Yes, the advice (I gave it) still holds.
No reason why it shouldn't!
- Dov
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Harvey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:32 AM
> To: Dov Isaacs; Steve Rickaby; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
>
> Here is the procedure I pulled off this list years ago. It's been
> sitting either in, on, under, or behind my desk for what seems like
> forever. Does it still hold true with the current software out there?
>
> "1. Save the file in Visio as a PDF.
> 2. Open the PDF in Acrobat.
> 3. Save the Acrobat file as and EPS, with TIFF preview/fonts embedded.
> 4. Import the EPS into FrameMaker.
> Note: The image may look fuzzy in FM when imported. Remember, this is
> the TIFF preview, not the printed page."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> sers.com]
> On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs
> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:21 PM
> To: Steve Rickaby; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
>
> FrameMaker does NOT have the ability to import "Visio native
> files." It does have the ability to use OLE (object linking
> and embedding) links to such a Viso document file, but that
> requires that Visio be installed on the system that runs
> FrameMaker. Also, OLE is notoriously unreliable.
>
> - Dov
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:54 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
> >
> > At 07:40 -0700 28/6/06, Roopa Belur wrote:
> >
> > > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses
> > Microsoft Word. They are considering moving to Frame in the
> > next few months.
> > >
> > >I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without
> > Distiller or any Adobe product.
> >
> > Er... just a quick query: you're not trying to go from Visio
> > to PDF so that you can import the PDF into FrameMaker, are
> > you? Because if so, I don't think you need to bother: PC
> > FrameMaker can import Visio native files directly (or so I've
> > been told - I don't use Visio).
> > --
> > Steve
>
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