I find it interesting that a few of you are saving your illustrations as
EPS instead of leaving them as PDF and importing that into Frame. Is
there an advantage to using EPS? I didn't even know you could save as
EPS in Acrobat.

-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces+neil.tubb=solacesystems....@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+neil.tubb=solacesystems.com at lists.frameusers.com
] On Behalf Of Linda G. Gallagher
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 12:53 PM
To: gkhaas at usa.net; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Visio (2003) drawings into FrameMaker (7.2, unstructured)?

Guy,

I know that folks will likely tell you that it's not the recommended
way,
but I have embedded Visio objects into a couple of FM books
successfully. I
learned about it from another list member (John, are you out there?),
and it
has been fine.

Other than that, the recommended procedure is clumsy at best: create a
PDF
from Visio, crop it, save as .eps, import into FM (think I'm remembering
that right). Ugly if you expect change to the Visio drawings as I did.

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-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces+lindag=techcomplus....@lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces+lindag=techcomplus.com at lists.frameusers.com]On
Behalf Of Guy K. Haas
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:32 AM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Visio (2003) drawings into FrameMaker (7.2, unstructured)?


My developers give me design files in Word containing embedded Visio
objects to show UML and the like.  While there are not very many, I
WOULD like to use as delayed a binding as possible, to facilitate the
updating of such drawings from (ever?)-changing engineering docs.

I do not believe one can embed such objects themselves in a FrameMaker
document.

I CAN, of course, open the object, save it as a .vsd file, then open the
vsd file IN Visio and save it in some other graphic form (meaning that
I'd have to do it over again whenever the engineers rejigger).

But Visio 2003 does not offer .eps among its save-as options.  The most
desirable of the offerings (for line drawings) seem to be .gif, .png,
and .svg[z].  My guess would be .svg because it's vector.

Any guidance on
1. whether FrameMaker can embed Visio objects
2. if not, then what's the best format for embedding the graphic file.

--TIA,
    Guy K. Haas
    Software Exegete in Silicon Valley

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