Some of my graphics are imported and copied into the documents. A few are
imported by reference.

A large number of CAD drawings and some screen shots are copied from other
applications and pasted into FrameMaker. I'm trying to make sure I won't
lose those graphics.

Thanks,
Lisa B.


> I don't use OLE with FrameMaker, that feature has always been
> unreliable.
>
> I interpret what you write to mean that OLE objects are not moved or
> handled by the Archive utility; they are not copied and not archived.
>
> I don't know what you mean by "convert them to linked objects." There is
> no conversion done.
>
> Archive takes your book, the referenced FM files, and all the linked
> graphics (using file > import > file to import by reference into an
> anchored frame) and moves those files to the location you specify,
> maintaining the relative relationship of the files to each other.
>
> This works flawlessly with all my graphics that are imported by
> reference.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sean
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of Lisa M. Bronson (TCP)
> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 10:00 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [TCP] archive utility
>
> I have a question for those of you who have used the Archive utility for
> FrameMaker. It says that it has a limitation of not archiving OLE
> objects included in documents. There are a number of these in my
> documents, and while I would like to phase those out if I get the
> utility, but I won't be able to do that immediately. I want to make sure
> that statement doesn't mean that the OLE objects will not come with the
> documents--maybe it just means that it won't convert them to linked
> objects?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Warm regards,
> Lisa B.


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