Re: Illustrator import in FM7

[Bart Windrum <bart.windrum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, forgot to mention I'm using AI v7 ;-|

On 10/15/02 3:23 PM, "Mark Barratt" <markb@textmatters.com> wrote:

> 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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