Is RoboHelp v7 backwards compatible?

We are still using RoboHelp version 5 to update the online
help files at our company. We're wondering when we upgrade to
RoboHelp version 7 whether the transition will be smooth and
whether we'll still be able to update:
- RH for Word help files that were originally created about
a decade ago, but have been updated more recently with RH 5 and
- RH HTML (WebHelp and Microsoft HTML Help) help files
Thank you.

Peter,
Thank you for clarifying that we WOULD be able to update our
old projects using the newer RoboHelp 7 application. That is a
tremendous relief! And it is what I would expect of an upgraded
application.
(To clarify what I meant when I used the term "backward
compatible," I meant "Can a person open the RoboHelp 7 application,
and then from that application, open projects previously updated
with RoboHelp 5.")
So thanks again for this clarification.
Jan
P.S. We don't have immediate plans to upgrade to 7, but we
just wanted to do some scouting early on. By the way, does it seem
that the Robo users generally pleased with the version 7?

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