File formats you can save in

Introduction

You can use the File > Save As command to save a FrameMaker document in the different file formats. You can save as a FrameMaker file that can be opened in the previous version of FrameMaker, Save to Maker Interchange Format (MIF) for older FrameMaker versions, or to Text-only, SGML, HTML, XML, and RTF.

FrameMaker file formats

Book 2020 (*.book)

Saves the FrameMaker book as a book that you can open and edit in the latest release of FrameMaker.

Book 2019 (*.book)

Saves the FrameMaker book as a book that you can open and edit in FrameMaker (2019 release).

Document 2020 (*.fm)

Saves the FrameMaker document as a document that you can open and edit in the latest release of FrameMaker.

Document 2019 (*.fm)

Saves the FrameMaker document as a document that you can open and edit in FrameMaker (2019 release).

MIF 2020 (*.mif)

Creates a text file containing FrameMaker statements that describe all text and graphics. To avoid overwriting your original document, save the MIF file under a different name. For example, add a .mif extension to the name.

For information on MIF, see the MIF Reference guide.

View Only 2020

Saves the FrameMaker document or book as a view only document or book that you can open and view in the latest release of FrameMaker.

File formats for a DITA map

XML (*.xml, .ditamap)

Saves the map file as a .xml or a .ditamap file that you can edit in any XML editor.

Composite Document 2020 (*.fm)

Saves the map file and all contained topics as a single FrameMaker document. You can open and edit this document in the latest release of FrameMaker.

Book 2020 with Fm Components (*.book)

Saves the map file as a .book file and all contained topics as FrameMaker (.fm) documents. You can open and edit these documents in the latest release of FrameMaker. It also generates other book components like the list of figures, tables, and an index.

Interchange documents with FrameMaker 8 and higher

To interchange FrameMaker files with older FrameMaker versions, save the book or document in the current version’s Maker Interchange Format (MIF) format. Open this file in the older FrameMaker version and save it in the native format of this version.

For information on MIF, see the online manual MIF Reference.

Interchange documents with FrameMaker 7.2 or prior

To interchange FrameMaker files with FrameMaker versions prior to version 7.2, save the book or document in MIF 7.0 (*.mif) format. Open this file in FrameMaker 7.2 or prior and save it in the native format of this version.

For information on MIF, see the online manual MIF Reference.

Other file formats (Text only, SGML, HTML, XML, RTF)

Text Only

Creates a plain text file without graphics or formatting information. To avoid overwriting your original document, save the text file under a different name. For example, add a .txt extension to the name.

SGML

Creates an SGML file with the content, elements, and attributes from your document.

HTML

Creates an HTML document that can be viewed on the World Wide Web. For information on adjusting the mapping of paragraph and character styles to predefined HTML elements, see Set up and adjust HTML mappings.

Note: When you save a structured FrameMaker document as HTML, all attributes with the same name are mapped to the same value, even if the attributes have different values for different elements. To use different values for these attributes after exporting, use a text editor to edit the resulting file.

XML

Creates an XML document that can be used for data exchange and viewed on the World Wide Web.

For information on XML, see the https://www.w3.org/standards/xml/.

Microsoft RTF

Create files in Rich Text Format 1.9 (RTF), which is supported by many word processors and can be read by other applications. Most formatting is preserved as formats are usually converted to word-processing styles.

For information on RTF, see the Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification.