Re: Guide to Visio for FrameMaker users?

[Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>]

Visio is not designed to draw a simple line. It's about the worst tool
I can think of for one-off ad-hoc drawings.

Use a drawing program that's intended for that sort of thing.

On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Guy K. Haas <guy -at- hiskeyboard -dot- com> wrote:
> Thanks, guys, but here's my situation:
>
> We have books in FrameMaker and are porting them across to DITA, to be
> maintained in XMetaL.  The graphics for our DITA world need to be rendered
> in Visio.
>
> I'm recreating existing art -- art created in FrameMaker. ...
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