This is not a problem. I have Visio 2003 (SP2) and it allows me to export as tif, gif, png. You can check to see if the quality is a problem, but you don't have to do that at all, really. You can import the vsd file as an object into FrameMaker.
Click File > Import > Object. In the Insert Object dialog, Select Create from File. Browse to the vsd file , check the Link check box (if you want it to update dynamically and then Click OK. I have Frame 7.2. When I right-click on the Visio object, the bottom of the right-click menu has a choice called "Linked Visio Object" and the two sub menu items are Edit and Open. If I double-click the embedded Visio object it opens it in Visio. Jim Light -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:45 AM To: framers@FrameUsers.com Subject: Re: Visio (2003) drawings into FrameMaker (7.2, unstructured)? At 08:31 -0700 27/4/06, Guy K. Haas wrote: >But Visio 2003 does not offer .eps among its save-as options. The most desirable of the offerings (for line drawings) seem to be .gif, .png, and .svg[z]. My guess would be .svg because it's vector. > >Any guidance on >1. whether FrameMaker can embed Visio objects >2. if not, then what's the best format for embedding the graphic file. Hi Guy I went through some real pain on this a couple of years ago. From memory, what we found was that: . My understanding is that FrameMaker cannot embed .vsds . Most of the export filers in Visio produced what one could politely call 'visual artifacts' . The specific deficiencies of the various export filters varied with the revision of Visio in use . The 'best' (used in a very relative sense) option was to export from Visio as .emf, import .emf into Illustrator, touch up there, export as .eps from Illustrator, and import the .eps into FrameMaker. Two caveats: . This was all on the Mac, and the situation on PC FrameMaker may be different. . Things may have improved in the interim (although I'm not hopeful) -- Steve _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/jlight%40pillardata. com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.