Visio drawings and FrameMaker file size

["Sorli Alenka ITWEM1" <sorli@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

We have over 100 Visio drawings including text labels that we want to include in our FrameMaker documents. All of our docs are localized into at least 2 other languages. Thought at first we'd include VSD as OLE, but this blows up the FrameMaker file size too much. Is a conversion to GIF, EPS or the like a solution? We'd still want to avoid graphics conversion (if possible), as this would mean we'd have to keep, store and maintain two sets of graphic sources (original drawing in vsd and a converted version which would actually be imported as a reference to FM). Any suggestions on how to make good use and re-use of Visio drawings, knowing we'd want to keep FM file size down? Should we just forget Visio and do the drawings using FM native tool?
 
I've tested and inserted 6 of 100 Visio drawings (each between 35 and as much as 500KB in size) into a FM file, the file size went up from 800KB to 1,600KB. I do not dare think what the files size would be if I did 100! 

Alenka


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