RE: Identifying copied graphics

2011-03-01 Thread Fred Ridder
nformation about the name of the source file. If the objective is being able to link to the *original* graphics files, the only solution I'm aware of is manual inspection and matching. -Fred Ridder > From: art.campb...@gmail.com > Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:34:34 -0500 > Subject

Re: Identifying copied graphics

2011-02-28 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:20:06 -0600 (CST), Nancy Allison wrote: >I've inherited a FrameMaker book with dozens of copied graphics. >I've got to identify them and import them properly, but doing >the job manually will take way too long. I hoped that saving >to .mif would give me the names of the

Re: Identifying copied graphics

2011-02-28 Thread Art Campbell
Rick Quatro has a lovely set of scripts that identify copied in graphics, save them out as graphic files, and reimport them as referenced graphics Cuts the operation down from weeks to a few minutes. Art Campbell               art.campb...@gmail.com   "... In my opinion, there's nothing in t

Re: Identifying copied graphics?

2010-02-02 Thread Jeremy H. Griffith
On Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:10:40 -0500, Art Campbell wrote: >You're running 7.x aren't you? > >I don't have a version to look at, but I think you're SOL -- once the >graphic is copied in it becomes part of the FM file, so the path/file >name isn't needed. I'd be surprised if it was preserved. It's n

Re: Identifying copied graphics?

2010-02-02 Thread Art Campbell
Just as a follow up, you should be able to pull all the embedded graphics out of the file by SaveAs to HTML (or MIF2Go) or saving a PDF as JPG/PNG/Whatever. Or even cutting the graphics from the PDF and saving each one as a PDF. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com "... In my opini

Re: Identifying copied graphics?

2010-02-02 Thread Art Campbell
You're running 7.x aren't you? I don't have a version to look at, but I think you're SOL -- once the graphic is copied in it becomes part of the FM file, so the path/file name isn't needed. I'd be surprised if it was preserved. You may wan to save a file as MIF and scan it to see if there's any r