good flowchart software to use with Frame

[Bill Briggs]

And if they are done in FrameMaker using the primitives I made they get spell checked along with the rest of the document. That's worth something.

- web

At 9:00 AM -0700 9/14/06, Gillian Flato wrote:
>Although FrameMaker drawing tools are primitive, keep in mind that if
>your documents are ever going to be translated, the Translator will need
>to access the Flow chart labels and translate them too. If the flow
>chart is done all in Frame, it's easier for the Translator. If it's in
>Visio, the Translator has to have a copy of Visio, translate the flow
>chart, create the .png and reimport it. They will charge you extra money
>for that.
>
>Just something to keep in mind.
>
>I switched from using Illustrator for callouts to using Frame, for that
>specific reason.
>
>
>Thank you,
>
>Gillian Flato
>Technical Writer (Software)
>Nanometrics, Inc.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:framers-bounces+gflato=nanometrics.com at lists.frameusers.com] On
>Behalf Of Bill Briggs
>Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 5:53 AM
>To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>Subject: Re: good flowchart software to use with Frame
>
>FrameMaker ships with a set of flowchart primitives. They are poorly
>drawn and pretty much crap. I re-drew them many years ago. Some people
>on the list have tried them out. If anyone found them useful, maybe they
>will comment. If you're interested I'll try to find them. I've not used
>them in quite some time.
>
> - web
>
>At 11:16 AM -0700 9/13/06, Beth Prince wrote:
>>Hi, all,
>>I need to make up some flowcharts to import into frame. I used
>SmartDraw, but when I import the SmartDraw file, it's not very clear and
>it does not resize well. Anyone have any suggestions??
>>Beth
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