Re: Graphic causing Frame to crash

2008-09-05 Thread Lin Sims
Ah! Yes, I did indeed use Copy + Paste. I'll try the Import option in the morning. As I recall, the only thing I did to my ClipboardFormatPriorities was move Text to the front. And before things started crashing, it listed Facets as DIB. (I don't know what DIB is.) UPDATE: This is morning. I am,

Graphic causing Frame to crash

2008-09-05 Thread Lin Sims
Ah! Yes, I did indeed use Copy + Paste. I'll try the Import option in the morning. As I recall, the only thing I did to my ClipboardFormatPriorities was move Text to the front. And before things started crashing, it listed Facets as DIB. (I don't know what DIB is.) UPDATE: This is morning. I am,

Graphic causing Frame to crash

2008-09-04 Thread Lin Sims
FrameMaker 8 Windows XP SP3 I have a a couple of .png graphics that I copied to a Master Page. Every time I use the right-click menu to select Object Properties, Frame crashes. I tried converting the graphics to GIF but got the same result. These same graphics will, sometimes but not

Re: Graphic causing Frame to crash

2008-09-04 Thread Art Campbell
First, What are you trying to accomplish with them on the master page? For most things, copying them in isn't a great solution; importing by reference is way better, but it depends on what you're trying to do. AND... the grey box is what happens when you're running out of RAM and Frame takes

Re: Graphic causing Frame to crash

2008-09-04 Thread Art Campbell
OK, based on this info: * Actually, importing the graphics by reference rather than copying does buy you something -- the parent file doesn't contain the graphic information, so it's smaller, lighter weight and doesn't suck up as much memory. And if you break the reference link, it's only a

Re: Graphic causing Frame to crash

2008-09-04 Thread Lin Sims
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Van Boening, Tammy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Lin, I too have had this problem and there are a couple of solutions 1.) Can you capture the graphic again as a .png - even if it is a screen capture of the graphic itself - not of the source that led to the

RE: Graphic causing Frame to crash

2008-09-04 Thread Combs, Richard
Lin Sims wrote: FrameMaker 8 Windows XP SP3 I have a a couple of .png graphics that I copied to a Master Page. Every time I use the right-click menu to select Object Properties, Frame crashes. I tried converting the graphics to GIF but got the same result. These same graphics will,

Graphic causing Frame to crash

2008-09-04 Thread Lin Sims
FrameMaker 8 Windows XP SP3 I have a a couple of .png graphics that I copied to a Master Page. Every time I use the right-click menu to select Object Properties, Frame crashes. I tried converting the graphics to GIF but got the same result. These same graphics will, sometimes but not

Graphic causing Frame to crash

2008-09-04 Thread Art Campbell
First, What are you trying to accomplish with them on the master page? For most things, copying them in isn't a great solution; importing by reference is way better, but it depends on what you're trying to do. AND... the grey box is what happens when you're running out of RAM and Frame takes

Graphic causing Frame to crash

2008-09-04 Thread Art Campbell
OK, based on this info: * Actually, importing the graphics by reference rather than copying does buy you something -- the parent file doesn't contain the graphic information, so it's smaller, lighter weight and doesn't suck up as much memory. And if you break the reference link, it's only a

Graphic causing Frame to crash

2008-09-04 Thread Lin Sims
On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Van Boening, Tammy wrote: > Hi Lin, > > I too have had this problem and there are a couple of solutions > > 1.) Can you capture the graphic again as a .png - even if it is a screen > capture of the graphic itself - not of the source that led to the > original

Graphic causing Frame to crash

2008-09-04 Thread Combs, Richard
Lin Sims wrote: > FrameMaker 8 > Windows XP SP3 > > I have a a couple of .png graphics that I copied to a Master Page. > Every time I use the right-click menu to select Object Properties, > Frame crashes. I tried converting the graphics to GIF but got the same > result. > > These same graphics