Aligning Imported Graphics and Callouts Against the Grid
Peter Gold
knowhowpro at gmail.com
Fri May 18 09:26:49 PDT 2007
Jim, have you tried selecting the graphic in FrameMaker, and
then in Graphics > Tools, choosing Fill > None? Sometimes this
enables transparency in an imported graphic. Worth a try. Let
us know how it works for you.
HTH
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Regards,
Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
Stuart Rogers wrote:
> Pinkham, Jim wrote:
>> I'm using FM 7.1p116 and Illustrator 9.0. It would seem that there
>> should be a way to get beyond/behind the standard white background of an
>> imported Illy file to show only the image. I'm not sure if the problem
>> of the white canvas obscuring the gridlines is an Illy problem/feature
>> or on the Frame side. In any case, the goal would be to take advantage
>> of the gridlines to position and align callouts. I suspect I'm missing
>> something obvious. What I see today is shown at:
>> http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=332480. Any suggestions as to
>> what to do?
>
> It's not an Illustrator 'feature' -- it's just that Frame doesn't
> support transparency. But read the Help entry on Using Grids. You'll
> find that if you set the visible grid lines and the (snap) grid spacing
> to the same value, and turn on Graphics > Snap, your callouts will
> snap-align to the grid even though you can't see the grid lines behind
> the white background. (In fact, you can just use the snap feature and
> turn off the visible grid lines, for a much less cluttered view.)
>
> HTH,
>
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