On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 08:35:02 +0200, Yves Barbion <yves.barbion at gmail.com> wrote:
>Thank you for your help, but I'm afraid I cannot use MIF2Go for this job. >This is what I read in the MIF2Go Help: > >"If your document contains many images that were imported into FrameMaker by >copying instead of by reference, and these embedded images have not been >embellished in FrameMaker with callouts or other added features, you might >want to consider replacing them with referenced graphics." Actually, that "embellished" part is not a reason to keep the graphics embedded; you can use callouts with referenced graphics exactly the same as with embedded, and the process I suggested will work fine with them. The comment in the User's Guide is related to a different issue, one that's not relevant here. >Well, the images have been "embellished" (I like the word) with callouts... >in Word ;-( And it's even worse, because the images have also been cropped >in Word and the pictures have been taken at a ridiculously high resolution >for their purpose: 10 x 15 inches @ 300 dpi, where their actual size in the >FM document should be 2.5 x 1.5 inches and 150 dpi should be more than >enough for PDF and laser print output. None of that matters at all. Have you actually *tried* the process I suggested? If you leave the embedded images in place until you select and replace them with the referenced copies Mif2Go makes for you, the referenced graphics will have *exactly* the same settings as the embedded ones do. You will not see any visible difference at all. But your Frame file will be a lot smaller, and more stable. HTH! -- Jeremy H. Griffith, at Omni Systems Inc. <jeremy at omsys.com> http://www.omsys.com/