Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2017 and Visio Graphics

2018-09-21 Thread Robert Lauriston
The last time I had to place Visio drawings in FrameMaker I had some
problem with PDF (which worked fine with Excel) so I used EMF, but
today I'd use SVG.

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:07 PM, Carrie Baker  wrote:
> A further question.
>
> What is the best practice  for importing Visio to Frame
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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2017 and Visio Graphics

2018-09-21 Thread Art Campbell
Rather than use OLE, I SaveAs PDF from Viso and import that.


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On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 8:37 AM Lin Sims  wrote:

> It got better. Sometime around Visio 2013, I think, they fixed most of the
> export issues from Visio to SVG, at least.
>
> Now, if you're pasting SVGs created by Visio that have images manipulated
> in Photoshop to have a white background, you're going to run into problems.
> ;-)
>
> But regular Visio graphics exported to SVG, at least, looks pretty good
> these days.
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 2:50 PM Steve Rickaby <
> srick...@wordmongers.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > I've watched this thread with interest. My experience is old, so Visio
> may
> > have improved, but back in the day we used to have no end of problems
> with
> > non-Visio-native exports from Visio for use in FrameMaker. I vividly
> > remember 'connected' objects that weren't, and 'arcs' and 'circles' that
> > were visibly composed of straight-line segments.
> >
> > I hope things are better now.
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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2017 and Visio Graphics

2018-09-21 Thread Lin Sims
It got better. Sometime around Visio 2013, I think, they fixed most of the
export issues from Visio to SVG, at least.

Now, if you're pasting SVGs created by Visio that have images manipulated
in Photoshop to have a white background, you're going to run into problems.
;-)

But regular Visio graphics exported to SVG, at least, looks pretty good
these days.

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 2:50 PM Steve Rickaby <
srick...@wordmongers.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I've watched this thread with interest. My experience is old, so Visio may
> have improved, but back in the day we used to have no end of problems with
> non-Visio-native exports from Visio for use in FrameMaker. I vividly
> remember 'connected' objects that weren't, and 'arcs' and 'circles' that
> were visibly composed of straight-line segments.
>
> I hope things are better now.
>
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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2017 and Visio Graphics

2018-09-20 Thread Carrie Baker
A further question.

What is the best practice  for importing Visio to Frame

בתאריך יום ד׳, 19 בספט׳ 2018, 23:29, מאת ‏:

> Is it possible to import by reference Visio graphics into a FrameMaker
> 2017 file?
>
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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2017 and Visio Graphics

2018-09-20 Thread Steve Rickaby
I've watched this thread with interest. My experience is old, so Visio may have 
improved, but back in the day we used to have no end of problems with 
non-Visio-native exports from Visio for use in FrameMaker. I vividly remember 
'connected' objects that weren't, and 'arcs' and 'circles' that were visibly 
composed of straight-line segments.

I hope things are better now.

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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2017 and Visio Graphics

2018-09-20 Thread Robert Lauriston
2000 OLE objects would certainly be asking for trouble.

It's probably possible to write a VBScript that would go through all
the Visio files in a directory, resize them to fit the drawing, and
export to SVG or some other format FrameMaker can handle.

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 6:35 AM,   wrote:
> Thank you for your replies.
>
> This is my first time having to work with a graphic format I couldn't
> reference or not having any control over the format. The book is over 3000
> pages and at least 2000 of those pages are full page graphic images (all
> Visio and I do not have the Visio software). If I try and embed by OLE
> this many graphics, is my book going to be an unmanageable size?
>
> Thinking I need to request the company provide me with graphics in a
> FrameMaker friendly format.
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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2017 and Visio Graphics

2018-09-20 Thread Fred Ridder
Or provide you with a license for Visio. For your purposes, you'd only need 
Visio Standard (rather than Visio Professional, which adds data linking 
capabilities and collaborative features that you don't need), which has a list 
price of $250 for a perpetual license. I've seen Visio offered by third parties 
for less than $100.

I believe that unless you have Visio installed on your computer, you cannot 
insert Visio graphics as embedded (OLE) objects because the link inherent in 
OLE is between two applications -- the original app [Visio in this case] and 
the one that is reusing it [Frame in this case]. The OLE embedding allows you 
to edit the original graphic from within the FrameMaker UI by double-clicking 
on it.

Note that embedding is *not* the same thing as pasting a graphic into Frame. 
Nor is it the same as inserting a graphic by reference. They are three separate 
methods, each of which has its own advantages and disadvantages.

But if you wish to pursue your idea of having "the company" (presumably meaning 
your colleagues...) provide graphics in a FrameMaker-friendly format, my 
personal suggestion would be PDF, particularly if the graphics originated in a 
vector drawing application rather than being raster images (e.g., screen shots 
or photographic images)

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Thank you for your replies.

This is my first time having to work with a graphic format I couldn't
reference or not having any control over the format. The book is over 3000
pages and at least 2000 of those pages are full page graphic images (all
Visio and I do not have the Visio software). If I try and embed by OLE
this many graphics, is my book going to be an unmanageable size?

Thinking I need to request the company provide me with graphics in a
FrameMaker friendly format.

Julie A. Sigrist
Quality Assurance
Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services, Inc.
145 Hunter Drive, Bldg. 1005-B
Wilmington, OH  45177
(800) 736-3973 x62482
(937) 366-2482 (Direct)

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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2017 and Visio Graphics

2018-09-20 Thread Julie . Sigrist
Thank you for your replies. 

This is my first time having to work with a graphic format I couldn't 
reference or not having any control over the format. The book is over 3000 
pages and at least 2000 of those pages are full page graphic images (all 
Visio and I do not have the Visio software). If I try and embed by OLE 
this many graphics, is my book going to be an unmanageable size?

Thinking I need to request the company provide me with graphics in a 
FrameMaker friendly format.

Julie A. Sigrist
Quality Assurance
Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services, Inc.
145 Hunter Drive, Bldg. 1005-B 
Wilmington, OH  45177 
(800) 736-3973 x62482 
(937) 366-2482 (Direct) 

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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2017 and Visio Graphics

2018-09-19 Thread Robert Lauriston
I believe "Object" = OLE.

https://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/2017/using/using-framemaker-2017/frm_text_tx/Import_and_link_methods-.htm

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:18 AM, Lin Sims  wrote:
> I thought embedding was importing by copy, not reference? Although I grant
> you, I assumed this was a Windows platform given she is talking about Visio.
>
> BTW, Julie, if this IS Windows and Visio, remember to shrink the Visio
> canvas down around the drawing, or, depending on the size of the drawing,
> you could be looking at a lot of empty space.
>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 2:02 PM Robert Lauriston 
> wrote:
>
>> That's embedding an OLE object. Might be appropriate or not depending
>> on many factors.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 9:27 AM, Lin Sims  wrote:
>> > Yes.
>> >
>> >1. File > Import > Object, select Microsoft Visio Drawing from the
>> list
>> >2. Select Create from File
>> >3. Select Link
>> >4. Click OK.
>> >
>> > Step 3 is important if you want changes to the Visio diagram to be
>> updated
>> > to the FrameMaker file.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 12:19 PM  wrote:
>> >
>> >> Is it possible to import by reference Visio graphics into a FrameMaker
>> >> 2017 file?
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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2017 and Visio Graphics

2018-09-19 Thread Lin Sims
I thought embedding was importing by copy, not reference? Although I grant
you, I assumed this was a Windows platform given she is talking about Visio.

BTW, Julie, if this IS Windows and Visio, remember to shrink the Visio
canvas down around the drawing, or, depending on the size of the drawing,
you could be looking at a lot of empty space.

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 2:02 PM Robert Lauriston 
wrote:

> That's embedding an OLE object. Might be appropriate or not depending
> on many factors.
>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 9:27 AM, Lin Sims  wrote:
> > Yes.
> >
> >1. File > Import > Object, select Microsoft Visio Drawing from the
> list
> >2. Select Create from File
> >3. Select Link
> >4. Click OK.
> >
> > Step 3 is important if you want changes to the Visio diagram to be
> updated
> > to the FrameMaker file.
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 12:19 PM  wrote:
> >
> >> Is it possible to import by reference Visio graphics into a FrameMaker
> >> 2017 file?
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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2017 and Visio Graphics

2018-09-19 Thread Robert Lauriston
That's embedding an OLE object. Might be appropriate or not depending
on many factors.

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 9:27 AM, Lin Sims  wrote:
> Yes.
>
>1. File > Import > Object, select Microsoft Visio Drawing from the list
>2. Select Create from File
>3. Select Link
>4. Click OK.
>
> Step 3 is important if you want changes to the Visio diagram to be updated
> to the FrameMaker file.
>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 12:19 PM  wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to import by reference Visio graphics into a FrameMaker
>> 2017 file?
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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2017 and Visio Graphics

2018-09-19 Thread Robert Lauriston
I tried various approaches a few years ago and ended up exporting the
Visio drawings to EMF and placing those by reference in FrameMaker.

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 8:41 AM,   wrote:
> Is it possible to import by reference Visio graphics into a FrameMaker
> 2017 file?
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Re: [Framers] FrameMaker 2017 and Visio Graphics

2018-09-19 Thread Lin Sims
Yes.

   1. File > Import > Object, select Microsoft Visio Drawing from the list
   2. Select Create from File
   3. Select Link
   4. Click OK.

Step 3 is important if you want changes to the Visio diagram to be updated
to the FrameMaker file.

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 12:19 PM  wrote:

> Is it possible to import by reference Visio graphics into a FrameMaker
> 2017 file?
>
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[Framers] FrameMaker 2017 and Visio Graphics

2018-09-19 Thread Julie . Sigrist
Is it possible to import by reference Visio graphics into a FrameMaker 
2017 file?

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