RE: FM9 and Text Frames

[Writer]

I've saved Visio files as GIFs and they seemed to render well. 

A long time ago, I used to convert schematics into PDFs and import them into FM 
quite nicely. The cool thing about that was when I converted the FM doc to PDF, 
the PDF (when viewed as a PDF, not printed out) maintained the layering of the 
schematic and the user could drill down into the image.

Nadine

--- On Wed, 8/19/09, Alison Craig alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com wrote:

From: Alison Craig alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com
Subject: RE: FM9 and Text Frames
To: Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com
Received: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 3:04 PM

I tried Visio this morning and wasn't happy with the quality - but it was a 
rush job creating the Visio file on someone else's computer (I don't have a 
copy of Visio yet) and then playing with it in FrameMaker.

What format do you recommend for the original image? I had to quickly save my 
original EPS to another format so I tried both PNG and TIF, then saved the 
resulting Visio file as a PNG and a TIF and imported them both as linked files 
(which I believe is the import by reference method you mentioned).

I was disappointed that the file did not come in at the same size as the Visio 
image. I imported it at 600 dpi and still had to downsize it. Once I saved it 
to PDF the quality of my text boxes were severely degraded.

Any suggestions? If I can get the quality issues solved, Visio seems much more 
friendly for this aspect of my documents (managing 2 boxes for every text frame 
sounds like a LOT of work!).

Thanks, Alison

 
Alison Craig, Technical Writer
Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127
Fax: (604) 279-8559
E-mail: alison.cr...@ultrasonix.com
 
 

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From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campb...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:53 AM
To: Alison Craig
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: FM9 and Text Frames

This may be a trivia item on the side of your main quest... but Visio
works quite well if you don't insist on using the actual Visio file.
Do a SaveAs in Visio and import the resulting file by reference -- I
usually use .png as the destination.

If you do import the Visio object, you must import it using MS OLE,
which is notoriously flakey I've found that it's usually not worth
the advantage of being able to edit by clicking it.

Art

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On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Alison
Craigalison.cr...@ultrasonix.com wrote:
 Version: FM9
 OS: XP Pro with SP3

 I am almost finished transferring my User Manuals from MS Word to FM9, 
 however, I have run into a problem with some images.

 In Word, I use Text Boxes to highlight various items in an image. Each Text 
 Box is surrounded by a border of a specific weight that sits a specific 
 distance from the actual text.

 I have not been able to achieve this effect in FM9 with Text Frames. After a 
 bit of trial and error I managed to get the side borders to sit a specific 
 distance from the text (eg, 1mm) but the text on the top always touches the 
 actual text as if it were an underline (or overline as it were). The 
 Paragraph style I created to use inside the Text Frame specifies the indents 
 and spacing but the text doesn't seem to obey the Above and Below Pgf 
 settings - no matter how big I make them.

 Does anyone have any suggestions for overcoming this? I have a lot of these 
 labeled images to handle. I just gave a quick try to create an image with 
 Visio and then import it, but Visio seems to have issues of its own.

 I can send an example image of what I am getting in FM9 as well as I what I 
 am trying for (from Word) if this would help.

 Also, is there any way to make the corners of the Text Frames rounded instead 
 of square?

 Thanks,

 Alison


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 Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
 130 - 4311 Viking Way
 Richmond, BC  V6V 2K9
 Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127
 Fax: (604) 279-8559
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