[Framers] FrameMaker 2017 and Visio Graphics

Robert Lauriston robert at lauriston.com
Wed Sep 19 11:24:52 PDT 2018


I believe "Object" = OLE.

https://help.adobe.com/en_US/framemaker/2017/using/using-framemaker-2017/frm_text_tx/Import_and_link_methods-.htm

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 11:18 AM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> I thought embedding was importing by copy, not reference? Although I grant
> you, I assumed this was a Windows platform given she is talking about Visio.
>
> BTW, Julie, if this IS Windows and Visio, remember to shrink the Visio
> canvas down around the drawing, or, depending on the size of the drawing,
> you could be looking at a lot of empty space.
>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 2:02 PM Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
> wrote:
>
>> That's embedding an OLE object. Might be appropriate or not depending
>> on many factors.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 9:27 AM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Yes.
>> >
>> >    1. File > Import > Object, select Microsoft Visio Drawing from the
>> list
>> >    2. Select Create from File
>> >    3. Select Link
>> >    4. Click OK.
>> >
>> > Step 3 is important if you want changes to the Visio diagram to be
>> updated
>> > to the FrameMaker file.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 12:19 PM <Julie.Sigrist at airbornemx.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Is it possible to import by reference Visio graphics into a FrameMaker
>> >> 2017 file?
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