RE: importing images and working cross-platform

[Deborah Snavely <dsnavely@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian,

If you want to be able to see the pictures you import on another platform,
you need to set up your FrameMaker preferences IN ADVANCE on the source
platform.  

File | Preferences...

Turn on the Save FrameImages for Imported Graphics checkbox. 

Frame will then save a low-resolution preview of its own devising along with
the file. Adds a little overhead, not the best way to do detailed graphics
like Frame-added callouts, but if you only need to verify that you're
writing about the correct screen, or to squint-read something on that screen
for use in the text, it should do what you need.

You also need to make sure you include ALL of the files required to work
with the book AND that all files and path names are legal for both operating
systems involved. Frame online doc includes some text about working
cross-platform, read it. It's not perfect and won't explain everything about
all three platforms to anyone, but if you're more familiar with one than
another it should help.


Good luck!

Deborah Snavely



At 09:41 AM 4/9/00 -0700, Ian Whitney wrote:
>Well, I searched through the archives & didn't find anything, so I'm taking

>my problem right to the people.
>
>FM 5.5.6, working on both NT 4.0 & Mac 8.6.
>
>While working on the NT machine, I am importing GIF image files into my 
>book. Using File>Import>File. I select the GIF file I want & then I choose 
>Copy Into Document. I choose the DPI & the image is imported into the 
>document.
>
>I save the file & when I try to open it on my Mac I get the dreaded grey 
>boxes "some images could not be displayed..."
>
>Looking at the Object Properties of the screenshot in FM (on the NT machine

>or Mac), the image has a GIF facet & under Referecned File it says "No 
>File".
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And Dan Emory replied, in part:

Of course there's no file. You imported the graphic by copy, which means
that the graphic is physically part of your document file. The only way
you'll see a referenced file is if you import by reference, not copy.

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