As to why I'm inserting graphics with links, I explained this in a couple of individual emails so I'll just say it again. I inherited this project from an outside consultant. For now I have to stick with the documents as they're currently done. The consultant company puts its screen shots in a Powerpoint. Each Ppt slide is then copied into the FM document using Paste Special, and using the "Linked document" option in that dialog (and I mean the whole slide, not just the graphic on it). The irony of all this is that my own company wants the whole thing moved over to Word when it's possible. But right now I'm using FM documents that have been APPROVED, which is (as you know) a corporate term meaning they can't be changed other than adding new material.
-----Original Message----- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:32 AM To: Brewster, Christopher C; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: FM abruptly closes with no save Brewster, Christopher C wrote: > I think the memory issue is indeed the cause for this. I did > my process again and saved after each insertion. No problems > occurred. But I think software should handle a memory issue > much more gracefully than simply closing without saving-such > as warning me, or refusing to execute the step that would > make it close. (Do Adobe people monitor this list?) You're right, of course, FM should handle the problem much more gracefully. But let me re-emphasize advice you got earlier and chose to ignore: Don't use OLE! It's OK for one or two Visio drawings or PowerPoint slides, but each time you do that, you're adding to the FM file all the code needed to load the graphic's native application and edit it in place. The overhead is huge and complex. You have Acrobat, right? Or at least Distiller, since it comes with FM. You're much better off creating PDFs of your Visio or PowerPoint graphics and importing those by reference (File > Import > File, Import By Reference). Then, when a graphic changes, you just PDF it again (same name and location, overwriting the previous version). FM sees that the referenced file is newer, and your doc is updated automatically. HTH! Richard ------ Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 ------
