RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Thank you for your responses. Feels great to be a part of this knowledgeable community. ABC Amber Visio worked well, so I am content and happy :-) Thanks again, Roopa Malavally Belur Dov Isaacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yes, the advice (I gave it) still holds. No reason why it shouldn't! - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Jon Harvey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:32 AM > To: Dov Isaacs; Steve Rickaby; framers@FrameUsers.com > Subject: RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF > > Here is the procedure I pulled off this list years ago. It's been > sitting either in, on, under, or behind my desk for what seems like > forever. Does it still hold true with the current software out there? > > "1. Save the file in Visio as a PDF. > 2. Open the PDF in Acrobat. > 3. Save the Acrobat file as and EPS, with TIFF preview/fonts embedded. > 4. Import the EPS into FrameMaker. > Note: The image may look fuzzy in FM when imported. Remember, this is > the TIFF preview, not the printed page." > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > sers.com] > On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:21 PM > To: Steve Rickaby; framers@FrameUsers.com > Subject: RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF > > FrameMaker does NOT have the ability to import "Visio native > files." It does have the ability to use OLE (object linking > and embedding) links to such a Viso document file, but that > requires that Visio be installed on the system that runs > FrameMaker. Also, OLE is notoriously unreliable. > > - Dov > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby > > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:54 AM > > To: framers@FrameUsers.com > > Subject: Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF > > > > At 07:40 -0700 28/6/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > > > > > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses > > Microsoft Word. They are considering moving to Frame in the > > next few months. > > > > > >I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without > > Distiller or any Adobe product. > > > > Er... just a quick query: you're not trying to go from Visio > > to PDF so that you can import the PDF into FrameMaker, are > > you? Because if so, I don't think you need to bother: PC > > FrameMaker can import Visio native files directly (or so I've > > been told - I don't use Visio). > > -- > > 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/rbelur%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Sir Winston Churchill - Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. ___ 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.
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Thank you for your responses. Feels great to be a part of this knowledgeable community. ABC Amber Visio worked well, so I am content and happy :-) Thanks again, Roopa Malavally Belur Dov Isaacs wrote: Yes, the advice (I gave it) still holds. No reason why it shouldn't! - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Jon Harvey [mailto:JHarvey at cambridgesoft.com] > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:32 AM > To: Dov Isaacs; Steve Rickaby; framers at FrameUsers.com > Subject: RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF > > Here is the procedure I pulled off this list years ago. It's been > sitting either in, on, under, or behind my desk for what seems like > forever. Does it still hold true with the current software out there? > > "1. Save the file in Visio as a PDF. > 2. Open the PDF in Acrobat. > 3. Save the Acrobat file as and EPS, with TIFF preview/fonts embedded. > 4. Import the EPS into FrameMaker. > Note: The image may look fuzzy in FM when imported. Remember, this is > the TIFF preview, not the printed page." > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+jharvey=cambridgesoft.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+jharvey=cambridgesoft.com at lists.frameu > sers.com] > On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:21 PM > To: Steve Rickaby; framers at FrameUsers.com > Subject: RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF > > FrameMaker does NOT have the ability to import "Visio native > files." It does have the ability to use OLE (object linking > and embedding) links to such a Viso document file, but that > requires that Visio be installed on the system that runs > FrameMaker. Also, OLE is notoriously unreliable. > > - Dov > > > > -Original Message- > > From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com > > [mailto:framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com] > > On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby > > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:54 AM > > To: framers at FrameUsers.com > > Subject: Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF > > > > At 07:40 -0700 28/6/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > > > > > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses > > Microsoft Word. They are considering moving to Frame in the > > next few months. > > > > > >I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without > > Distiller or any Adobe product. > > > > Er... just a quick query: you're not trying to go from Visio > > to PDF so that you can import the PDF into FrameMaker, are > > you? Because if so, I don't think you need to bother: PC > > FrameMaker can import Visio native files directly (or so I've > > been told - I don't use Visio). > > -- > > Steve > ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as rbelur at yahoo.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/rbelur%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Sir Winston Churchill - Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2?/min or less.
RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Yes, the advice (I gave it) still holds. No reason why it shouldn't! - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Jon Harvey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:32 AM > To: Dov Isaacs; Steve Rickaby; framers@FrameUsers.com > Subject: RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF > > Here is the procedure I pulled off this list years ago. It's been > sitting either in, on, under, or behind my desk for what seems like > forever. Does it still hold true with the current software out there? > > "1. Save the file in Visio as a PDF. > 2. Open the PDF in Acrobat. > 3. Save the Acrobat file as and EPS, with TIFF preview/fonts embedded. > 4. Import the EPS into FrameMaker. > Note: The image may look fuzzy in FM when imported. Remember, this is > the TIFF preview, not the printed page." > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > sers.com] > On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:21 PM > To: Steve Rickaby; framers@FrameUsers.com > Subject: RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF > > FrameMaker does NOT have the ability to import "Visio native > files." It does have the ability to use OLE (object linking > and embedding) links to such a Viso document file, but that > requires that Visio be installed on the system that runs > FrameMaker. Also, OLE is notoriously unreliable. > > - Dov > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby > > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:54 AM > > To: framers@FrameUsers.com > > Subject: Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF > > > > At 07:40 -0700 28/6/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > > > > > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses > > Microsoft Word. They are considering moving to Frame in the > > next few months. > > > > > >I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without > > Distiller or any Adobe product. > > > > Er... just a quick query: you're not trying to go from Visio > > to PDF so that you can import the PDF into FrameMaker, are > > you? Because if so, I don't think you need to bother: PC > > FrameMaker can import Visio native files directly (or so I've > > been told - I don't use Visio). > > -- > > 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/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Yes, the advice (I gave it) still holds. No reason why it shouldn't! - Dov > -Original Message- > From: Jon Harvey [mailto:JHarvey at cambridgesoft.com] > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 9:32 AM > To: Dov Isaacs; Steve Rickaby; framers at FrameUsers.com > Subject: RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF > > Here is the procedure I pulled off this list years ago. It's been > sitting either in, on, under, or behind my desk for what seems like > forever. Does it still hold true with the current software out there? > > "1. Save the file in Visio as a PDF. > 2. Open the PDF in Acrobat. > 3. Save the Acrobat file as and EPS, with TIFF preview/fonts embedded. > 4. Import the EPS into FrameMaker. > Note: The image may look fuzzy in FM when imported. Remember, this is > the TIFF preview, not the printed page." > > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+jharvey=cambridgesoft.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+jharvey=cambridgesoft.com at lists.frameu > sers.com] > On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:21 PM > To: Steve Rickaby; framers at FrameUsers.com > Subject: RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF > > FrameMaker does NOT have the ability to import "Visio native > files." It does have the ability to use OLE (object linking > and embedding) links to such a Viso document file, but that > requires that Visio be installed on the system that runs > FrameMaker. Also, OLE is notoriously unreliable. > > - Dov > > > > -Original Message- > > From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com > > [mailto:framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com] > > On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby > > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:54 AM > > To: framers at FrameUsers.com > > Subject: Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF > > > > At 07:40 -0700 28/6/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > > > > > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses > > Microsoft Word. They are considering moving to Frame in the > > next few months. > > > > > >I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without > > Distiller or any Adobe product. > > > > Er... just a quick query: you're not trying to go from Visio > > to PDF so that you can import the PDF into FrameMaker, are > > you? Because if so, I don't think you need to bother: PC > > FrameMaker can import Visio native files directly (or so I've > > been told - I don't use Visio). > > -- > > Steve >
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
I thought having Adobe Acrobat was pretty much a necessity for technical writers? Still, Visio 2003 does, I think, save as SVG. Perhaps FrameMaker 7.1+ can use that? As for PDF or EPS, I think PDF is more processing and overhead for FrameMaker; you might care if you use a ton of PDFs. == T. I won. I voted for Char James-Tanny for STC secretary.
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Well, Visio 2003 does not provide PDF (or EPS) as options in the Save As dialog, so your procedure is clearly out of date. It seems that when Microsoft took over Visio they decided to finally remove the chronically broken EPS export filter that Visio users had suffered with for so long, and Save As PDF apparently went the same route (if it ever existed in Visio to begin with) since neither file format is a Microsoft invention. You can certainly *print* Visio to PDF if you have Acrobat, but at that point you're probably better off importing the PDF into FrameMaker rather than converting it to EPS because you'll get a better on-screen display. Converting PDF to EPS before importing used to be a requirement in older versions of FrameMaker (5.5.6, IIRC) which didn't import PDF correctly. But for current versions, importing PDF is no problem and that approach has the potential advantage of being able to contain multiple pages in one PDF as opposed to one file per image for EPS. My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com) Intel Parsippany, NJ -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+fred.ridder=intel.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Jon Harvey Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 12:32 PM To: Dov Isaacs; Steve Rickaby; framers at FrameUsers.com Subject: RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF Here is the procedure I pulled off this list years ago. It's been sitting either in, on, under, or behind my desk for what seems like forever. Does it still hold true with the current software out there? "1. Save the file in Visio as a PDF. 2. Open the PDF in Acrobat. 3. Save the Acrobat file as and EPS, with TIFF preview/fonts embedded. 4. Import the EPS into FrameMaker. Note: The image may look fuzzy in FM when imported. Remember, this is the TIFF preview, not the printed page." -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+jharvey=cambridgesoft@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+jharvey=cambridgesoft.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:21 PM To: Steve Rickaby; framers at FrameUsers.com Subject: RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF FrameMaker does NOT have the ability to import "Visio native files." It does have the ability to use OLE (object linking and embedding) links to such a Viso document file, but that requires that Visio be installed on the system that runs FrameMaker. Also, OLE is notoriously unreliable. - Dov
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Here is the procedure I pulled off this list years ago. It's been sitting either in, on, under, or behind my desk for what seems like forever. Does it still hold true with the current software out there? "1. Save the file in Visio as a PDF. 2. Open the PDF in Acrobat. 3. Save the Acrobat file as and EPS, with TIFF preview/fonts embedded. 4. Import the EPS into FrameMaker. Note: The image may look fuzzy in FM when imported. Remember, this is the TIFF preview, not the printed page." -Original Message- From: framers-bounces+jharvey=cambridgesoft@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces+jharvey=cambridgesoft.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:21 PM To: Steve Rickaby; framers at FrameUsers.com Subject: RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF FrameMaker does NOT have the ability to import "Visio native files." It does have the ability to use OLE (object linking and embedding) links to such a Viso document file, but that requires that Visio be installed on the system that runs FrameMaker. Also, OLE is notoriously unreliable. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com] > On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:54 AM > To: framers at FrameUsers.com > Subject: Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF > > At 07:40 -0700 28/6/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > > > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses > Microsoft Word. They are considering moving to Frame in the > next few months. > > > >I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without > Distiller or any Adobe product. > > Er... just a quick query: you're not trying to go from Visio > to PDF so that you can import the PDF into FrameMaker, are > you? Because if so, I don't think you need to bother: PC > FrameMaker can import Visio native files directly (or so I've > been told - I don't use Visio). > -- > Steve > ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as jharvey at cambridgesoft.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/jharvey%40cambridges oft.com Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
I thought having Adobe Acrobat was pretty much a necessity for technical writers? Still, Visio 2003 does, I think, save as SVG. Perhaps FrameMaker 7.1+ can use that? As for PDF or EPS, I think PDF is more processing and overhead for FrameMaker; you might care if you use a ton of PDFs. == T. I won. I voted for Char James-Tanny for STC secretary. ___ 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.
RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Well, Visio 2003 does not provide PDF (or EPS) as options in the Save As dialog, so your procedure is clearly out of date. It seems that when Microsoft took over Visio they decided to finally remove the chronically broken EPS export filter that Visio users had suffered with for so long, and Save As PDF apparently went the same route (if it ever existed in Visio to begin with) since neither file format is a Microsoft invention. You can certainly *print* Visio to PDF if you have Acrobat, but at that point you're probably better off importing the PDF into FrameMaker rather than converting it to EPS because you'll get a better on-screen display. Converting PDF to EPS before importing used to be a requirement in older versions of FrameMaker (5.5.6, IIRC) which didn't import PDF correctly. But for current versions, importing PDF is no problem and that approach has the potential advantage of being able to contain multiple pages in one PDF as opposed to one file per image for EPS. My opinions only; I don't speak for Intel. Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com) Intel Parsippany, NJ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Harvey Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 12:32 PM To: Dov Isaacs; Steve Rickaby; framers@FrameUsers.com Subject: RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF Here is the procedure I pulled off this list years ago. It's been sitting either in, on, under, or behind my desk for what seems like forever. Does it still hold true with the current software out there? "1. Save the file in Visio as a PDF. 2. Open the PDF in Acrobat. 3. Save the Acrobat file as and EPS, with TIFF preview/fonts embedded. 4. Import the EPS into FrameMaker. Note: The image may look fuzzy in FM when imported. Remember, this is the TIFF preview, not the printed page." -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:21 PM To: Steve Rickaby; framers@FrameUsers.com Subject: RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF FrameMaker does NOT have the ability to import "Visio native files." It does have the ability to use OLE (object linking and embedding) links to such a Viso document file, but that requires that Visio be installed on the system that runs FrameMaker. Also, OLE is notoriously unreliable. - Dov ___ 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.
RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Here is the procedure I pulled off this list years ago. It's been sitting either in, on, under, or behind my desk for what seems like forever. Does it still hold true with the current software out there? "1. Save the file in Visio as a PDF. 2. Open the PDF in Acrobat. 3. Save the Acrobat file as and EPS, with TIFF preview/fonts embedded. 4. Import the EPS into FrameMaker. Note: The image may look fuzzy in FM when imported. Remember, this is the TIFF preview, not the printed page." -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dov Isaacs Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 2:21 PM To: Steve Rickaby; framers@FrameUsers.com Subject: RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF FrameMaker does NOT have the ability to import "Visio native files." It does have the ability to use OLE (object linking and embedding) links to such a Viso document file, but that requires that Visio be installed on the system that runs FrameMaker. Also, OLE is notoriously unreliable. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:54 AM > To: framers@FrameUsers.com > Subject: Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF > > At 07:40 -0700 28/6/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > > > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses > Microsoft Word. They are considering moving to Frame in the > next few months. > > > >I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without > Distiller or any Adobe product. > > Er... just a quick query: you're not trying to go from Visio > to PDF so that you can import the PDF into FrameMaker, are > you? Because if so, I don't think you need to bother: PC > FrameMaker can import Visio native files directly (or so I've > been told - I don't use Visio). > -- > 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/jharvey%40cambridges oft.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.
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Roopa, ABC Amber Visio convertor is a good tool and you can use it for converting visio file into PDF. Infact, if your only requirement is to convert the visio file to pdf, any PDF convertor will work. Most PDF convertors are installed as printers and you can directly convert your visio file to PDF without using word/frame. Cheers Saurabh Roopa Belur Sent by: framers-bounces+saurabhkudesia=hsbc.co.in at lists.frameusers.com 06/28/2006 09:07 PM Mail Size: 6802 To Art Campbell cc framers at frameusers.com Subject Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF Our Ref Your Ref I have used Framemaker in my previous jobs, and I love it :-) My current company uses Microsoft Word. I am trying to convert a .vsd (Visio file) into PDF without using Frame/Word. I came across http://www.processtext.com/abcvisio.html, and am wondering if you all have any input. Sincerely, Roopa Belur Art Campbell wrote: And you don't want to use the free eval version of Acrobat from the Adobe www site because Art On 6/28/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > > Hi All, thanks for your responses. I appreciate it. > > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses Microsoft Word. They are > considering moving to Frame in the next few months. > > I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without Distiller or any Adobe > product. -- 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 "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Sir Winston Churchill - Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as saurabhkudesia at hsbc.co.in. 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/saurabhkudesia%40hsbc.co.in Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. - ** This message originated from the Internet. Its originator may or may not be who they claim to be and the information contained in the message and any attachments may or may not be accurate. ** - *** This e-mail is confidential. It may also be legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you may not copy, forward, disclose or use any part of it. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and all copies from your system and notify the sender immediately by return e-mail. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be timely, secure, error or virus-free. The sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions. *** "SAVE PAPER - THINK BEFORE YOU PRINT!"
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
At 09:49 -0600 28/6/06, Combs, Richard wrote: > > Er... just a quick query: you're not trying to go from Visio >> to PDF so that you can import the PDF into FrameMaker, are >> you? Because if so, I don't think you need to bother: PC >> FrameMaker can import Visio native files directly (or so I've >> been told - I don't use Visio). > >Not as a file import -- unless a filter was added in 7.2 without making >it to the new features list. :-) > >You can import a Visio drawing as a linked _object_, using Windows' OLE2 >capability. I've done it without problems when I just had one or two >Visio drawings in a book. But I'd be reluctant to rely on OLE for lots >and lots of graphics. There's a huge amount of complexity and overhead >for an OLE object (to make in-place editing possible). Ah - sorry: that must be what I was remembering. From an April thread... At 10:53 -0600 27/4/06, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: >I know that folks will likely tell you that it's not the recommended way, >but I have embedded Visio objects into a couple of FM books successfully. I >learned about it from another list member (John, are you out there?), and it >has been fine. At 10:01 -0700 27/4/06, Hales-Crotchett, Nicole wrote: >For what it's worth, I haven't had any troubles either embedding Visio >objects and I've done it numerous times in several books. At 10:03 -0700 27/4/06, Jim Light wrote: >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. >And of course, OLE is Windows-only, and anyone you share the FM files >with must also have Visio, so your FM files aren't very portable >anymore. Quite. FWIW, I had have painful experience of the 'quality' (I use the term loosely) of exports from Visio in non-M$ formats (i.e. anything portable). My preferred method would now be to create a PDF from Visio and import that into FrameMaker. But then, I work on a Mac... -- Steve
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Hi Roopa On 6/28/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > Hi All, thanks for your responses. I appreciate it. > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses Microsoft Word. They are > considering moving to Frame in the next few months. > I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without Distiller or any Adobe > product. > Has anybody used ABC Amber Visio Converter? > http://www.processtext.com/abcvisio.html > Or do you have any recommendations for Visio to PDF conversion? Are you just trying to get your Visio file into Word? In that case, my advice is to forget PDF. Save your Visio file as .wmf. In Word, import the .wmf file. .wmf is a format that Word understands much better, so your end result will be much better. This eliminates the need for any converters. Hope this helps. regards, Karen Mardahl
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
At 07:40 -0700 28/6/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses Microsoft Word. They are > considering moving to Frame in the next few months. > >I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without Distiller or any Adobe >product. Er... just a quick query: you're not trying to go from Visio to PDF so that you can import the PDF into FrameMaker, are you? Because if so, I don't think you need to bother: PC FrameMaker can import Visio native files directly (or so I've been told - I don't use Visio). -- Steve
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Roopa, You wrote: >I am trying to convert a Visio file into a PDF format. What is the >best way to get a PDF of the Visio file? I am currently downloading >Adobe Universal PostScript Windows Driver Installer 1.0.6 - English. >Is this the right tool? If you have the Acrobat 7 and Microsoft Visio, using PDFMaker in Visio (vs. printing to a ps file and distilling) is recommended if the PDFs are to be used on-screen. When using the PDFMaker add-on in Visio, you will have the option of converting Visio layers to PDF layers, and also have object-specific metadata carried over to the PDF. Shlomo Perets MicroType, http://www.microtype.com * ToolbarPlus Express for FrameMaker FrameMaker/Acrobat training & consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Steve Rickaby wrote: > FWIW, I had have painful experience of the 'quality' (I use > the term loosely) of exports from Visio in non-M$ formats > (i.e. anything portable). My preferred method would now be to > create a PDF from Visio and import that into FrameMaker. But > then, I work on a Mac... Yeah, Visio's export filters -- especially EPS -- have sucked for a long time. I use PDF for practically all my Visio drawings. For one thing, I create multiple related drawings, such as call flow diagrams, in a single multi-page Visio file. I can print that to a multi-page PDF with a custom page size, and then import each page of the PDF (at 100%) into my FM doc. Print a new PDF from Visio, and all the diagrams in FM are updated. Sweet. :-) As an alternative, Visio's PNG export seems to be pretty decent (at least in Visio 2003). Also, I've played a little with Visio's Save As Web Page command, choosing VML as the graphics format, and that looks pretty slick. My multi-page drawings ended up as a set of VML (vector markup language) files with an HTML frameset wrapper that provided navigation, pan and zoom, search, etc. There are lots of options for Save As Web Page -- for vector output, SVG is another option. If you're on Windows (sorry, Steve ) and want to put Visio drawings on line, it's worth looking into. Richard -- Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 --
RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
FrameMaker does NOT have the ability to import "Visio native files." It does have the ability to use OLE (object linking and embedding) links to such a Viso document file, but that requires that Visio be installed on the system that runs FrameMaker. Also, OLE is notoriously unreliable. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:54 AM > To: framers@FrameUsers.com > Subject: Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF > > At 07:40 -0700 28/6/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > > > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses > Microsoft Word. They are considering moving to Frame in the > next few months. > > > >I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without > Distiller or any Adobe product. > > Er... just a quick query: you're not trying to go from Visio > to PDF so that you can import the PDF into FrameMaker, are > you? Because if so, I don't think you need to bother: PC > FrameMaker can import Visio native files directly (or so I've > been told - I don't use Visio). > -- > 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/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
FrameMaker does NOT have the ability to import "Visio native files." It does have the ability to use OLE (object linking and embedding) links to such a Viso document file, but that requires that Visio be installed on the system that runs FrameMaker. Also, OLE is notoriously unreliable. - Dov > -Original Message- > From: framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com > [mailto:framers-bounces+isaacs=adobe.com at lists.frameusers.com] > On Behalf Of Steve Rickaby > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:54 AM > To: framers at FrameUsers.com > Subject: Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF > > At 07:40 -0700 28/6/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > > > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses > Microsoft Word. They are considering moving to Frame in the > next few months. > > > >I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without > Distiller or any Adobe product. > > Er... just a quick query: you're not trying to go from Visio > to PDF so that you can import the PDF into FrameMaker, are > you? Because if so, I don't think you need to bother: PC > FrameMaker can import Visio native files directly (or so I've > been told - I don't use Visio). > -- > Steve >
RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Steve Rickaby wrote: > FWIW, I had have painful experience of the 'quality' (I use > the term loosely) of exports from Visio in non-M$ formats > (i.e. anything portable). My preferred method would now be to > create a PDF from Visio and import that into FrameMaker. But > then, I work on a Mac... Yeah, Visio's export filters -- especially EPS -- have sucked for a long time. I use PDF for practically all my Visio drawings. For one thing, I create multiple related drawings, such as call flow diagrams, in a single multi-page Visio file. I can print that to a multi-page PDF with a custom page size, and then import each page of the PDF (at 100%) into my FM doc. Print a new PDF from Visio, and all the diagrams in FM are updated. Sweet. :-) As an alternative, Visio's PNG export seems to be pretty decent (at least in Visio 2003). Also, I've played a little with Visio's Save As Web Page command, choosing VML as the graphics format, and that looks pretty slick. My multi-page drawings ended up as a set of VML (vector markup language) files with an HTML frameset wrapper that provided navigation, pan and zoom, search, etc. There are lots of options for Save As Web Page -- for vector output, SVG is another option. If you're on Windows (sorry, Steve ) and want to put Visio drawings on line, it's worth looking into. Richard -- 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 [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.
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
And you don't want to use the free eval version of Acrobat from the Adobe www site because Art On 6/28/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > > Hi All, thanks for your responses. I appreciate it. > > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses Microsoft Word. They are > considering moving to Frame in the next few months. > > I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without Distiller or any Adobe > product. -- 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
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
It's unclear from your message if you already have the full version of Adobe Acrobat installed; that's the tool you need to create a .PDF from Visio. The limited version installed by Frame is just that --a limited version that can only be used from within Frame. The printer driver you mention can be used to create a PostScript file which can then be distilled with Acrobat, but it isn't a required tool -- using it would take you down a tangent. Art On 6/28/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > Greetings to all. > > I am trying to convert a Visio file into a PDF format. What is the best way > to get a PDF of the Visio file? I am currently downloading Adobe Universal > PostScript Windows Driver Installer 1.0.6 - English. Is this the right tool? > > Thanks in advance for your help, > Sincerely, > Roopa Belur -- 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
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Steve Rickaby > Er... just a quick query: you're not trying to go from Visio > to PDF so that you can import the PDF into FrameMaker, are > you? Because if so, I don't think you need to bother: PC > FrameMaker can import Visio native files directly (or so I've > been told - I don't use Visio). Not as a file import -- unless a filter was added in 7.2 without making it to the new features list. :-) You can import a Visio drawing as a linked _object_, using Windows' OLE2 capability. I've done it without problems when I just had one or two Visio drawings in a book. But I'd be reluctant to rely on OLE for lots and lots of graphics. There's a huge amount of complexity and overhead for an OLE object (to make in-place editing possible). And of course, OLE is Windows-only, and anyone you share the FM files with must also have Visio, so your FM files aren't very portable anymore. Richard -- Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 --
RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
At 09:49 -0600 28/6/06, Combs, Richard wrote: > > Er... just a quick query: you're not trying to go from Visio >> to PDF so that you can import the PDF into FrameMaker, are >> you? Because if so, I don't think you need to bother: PC >> FrameMaker can import Visio native files directly (or so I've >> been told - I don't use Visio). > >Not as a file import -- unless a filter was added in 7.2 without making >it to the new features list. :-) > >You can import a Visio drawing as a linked _object_, using Windows' OLE2 >capability. I've done it without problems when I just had one or two >Visio drawings in a book. But I'd be reluctant to rely on OLE for lots >and lots of graphics. There's a huge amount of complexity and overhead >for an OLE object (to make in-place editing possible). Ah - sorry: that must be what I was remembering. From an April thread... At 10:53 -0600 27/4/06, Linda G. Gallagher wrote: >I know that folks will likely tell you that it's not the recommended way, >but I have embedded Visio objects into a couple of FM books successfully. I >learned about it from another list member (John, are you out there?), and it >has been fine. At 10:01 -0700 27/4/06, Hales-Crotchett, Nicole wrote: >For what it's worth, I haven't had any troubles either embedding Visio >objects and I've done it numerous times in several books. At 10:03 -0700 27/4/06, Jim Light wrote: >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. >And of course, OLE is Windows-only, and anyone you share the FM files >with must also have Visio, so your FM files aren't very portable >anymore. Quite. FWIW, I had have painful experience of the 'quality' (I use the term loosely) of exports from Visio in non-M$ formats (i.e. anything portable). My preferred method would now be to create a PDF from Visio and import that into FrameMaker. But then, I work on a Mac... -- 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/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Steve Rickaby > Er... just a quick query: you're not trying to go from Visio > to PDF so that you can import the PDF into FrameMaker, are > you? Because if so, I don't think you need to bother: PC > FrameMaker can import Visio native files directly (or so I've > been told - I don't use Visio). Not as a file import -- unless a filter was added in 7.2 without making it to the new features list. :-) You can import a Visio drawing as a linked _object_, using Windows' OLE2 capability. I've done it without problems when I just had one or two Visio drawings in a book. But I'd be reluctant to rely on OLE for lots and lots of graphics. There's a huge amount of complexity and overhead for an OLE object (to make in-place editing possible). And of course, OLE is Windows-only, and anyone you share the FM files with must also have Visio, so your FM files aren't very portable anymore. Richard -- 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 [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.
Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Roopa, ABC Amber Visio convertor is a good tool and you can use it for converting visio file into PDF. Infact, if your only requirement is to convert the visio file to pdf, any PDF convertor will work. Most PDF convertors are installed as printers and you can directly convert your visio file to PDF without using word/frame. Cheers Saurabh Roopa Belur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/28/2006 09:07 PM Mail Size: 6802 To Art Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc framers@frameusers.com Subject Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF Our Ref Your Ref I have used Framemaker in my previous jobs, and I love it :-) My current company uses Microsoft Word. I am trying to convert a .vsd (Visio file) into PDF without using Frame/Word. I came across http://www.processtext.com/abcvisio.html, and am wondering if you all have any input. Sincerely, Roopa Belur Art Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And you don't want to use the free eval version of Acrobat from the Adobe www site because Art On 6/28/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > > Hi All, thanks for your responses. I appreciate it. > > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses Microsoft Word. They are > considering moving to Frame in the next few months. > > I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without Distiller or any Adobe > product. -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Sir Winston Churchill - Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. ___ 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/saurabhkudesia%40hsbc.co.in Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. - ** This message originated from the Internet. Its originator may or may not be who they claim to be and the information contained in the message and any attachments may or may not be accurate. ** - *** This e-mail is confidential. It may also be legally privileged. If you are not the addressee you may not copy, forward, disclose or use any part of it. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and all copies from your system and notify the sender immediately by return e-mail. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be timely, secure, error or virus-free. The sender does not accept liability for any errors or omissions. *** "SAVE PAPER - THINK BEFORE YOU PRINT!" ___ 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.
Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
I have used Framemaker in my previous jobs, and I love it :-) My current company uses Microsoft Word. I am trying to convert a .vsd (Visio file) into PDF without using Frame/Word. I came across http://www.processtext.com/abcvisio.html, and am wondering if you all have any input. Sincerely, Roopa Belur Art Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And you don't want to use the free eval version of Acrobat from the Adobe www site because Art On 6/28/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > > Hi All, thanks for your responses. I appreciate it. > > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses Microsoft Word. They are > considering moving to Frame in the next few months. > > I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without Distiller or any Adobe > product. -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Sir Winston Churchill - Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. ___ 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.
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
I have used Framemaker in my previous jobs, and I love it :-) My current company uses Microsoft Word. I am trying to convert a .vsd (Visio file) into PDF without using Frame/Word. I came across http://www.processtext.com/abcvisio.html, and am wondering if you all have any input. Sincerely, Roopa Belur Art Campbell wrote: And you don't want to use the free eval version of Acrobat from the Adobe www site because Art On 6/28/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > > Hi All, thanks for your responses. I appreciate it. > > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses Microsoft Word. They are > considering moving to Frame in the next few months. > > I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without Distiller or any Adobe > product. -- 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 "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Sir Winston Churchill - Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min.
Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
And you don't want to use the free eval version of Acrobat from the Adobe www site because Art On 6/28/06, Roopa Belur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, thanks for your responses. I appreciate it. My apologies for not being clear. My company uses Microsoft Word. They are considering moving to Frame in the next few months. I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without Distiller or any Adobe product. -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 ___ 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.
Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
At 07:40 -0700 28/6/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > My apologies for not being clear. My company uses Microsoft Word. They are > considering moving to Frame in the next few months. > >I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without Distiller or any Adobe >product. Er... just a quick query: you're not trying to go from Visio to PDF so that you can import the PDF into FrameMaker, are you? Because if so, I don't think you need to bother: PC FrameMaker can import Visio native files directly (or so I've been told - I don't use Visio). -- 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/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Hi Roopa On 6/28/06, Roopa Belur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, thanks for your responses. I appreciate it. My apologies for not being clear. My company uses Microsoft Word. They are considering moving to Frame in the next few months. I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without Distiller or any Adobe product. Has anybody used ABC Amber Visio Converter? http://www.processtext.com/abcvisio.html Or do you have any recommendations for Visio to PDF conversion? Are you just trying to get your Visio file into Word? In that case, my advice is to forget PDF. Save your Visio file as .wmf. In Word, import the .wmf file. .wmf is a format that Word understands much better, so your end result will be much better. This eliminates the need for any converters. Hope this helps. regards, Karen Mardahl ___ 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.
Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Hi All, thanks for your responses. I appreciate it. My apologies for not being clear. My company uses Microsoft Word. They are considering moving to Frame in the next few months. I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without Distiller or any Adobe product. Has anybody used ABC Amber Visio Converter? http://www.processtext.com/abcvisio.html Or do you have any recommendations for Visio to PDF conversion? Thanks, Roopa Art Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It's unclear from your message if you already have the full version of Adobe Acrobat installed; that's the tool you need to create a .PDF from Visio. The limited version installed by Frame is just that --a limited version that can only be used from within Frame. The printer driver you mention can be used to create a PostScript file which can then be distilled with Acrobat, but it isn't a required tool -- using it would take you down a tangent. Art On 6/28/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > Greetings to all. > > I am trying to convert a Visio file into a PDF format. What is the best way > to get a PDF of the Visio file? I am currently downloading Adobe Universal > PostScript Windows Driver Installer 1.0.6 - English. Is this the right tool? > > Thanks in advance for your help, > Sincerely, > Roopa Belur -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Sir Winston Churchill - Do you Yahoo!? Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. ___ 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.
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Hi All, thanks for your responses. I appreciate it. My apologies for not being clear. My company uses Microsoft Word. They are considering moving to Frame in the next few months. I need help converting a Visio file into PDF without Distiller or any Adobe product. Has anybody used ABC Amber Visio Converter? http://www.processtext.com/abcvisio.html Or do you have any recommendations for Visio to PDF conversion? Thanks, Roopa Art Campbell wrote: It's unclear from your message if you already have the full version of Adobe Acrobat installed; that's the tool you need to create a .PDF from Visio. The limited version installed by Frame is just that --a limited version that can only be used from within Frame. The printer driver you mention can be used to create a PostScript file which can then be distilled with Acrobat, but it isn't a required tool -- using it would take you down a tangent. Art On 6/28/06, Roopa Belur wrote: > Greetings to all. > > I am trying to convert a Visio file into a PDF format. What is the best way > to get a PDF of the Visio file? I am currently downloading Adobe Universal > PostScript Windows Driver Installer 1.0.6 - English. Is this the right tool? > > Thanks in advance for your help, > Sincerely, > Roopa Belur -- 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 "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Sir Winston Churchill - Do you Yahoo!? Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.
Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
It's unclear from your message if you already have the full version of Adobe Acrobat installed; that's the tool you need to create a .PDF from Visio. The limited version installed by Frame is just that --a limited version that can only be used from within Frame. The printer driver you mention can be used to create a PostScript file which can then be distilled with Acrobat, but it isn't a required tool -- using it would take you down a tangent. Art On 6/28/06, Roopa Belur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greetings to all. I am trying to convert a Visio file into a PDF format. What is the best way to get a PDF of the Visio file? I am currently downloading Adobe Universal PostScript Windows Driver Installer 1.0.6 - English. Is this the right tool? Thanks in advance for your help, Sincerely, Roopa Belur -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 ___ 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.
Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
I am not at work yet, but I think I do Print as PDF. Then use the crop option to get rid of the white space. It comes out looking great. Paul On 27 Meith 2006, at 10:42 pm, Roopa Belur wrote: Greetings to all. I am trying to convert a Visio file into a PDF format. What is the best way to get a PDF of the Visio file? I am currently downloading Adobe Universal PostScript Windows Driver Installer 1.0.6 - English. Is this the right tool? Thanks in advance for your help, Sincerely, Roopa Belur "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Sir Winston Churchill - Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free. ___ 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/ obair81%40comcast.net 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.
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
I am not at work yet, but I think I do Print as PDF. Then use the crop option to get rid of the white space. It comes out looking great. Paul On 27 Meith 2006, at 10:42 pm, Roopa Belur wrote: > Greetings to all. > > I am trying to convert a Visio file into a PDF format. What is the > best way to get a PDF of the Visio file? I am currently downloading > Adobe Universal PostScript Windows Driver Installer 1.0.6 - English. > Is this the right tool? > > Thanks in advance for your help, > Sincerely, > Roopa Belur > > > > "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." > Sir Winston Churchill > > > > > > > > > > - > Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free. > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as obair81 at comcast.net. > > 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/ > obair81%40comcast.net > > Send administrative questions to lisa at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. >
Re: Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Roopa, You wrote: I am trying to convert a Visio file into a PDF format. What is the best way to get a PDF of the Visio file? I am currently downloading Adobe Universal PostScript Windows Driver Installer 1.0.6 - English. Is this the right tool? If you have the Acrobat 7 and Microsoft Visio, using PDFMaker in Visio (vs. printing to a ps file and distilling) is recommended if the PDFs are to be used on-screen. When using the PDFMaker add-on in Visio, you will have the option of converting Visio layers to PDF layers, and also have object-specific metadata carried over to the PDF. Shlomo Perets MicroType, http://www.microtype.com * ToolbarPlus Express for FrameMaker FrameMaker/Acrobat training & consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat TimeSavers/Assistants ___ 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.
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Greetings to all. I am trying to convert a Visio file into a PDF format. What is the best way to get a PDF of the Visio file? I am currently downloading Adobe Universal PostScript Windows Driver Installer 1.0.6 - English. Is this the right tool? Thanks in advance for your help, Sincerely, Roopa Belur "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Sir Winston Churchill - Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free. ___ 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.
Help with converting a Visio file into a PDF
Greetings to all. I am trying to convert a Visio file into a PDF format. What is the best way to get a PDF of the Visio file? I am currently downloading Adobe Universal PostScript Windows Driver Installer 1.0.6 - English. Is this the right tool? Thanks in advance for your help, Sincerely, Roopa Belur "We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." Sir Winston Churchill - Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free.