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Subject:RE: Trouble with FM and Visio graphics From:"Humbird, LenX" <lenx -dot- humbird -at- intel -dot- com> To:"'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 31 May 2000 09:50:33 -0700
As a last resort, export the Visio as a WMF, and import the WMF into Frame.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Basart [mailto:joel_basart -at- inetco -dot- com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 4:27 PM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Trouble with FM and Visio graphics
>
>
> Hi all, I have come across a strange problem in FM 5.5.6 and
> am curious if
> anyone else has worked around it or if I am out of luck.
>
> I have a manual that uses Visio graphics exclusively, and
> they are currently
> imported via the File -> Import -> Object -> Create from File
> and linked
> through that. The problem is that my boss wants all the diagrams to be
> imported by reference(File -> Import -> File and then import
> by reference),
> and when I tried that, it said they are unknown file types!
>
> Now is there a way around this? Do I maybe try installing Visio after
> installing FM? I'm baffled why dozens of other file types are
> supported and
> not Visio, any suggestions out there? I have a day or two to
> get this done
> and am wondering what my next step is.
>
