Saving FrameMaker files in earlier version

I created files using Unstructured FrameMaker 11. Our customer has FrameMaker 10. I saved the FrameMaker 11.0 files as Document 10 files (*.fm) and sent them to our customer. They are unable to open the Document 10 files. How do i resolve this issue?

Save them in MIF format to *.mif. That's the main purpose of MIF.
Use the highest version of MIF available to you (i.e. NOT FM 7).
If you are using any features added at FM11, your FM10 recipient will lose them, but they will be able to open the files.
if you ever need to send to someone on a version earlier than FM8, there is another potential issue with the text content of the document (Unicode). That won't arise in an FM11->10 situation.

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Export your document as INX (InDesign Interchange) and provide that
along with all of your linked file.
The CS2 use MUST be fully patched to 4.0.5. The text if very likely to
reflow, any new features in CS3 will be lost (text variables) or badly
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Not recommended for collaborative workflow.
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Adobe has been using confusing version names for at least five years.
There are now two versions labeled CC, version 9 and version 10 (also known as CC 2014). Version 10 is the latest, and if you attempt to open a version 10 file in Version 9 that is not fully patched you will get an error message telling you that the file cannot be opened. The latest patch for version 9 should use a cloud-based service at Adobe to convert version 10 files to IDML and allow you to open that.
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I created an animated logo for a customer and discovered that
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I've recently become aware that other people are getting an error message when opening many of my my psd files if they are on earlier versions of PS and also on PSE, (including the latest version). The message is:
This document contains unknown data which will be discarded to keep layers editable. To preserve the original appearance instead, choose flatten to load composite data as a flattened image.
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I've been using CS6 since it was released and have had to delve through all my files and save them in CS5. Not every file is affected and I've been unable to find a common thread.
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This similar to the message one should get in an older version of photoshop such as photoshop 7.
If one presses ok instead of read composite that might preserve the layers with the original look.
But sometimes if a layer blending mode or some other feature is used an earlier versions of photoshop doesn't have, reading the composite is the only way to preserve the look of the image.
You said your using shape layers?
If they are shape layers you didn't use a stroke from the tool options bar?
Can you post an example of the image with the layers panel visible that you get that message with?
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Do you have an iPhoto Library from the old machine? If you have then simply open it - there's no importing involved.
Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
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> It lists the file name, but adds a 3-character file exension after ".fm" at the end of the file name.
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