RE: vsd flow charts
Thanks to everyone who responded to my question. Sorry about the delay in MY response since I posted the question. Been away from work. I appreciated all the tips I got. For this situation, I ended up importing the Visio drawings as PDFs and it worked great! Thanks again, Barbara Zeller -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 1:06 PM To: Zeller, Barbara; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: vsd flow charts Zeller, Barbara asked: What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into FrameMaker? I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would appreciate any tips. If the results are fuzzy, I'm guessing you're exporting to JPEG, probably the worst choice (it's for photos, not drawings). But any raster (bitmap) image format is a bad idea. And Visio's export filters (including those suitable for vector graphics -- EPS and WMF/EMF) have a poor reputation. IMHO, PDF is by far the best option. If you have a recent full version of Acrobat, and it was installed after Office/Visio, it should have installed the PDFMaker plug-in, adding PDF buttons and menu to your Office apps, including Visio. That makes it dead simple; once you set PDF options once, it will take just a button click to create a new PDF when you change the drawing. If that's not your situation, but you have Distiller, you can print your Visio drawings to the Adobe PDF printer. In either case, if your Visio files contain multiple drawings, the PDF will contain multiple pages. In FM, when you select a multi-page PDF to import, a dialog appears in which you choose the page you want (there's a preview if you've forgotten the page number). Helpful hint: When you create Visio drawings for import into FM, figure out what size you want them to be on the FM page, and make the drawing page that size (e.g., if you want them to span a 6 text column, then in Visio, use a custom page 6 wide). It will simplify your life if your drawings don't need to be scaled on import. HTH! Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
vsd flow charts
Thanks to everyone who responded to my question. Sorry about the delay in MY response since I posted the question. Been away from work. I appreciated all the tips I got. For this situation, I ended up importing the Visio drawings as PDFs and it worked great! Thanks again, Barbara Zeller -Original Message- From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.co...@polycom.com] Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 1:06 PM To: Zeller, Barbara; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: vsd flow charts Zeller, Barbara asked: > What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into > FrameMaker? > I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would > appreciate any tips. If the results are fuzzy, I'm guessing you're exporting to JPEG, probably the worst choice (it's for photos, not drawings). But any raster (bitmap) image format is a bad idea. And Visio's export filters (including those suitable for vector graphics -- EPS and WMF/EMF) have a poor reputation. IMHO, PDF is by far the best option. If you have a recent full version of Acrobat, and it was installed after Office/Visio, it should have installed the PDFMaker plug-in, adding PDF buttons and menu to your Office apps, including Visio. That makes it dead simple; once you set PDF options once, it will take just a button click to create a new PDF when you change the drawing. If that's not your situation, but you have Distiller, you can print your Visio drawings to the Adobe PDF printer. In either case, if your Visio files contain multiple drawings, the PDF will contain multiple pages. In FM, when you select a multi-page PDF to import, a dialog appears in which you choose the page you want (there's a preview if you've forgotten the page number). Helpful hint: When you create Visio drawings for import into FM, figure out what size you want them to be on the FM page, and make the drawing page that size (e.g., if you want them to span a 6" text column, then in Visio, use a custom page 6" wide). It will simplify your life if your drawings don't need to be scaled on import. HTH! Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 --
vsd flow charts
What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into FrameMaker? I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would appreciate any tips. Thanks! Barbara Zeller ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: vsd flow charts
Barbara Zeller asked: What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into FrameMaker? I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would appreciate any tips. Save As .wmf (or .emf) from Visio, then FileImportFile into FrameMaker. Or else Print to PDF from Visio, and FileImportFile into FrameMaker. Inserting the Visio figures as OLE objects works well for some users, but can cause issues downstream. The one thing you shoud definitely avoid is saving the Visio figures in any sort of raster image format (TIFF, BMP, PNG, GIF, or especially JPEG, which is lossy as well as rasterized). -Fred Ridder ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: vsd flow charts
I made mine into PNG files and imported them as images. Visio as a Save as or export feature that lets you convert the vsd file into a graphic image. Thank you, Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.545.6316 7 408.232.5911 * gfl...@nanometrics.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Zeller, Barbara Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 1:01 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: vsd flow charts What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into FrameMaker? I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would appreciate any tips. Thanks! Barbara Zeller ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as gfl...@nanometrics.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/gflato%40nanometrics .com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. colo1-dmz-mx1.nanometrics.com made the following annotations - Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Employees of Nanometrics, Inc. are expressly required not to make defamatory statements and not to infringe or authorize any infringement of copyright or any other legal right by email communications. Any such communication is contrary to company policy and outside the scope of the employment of the individual concerned. The company will not accept any liability in respect of such communication, and the employee responsible will be personally liable for any damages or other liability arising. - ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: vsd flow charts
Hi Barbara: I'm turning the Visio files into PDFs and importing them by reference into FrameMaker 7.2 files. I can see them clearly in FrameMaker and they display well when I print the FrameMaker book as a PDF or as HTML (converted using Mif2Go). Since my Distiller is automatically set to use password protection, the Visio files turn into protected PDFs. I have to remember to remove the security; otherwise, when I try to turn the book into a PDF file, it fails on the figure. BTW, I'm using Acrobat 6.0 Professional. Fei Min Lorente -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Zeller, Barbara Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:01 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: vsd flow charts What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into FrameMaker? I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would appreciate any tips. Thanks! Barbara Zeller ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as feimin.lore...@onsemi.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/feimin.lorente%40ons emi.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: vsd flow charts
I save .vsd to .svg and import into Frame by reference. Works fine for my docs. Krishna Subject: RE: vsd flow charts Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 11:47:22 -0700 From: feimin.lore...@onsemi.com To: bzel...@tcfbank.com; framers@lists.frameusers.com Hi Barbara: I'm turning the Visio files into PDFs and importing them by reference into FrameMaker 7.2 files. I can see them clearly in FrameMaker and they display well when I print the FrameMaker book as a PDF or as HTML (converted using Mif2Go). Since my Distiller is automatically set to use password protection, the Visio files turn into protected PDFs. I have to remember to remove the security; otherwise, when I try to turn the book into a PDF file, it fails on the figure. BTW, I'm using Acrobat 6.0 Professional. Fei Min Lorente -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Zeller, Barbara Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:01 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: vsd flow charts What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into FrameMaker? I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would appreciate any tips. Thanks! Barbara Zeller ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as feimin.lore...@onsemi.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/feimin.lorente%40ons emi.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as km...@hotmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/kmukh%40hotmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/ ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: vsd flow charts
I'd second Fred's recommendation for converting Visio files to PDFs for print, but for HTML final output, I usually just go directly to PNGs, as Gillian does. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com wrote: Barbara Zeller asked: What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into FrameMaker? I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would appreciate any tips. Save As .wmf (or .emf) from Visio, then FileImportFile into FrameMaker. Or else Print to PDF from Visio, and FileImportFile into FrameMaker. Inserting the Visio figures as OLE objects works well for some users, but can cause issues downstream. The one thing you shoud definitely avoid is saving the Visio figures in any sort of raster image format (TIFF, BMP, PNG, GIF, or especially JPEG, which is lossy as well as rasterized). -Fred Ridder ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: vsd flow charts
Zeller, Barbara asked: What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into FrameMaker? I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would appreciate any tips. If the results are fuzzy, I'm guessing you're exporting to JPEG, probably the worst choice (it's for photos, not drawings). But any raster (bitmap) image format is a bad idea. And Visio's export filters (including those suitable for vector graphics -- EPS and WMF/EMF) have a poor reputation. IMHO, PDF is by far the best option. If you have a recent full version of Acrobat, and it was installed after Office/Visio, it should have installed the PDFMaker plug-in, adding PDF buttons and menu to your Office apps, including Visio. That makes it dead simple; once you set PDF options once, it will take just a button click to create a new PDF when you change the drawing. If that's not your situation, but you have Distiller, you can print your Visio drawings to the Adobe PDF printer. In either case, if your Visio files contain multiple drawings, the PDF will contain multiple pages. In FM, when you select a multi-page PDF to import, a dialog appears in which you choose the page you want (there's a preview if you've forgotten the page number). Helpful hint: When you create Visio drawings for import into FM, figure out what size you want them to be on the FM page, and make the drawing page that size (e.g., if you want them to span a 6 text column, then in Visio, use a custom page 6 wide). It will simplify your life if your drawings don't need to be scaled on import. HTH! Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: vsd flow charts
WMF or EMF work fine. You can hard-import these, import by reference, or embed them as OLE objects. If you are confident nobody is going to muck about with your source, importation by reference is easiest, because you can update more or less on the fly from Visio. You just need to remember to save the chart as (wmf/emf) when you're done with your session. be careful not to leave any object in the image selected, or you'll end up saving just that object, which can make for some embarrassment, to be sure. If you are concerned about poor source discipline, the best method may be to build your flowcharts directly in Frame, using its graphical features. It all depends on your work environment. There used to be a way to backdoor save and import from vsd into Frame, but MSFT plugged that hole, so you'd likely be stuck with redrawing if you opt to go this route. I've found OLE implementation to be pretty spotty, but my experience is getting a little elderly, and perhaps they've fixed things in recent revs. --William Abernathy Zeller, Barbara wrote: What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into FrameMaker? I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would appreciate any tips. Thanks! Barbara Zeller ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
vsd flow charts
Barbara Zeller asked: > What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into FrameMaker? > I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would > appreciate any tips. Save As .wmf (or .emf) from Visio, then File>Import>File into FrameMaker. Or else Print to PDF from Visio, and File>Import>File into FrameMaker. Inserting the Visio figures as OLE objects works well for some users, but can cause issues downstream. The one thing you shoud definitely avoid is saving the Visio figures in any sort of raster image format (TIFF, BMP, PNG, GIF, or especially JPEG, which is lossy as well as rasterized). -Fred Ridder
vsd flow charts
I made mine into PNG files and imported them as images. Visio as a Save as or export feature that lets you convert the vsd file into a graphic image. Thank you, Gillian Flato Technical Writer (Software) nanometrics 1550 Buckeye Dr. Milpitas, CA. 95035 (408.545.6316 7 408.232.5911 * gflato at nanometrics.com -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Zeller, Barbara Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 1:01 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: vsd flow charts What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into FrameMaker? I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would appreciate any tips. Thanks! Barbara Zeller ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as gflato at nanometrics.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/gflato%40nanometrics .com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. colo1-dmz-mx1.nanometrics.com made the following annotations - Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Employees of Nanometrics, Inc. are expressly required not to make defamatory statements and not to infringe or authorize any infringement of copyright or any other legal right by email communications. Any such communication is contrary to company policy and outside the scope of the employment of the individual concerned. The company will not accept any liability in respect of such communication, and the employee responsible will be personally liable for any damages or other liability arising. -
vsd flow charts
Hi Barbara: I'm turning the Visio files into PDFs and importing them by reference into FrameMaker 7.2 files. I can see them clearly in FrameMaker and they display well when I print the FrameMaker book as a PDF or as HTML (converted using Mif2Go). Since my Distiller is automatically set to use password protection, the Visio files turn into protected PDFs. I have to remember to remove the security; otherwise, when I try to turn the book into a PDF file, it fails on the figure. BTW, I'm using Acrobat 6.0 Professional. Fei Min Lorente -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Zeller, Barbara Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:01 PM To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: vsd flow charts What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into FrameMaker? I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would appreciate any tips. Thanks! Barbara Zeller ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as feimin.lorente at onsemi.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/feimin.lorente%40ons emi.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
vsd flow charts
I save .vsd to .svg and import into Frame by reference. Works fine for my docs. Krishna > Subject: RE: vsd flow charts > Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 11:47:22 -0700 > From: FeiMin.Lorente at onsemi.com > To: bzeller at tcfbank.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com > > Hi Barbara: > > I'm turning the Visio files into PDFs and importing them by reference > into FrameMaker 7.2 files. I can see them clearly in FrameMaker and they > display well when I print the FrameMaker book as a PDF or as HTML > (converted using Mif2Go). > > Since my Distiller is automatically set to use password protection, the > Visio files turn into protected PDFs. I have to remember to remove the > security; otherwise, when I try to turn the book into a PDF file, it > fails on the figure. > > BTW, I'm using Acrobat 6.0 Professional. > > Fei Min Lorente > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Zeller, > Barbara > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:01 PM > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > Subject: vsd flow charts > > What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into > FrameMaker? > I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would > appreciate any tips. > > Thanks! > Barbara Zeller > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as feimin.lorente at onsemi.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/feimin.lorente%40ons > emi.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as kmukh at hotmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/kmukh%40hotmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/
vsd flow charts
I'd second Fred's recommendation for converting Visio files to PDFs for print, but for HTML final output, I usually just go directly to PNGs, as Gillian does. Art Campbell art.campbell at gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Fred Ridder wrote: > > Barbara Zeller asked: > > > What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into > FrameMaker? > > I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would > > appreciate any tips. > > > Save As .wmf (or .emf) from Visio, then File>Import>File into FrameMaker. > > Or else Print to PDF from Visio, and File>Import>File into FrameMaker. > > Inserting the Visio figures as OLE objects works well for some users, but > can cause issues downstream. > > The one thing you shoud definitely avoid is saving the Visio figures in any > sort of raster image format (TIFF, BMP, PNG, GIF, or especially JPEG, which > is lossy as well as rasterized). > > -Fred Ridder > > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campbell at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
vsd flow charts
Zeller, Barbara asked: > What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into > FrameMaker? > I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would > appreciate any tips. If the results are fuzzy, I'm guessing you're exporting to JPEG, probably the worst choice (it's for photos, not drawings). But any raster (bitmap) image format is a bad idea. And Visio's export filters (including those suitable for vector graphics -- EPS and WMF/EMF) have a poor reputation. IMHO, PDF is by far the best option. If you have a recent full version of Acrobat, and it was installed after Office/Visio, it should have installed the PDFMaker plug-in, adding PDF buttons and menu to your Office apps, including Visio. That makes it dead simple; once you set PDF options once, it will take just a button click to create a new PDF when you change the drawing. If that's not your situation, but you have Distiller, you can print your Visio drawings to the Adobe PDF printer. In either case, if your Visio files contain multiple drawings, the PDF will contain multiple pages. In FM, when you select a multi-page PDF to import, a dialog appears in which you choose the page you want (there's a preview if you've forgotten the page number). Helpful hint: When you create Visio drawings for import into FM, figure out what size you want them to be on the FM page, and make the drawing page that size (e.g., if you want them to span a 6" text column, then in Visio, use a custom page 6" wide). It will simplify your life if your drawings don't need to be scaled on import. HTH! Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 --
vsd flow charts
WMF or EMF work fine. You can hard-import these, import by reference, or embed them as OLE objects. If you are confident nobody is going to muck about with your source, importation by reference is easiest, because you can update more or less on the fly from Visio. You just need to remember to save the chart as (wmf/emf) when you're done with your session. be careful not to leave any object in the image selected, or you'll end up saving just that object, which can make for some embarrassment, to be sure. If you are concerned about poor source discipline, the best method may be to build your flowcharts directly in Frame, using its graphical features. It all depends on your work environment. There used to be a way to backdoor save and import from vsd into Frame, but MSFT plugged that hole, so you'd likely be stuck with redrawing if you opt to go this route. I've found OLE implementation to be pretty spotty, but my experience is getting a little elderly, and perhaps they've fixed things in recent revs. --William Abernathy Zeller, Barbara wrote: > What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into FrameMaker? > I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would > appreciate any tips. > > Thanks! > Barbara Zeller
vsd flow charts
What is the best way to import flow charts from Visio (.vsd) into FrameMaker? I'm getting some pretty fuzzy results. I am working in Frame 7.2. Would appreciate any tips. Thanks! Barbara Zeller
