RE: FM7 Visio Import Filter

[Dov Isaacs <isaacs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Warning!! The WMF (Windows Meta Format) and EMF (Enhanced Meta Format) files
exported by Visio are more bogus than a three dollar bill. Any text formatted
in Type 1 or OpenType CFF fonts is lost in the export, converted to Arial.
The EPS directly exported from Visio is even worse. Use either of the routes
I've recommended or you will be likely to get garbage or low quality bitmaps.

        - Dov

PS: I tested with Visio 2002 under Windows XP.


At 1/30/2003 01:25 PM, Lee, Ivan wrote:
>Thanks all!  The problem is, we don't have Visio in our dept.  But we do get Visio files from other departments.  And those other departments most likely do not have Acrobat.  At this point, we haven't had to actually "incorporate" the contents of a Visio file into our documents.  But we'll have to sooner or later.  The workaround we have at the moment would be to ask the other department to save the visio file as a .wmf file.
>
>What other file formats can Visio save to?  And I've already heard that the Visio export to EPS route bites :-)
>
>And unfortunately we don't have FM7 yet.  I was just hoping a filter was added.  Oh well.
>
>Ivan Lee
>Senior Technical Writer
>
>The opinions expressed here are that of my own and not of my employer.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>From:   Dov Isaacs [mailto:isaacs@adobe.com] 
>Sent:   Thursday, January 30, 2003 11:00 AM
>To:     Lee, Ivan
>Cc:     Framers List
>Subject:        Re: FM7 Visio Import Filter
>
>No! Best import is by either:
>
>(1) Create PDF (fonts embedded) from Visio and export/save EPS
>(fonts embedded, PostScript 3, TIFF preview header) from Acrobat and
>then import into FrameMaker.
>
>(2) OLE link ... caution advised here, but it does generally work.
>
>        - Dov
>
>
>At 1/30/2003 10:47 AM, Lee, Ivan wrote:
>>Is there an import filter in FM7?
>>
>>Please CC me as I am on digest.  Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Ivan Lee
>>Senior Technical Writer


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