In Visio, when you SaveAs to a PNG, you have a page of options you can
set, including the DPI, which I usually set to 200 but have run up to
300. Also, you should specify the source size as the original. That'll
give you a specific drawing size that you can then import at 100%.
Other good options are to SaveAs EPS or PDF, but I found that I
usually had to trim those files a bit to fit the way I wanted. Also,
PNG is nice if you're doing multiple outputs because it can go on the
web without conversion.
Visio is available as a free 60-day eval from the MS site...
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 Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Alison
Craig<Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com> wrote:
> I tried Visio this morning and wasn't happy with the quality - but it was a
> rush job creating the Visio file on someone else's computer (I don't have a
> copy of Visio yet) and then playing with it in FrameMaker.
>
> What format do you recommend for the original image? I had to quickly save my
> original EPS to another format so I tried both PNG and TIF, then saved the
> resulting Visio file as a PNG and a TIF and imported them both as linked
> files (which I believe is the "import by reference" method you mentioned).
>
> I was disappointed that the file did not come in at the same size as the
> Visio image. I imported it at 600 dpi and still had to downsize it. Once I
> saved it to PDF the quality of my text boxes were severely degraded.
>
> Any suggestions? If I can get the quality issues solved, Visio seems much
> more friendly for this aspect of my documents (managing 2 boxes for every
> text frame sounds like a LOT of work!).
>
> Thanks, Alison
>
>
> Alison Craig, Technical Writer
> Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
> Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127
> Fax: (604) 279-8559
> E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 11:53 AM
> To: Alison Craig
> Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Re: FM9 and Text Frames
>
> This may be a trivia item on the side of your main quest... but Visio
> works quite well if you don't insist on using the actual Visio file.
> Do a SaveAs in Visio and import the resulting file by reference -- I
> usually use .png as the destination.
>
> If you do import the Visio object, you must import it using MS OLE,
> which is notoriously flakey.... I've found that it's usually not worth
> the advantage of being able to edit by clicking it.
>
> Art
>
> 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 Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Alison
> Craig<Alison.Craig at ultrasonix.com> wrote:
>> Version: FM9
>> OS: XP Pro with SP3
>>
>> I am almost finished transferring my User Manuals from MS Word to FM9,
>> however, I have run into a problem with some images.
>>
>> In Word, I use Text Boxes to highlight various items in an image. Each Text
>> Box is surrounded by a border of a specific weight that sits a specific
>> distance from the actual text.
>>
>> I have not been able to achieve this effect in FM9 with Text Frames. After a
>> bit of trial and error I managed to get the side borders to sit a specific
>> distance from the text (eg, 1mm) but the text on the top always touches the
>> actual text as if it were an underline (or "overline" as it were). The
>> Paragraph style I created to use inside the Text Frame specifies the indents
>> and spacing but the text doesn't seem to obey the Above and Below Pgf
>> settings - no matter how big I make them.
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions for overcoming this? I have a lot of these
>> "labeled" images to handle. I just gave a quick try to create an image with
>> Visio and then import it, but Visio seems to have issues of its own.
>>
>> I can send an example image of what I am getting in FM9 as well as I what I
>> am trying for (from Word) if this would help.
>>
>> Also, is there any way to make the corners of the Text Frames rounded
>> instead of square?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Alison
>>
>>
>> Alison Craig, Technical Writer
>> Ultrasonix Medical Corporation
>> 130 - 4311 Viking Way
>> Richmond, BC ?V6V 2K9
>> Tel: (604) 279-8550, ext 127
>> Fax: (604) 279-8559
>> E-mail: alison.craig at ultrasonix.com<mailto:alison.craig at ultrasonix.com>
>>
>>
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