Re: Illustrator import in FM7

[Mark Barratt <markb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just debugged an Illustrator 10 -> Frame 7 (Win) -> WWP -> HTML problem. 
  Found that the .ai file comes in a bounding box the size of the 'page' 
it's on in Illustrator. Saving out in .eps saves as an image with a 
bounding box that actually bounds the image objects used in the diagram 
(which is what I'd expect it to do).

Bart Windrum wrote:
> Thomas,
> 
> Yes it can, I just ran (MacOS) tests. Drag/drop from the finder and/or
> import. On importing FM presents an alert telling you there's no preview but
> it ought to print ok (it does to paper and pdf both). Judging from the gray
> box the image area is that of the bezier objects, not a full page. However,
> in my trial (done just for you:) I used one of my (few) eps doc images, and
> my modus operandi for bezier>Frame pix is to draw my own bounding box in the
> source file (and make sure no handles extend beyond it).
> 
> 
>>Can FrameMaker version 7.0 import *.ai (Illustrator native files)
>>directly, without going via EPS?
>>What shortcomings and restrictions are there?
>>
>>I've been told by a client that FM7 supposedly can import AI files
>>better than FM6, specifically without importing the entire page
>>containing the illustration, and just the image itself (cropped).
>>Or are you still getting a PDF import operation behind the scenes?
>>(which would give you the entire page, right?)
>>

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