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MIF is a FrameMaker ASCII file format (Maker Interchange Format). I cannot
check until I get home (where Ventura 8 is), but I really don't think
Ventura can create MIF files. If Ventura could create MIF files, there would
be no import needed in FrameMaker. You need only open the MIF file using
FrameMaker. FrameMaker uses all the features in MIF that it supports and
disregards the rest. For example, If you save a FrameMaker 6 file as MIF and
open the MIF in FrameMaker 5, the MIF opens fine, formatting and styles
intact, but any FrameMaker 6-specific features are ignored and not available
or presented in FrameMaker 5.
Cheers,
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Berg [SMTP:dberg -at- dmpnet -dot- com]
> It seems like I recall reading someplace that Corel Ventura 8 can export
> to
> .mif file format. (Corel's website is rather lacking in detailed
> information
> about product features.)
>
> Assuming that Ventura can create a .mif file, how well do those files
> import
> into Adobe FrameMaker? What would you lose, if anything, if open a Ventura
> .mif file in FrameMaker as opposed to a native FrameMaker .mif file?
>
> What about going the other direction...how well can Ventura work with the
> FrameMaker .mif files?
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