not an option, Heroic Open might be worth a try.
Search forum for details.

T

tech 27Author

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Thank you all for your replies.

I tried Heroic open, but it didn't work for me.

I will check with my manager and higher management if we can get the trial installed on system and then convert the template files to .MIF and use it with our FM 11 version.

Once again, thank you for the replies and support 🙂

W

Winfried Reng

Community Expert

Hi,

Can you open the FM template file with a text editor?

The very first line lists the FM version.

For example for FM 2020: <MakerFile 16.0>

Best regards

Winfried