Disappearing graphics in Framemaker files

[Combs, Richard]

Spectrum Writing wrote: 

> Today, I opened all the files in the book and all, and I do mean >ALL<
> graphics were just apparently "gone" from each and every file. Every single
> solitary anchored frame that had an imported graphic (by reference) file
> was
> blank, but yet when the files opened, I did not get the message about "FM
> cannot find a graphic file." <snip> 

> In desperation,  in an affected file, I selected an anchored frame and
> imported the apparently missing graphic into an anchored frame and VOILA!
> >>ALL<< and I do mean all the graphics "reappeared" in all their glory in
> all their anchored frames - no error messages, nothing. This included the
> graphics that were pulled in by reference pages.

Somehow, in View > Options, Display Graphics got turned off in all your files (probably turned off in one file, and then doc properties from it were imported to the others). When you import a graphic into a file, FM very wisely assumes you want graphics visible so you can see what you're importing, and it turns Display Graphics back on. 


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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