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January 15, 2014
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Can Framemaker 12 save files down in Framemaker 11 and 10 ? Is it backward compatible?

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Can Framemaker 12 save files down in Framemaker 11 and 10 ? Is it backward compatible?


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    Anjaneai_Srivastava
    Adobe Employee
    Anjaneai_Srivastava
    Adobe Employee
    January 15, 2014

    Hi !!

    Welcome to Adobe Forums.

    As indicated be Gentlemen above, you can use the File -- Save as and in the drop down list you can choose MIF 7.0 or FM 11 format. See below:

    You can select MIF 7.0 incase you want to save the file in a version earlier than FM 11. In case you have used any feature that was not a part of that particlaur version, it would be lost.

    Thanks,

    Anjaneai

    Bob_Niland
    Community Expert
    Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 15, 2014

    > You can select MIF 7.0 incase you want to save the file in a version earlier than FM 11.

    Actually, since there is support for export as MIF7 or MIF12, would you not:
    use MIF12 to port back to FM8, FM9 and FM10,
    use MIF7 only to port back to FM7.2 or earlier, and

    use .fm(11) to port back to FM11?

    Anjaneai_Srivastava
    Adobe Employee
    Anjaneai_Srivastava
    Adobe Employee
    January 15, 2014

    Yes, we can do that.

    But I have been able to port the MIF 11 to version 7.1 successfully.

    I personally prefer the MIF 12 only the newer version of FM (12/11) and for rest I go by MIF 7 to get the work done.

    Certainly, the format vs version comparison that you have given would work too!

    Bob_Niland
    Community Expert
    Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    January 15, 2014

    As long as the newer FM document is only using older features, it is usually backward compatible. When opening a MIF, older versions of FM just ignore any tags they don't support. If the newer document is using new features, then you have backward mobility instead.

    There's a separate problem (Unicode) when MIF'ing back to 7.2 or below, but that wouldn't arise in your case.

    Arnis Gubins
    Arnis Gubins
    Inspiring
    January 15, 2014

    Saving in MIF format allows for backwards compatibility in all versions of FM.

    FM12 specifically can backsave to FM11 binary format. Typically, every new version of Fm has beeen able to save back to the prior versions binary format.

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