RE: Frame's graphics "tool" - solution

Subject: RE: Frame's graphics "tool" - solution
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:31:29 -0400

And if you import it into Word as an object, you can later edit it in
Visio from Word, without needing access to the original source file in
Visio.

This can be a great convenience. It can also be a hazard for those who
have to maintain revision control of the images, so UAYOR.

-- Dan Goldstein

> -----Original Message-----
> From: obair
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 9:14 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Frame's graphics "tool" - solution
>
> I earlier posted a note saying line callouts added to a jpg in frame
> did not show up in the html conversion. Several people
> responded. Thank
> you.
>
> I was able to solve the problem by asking my IT person for
> Visio. Visio
> allowed me to do everything:
> - Import the product image jpg into Visio
> - easily put white space on either side of the image using a
> box behind
> the image
> - draw arrows pointing from the side white spaces to
> different parts of
> the image (and control all aspects of the arrows)
> - add text as needed to the white space
> - save the file to the format of my choice
> - import into frame
>
> And if I need to later, I can update the product image in Visio by
> replacing it with a new one, since Visio keeps the product image
> separate from the arrows and such.
>

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