Did I miss the FM12.0.4 Update Announcement?

[Lin Sims]

I tried that, too, actually. First thing I did, and I should have listed it.

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Combs, Richard (CW) <
Richard.Combs at polycom.com> wrote:

> If what the FM10 help says is correct, this is because FM10 apparently
> didn’t import the graphics in native SVG format (emphasis added):
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>
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> When importing a Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG), the SVG Import dialog box
> allows the user to select the *rasterization* quality of the image. By
> increasing the rasterization quality, printed and PDF versions are crisper;
> however, increasing the rasterization also increases the file size of the
> image, and it takes longer to import it.
>
> FrameMaker prints Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) images to PostScript
> printers by *rendering* the images as vector graphics using Encapsulated
> PostScript (EPS). For non-PostScript printers, FrameMaker uses the
> FrameImage format.
>
> If I’m interpreting this correctly, FM10 converted SVGs to raster
> (bitmapped) images on import. It rendered those bitmaps as vector graphics
> when outputting to a PostScript device (printer or PDF), but at that point
> the text is not text, just lines – vectors describing a sequence of dots.
>
>
>
> So the damage is done upon import, and nothing done subsequently can undo
> it. You have to reimport the original SVGs.
>
>
>
> My sympathies.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:
> framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Lin Sims
> *Sent:* Friday, February 27, 2015 6:22 AM
> *To:* Davis, David
> *Cc:* framers at lists.frameusers.com
> *Subject:* Re: Did I miss the FM12.0.4 Update Announcement?
>
>
>
> Syed,
>
> Are these brand new files created by FM12, or are these files you
> converted from an earlier version? I ask because I've discovered that (at
> least for me) the text-searchable SVG graphic bug, which is listed as fixed
> for FM12, is only fixed if you're talking about new documents. None of the
> documents I have that were converted from FM10 to FM12 will produce PDFs
> with text-searchable SVG graphics. All of the documents that are created in
> FM12 produce PDFs with searchable SVG graphics.
>
> So far I've determined that MIF-washing doesn't fix this, that you can't
> simply import the contents of the FM10 file into the FM12 file, and that
> you can't copy & paste using the Frame Interchange Format. Copy & pasting
> as Unicode text does work, but of course you then have to reapply all your
> formatting tags and recreate all your xrefs and conditionaled content.
> Oddly, you can copy and paste the tables in without causing an issue.
>
> Note that my company's workflow is to use unstructured FM with embedded
> graphics; I do not know if this applies to structured FM or XML files or
> referenced graphics.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 4:18 AM, Davis, David <
> David.Davis at non.schneider-electric.com> wrote:
>
> If people have a problem with a specific bug, I really would recommend
> logging it in the Adobe bug tracker.
> When I logged my CMYK issue, there was already one other bug report in
> there for the same thing, and I did get a fix within about 3 months,
> which is a pretty good turnaround for a behemoth like FrameMaker!
> The more people log a bug. the higher a priority it will get with their
> dev team.
>
> David
> ________________________________________
> From: Denis Daly [d.daly at icpnewtech.com]
> Sent: 27 February 2015 08:56
> To: Syed Zaeem Hosain (Syed.Hosain at aeris.net); Davis, David;
> framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: Did I miss the FM12.0.4 Update Announcement?
>
> Please keep us informed of your experiences with the CMYK issue Syed.
>
> I (along with many others) was hoping this latest update would have solved
> the problem.
>
> Denis
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