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Subject:Re: QUESTION: Urgent Frame Help From:Kathryn Marshall <kmarshall -at- MODACAD -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 16 Dec 1997 18:13:51 -0800
Thanks for thinking about this. It still remains a mystery. I don't
think it's a problem with the graphic only because even if I don't
import a graphic, the frame still doesn't print (I tried simply typing
some text inside the frame -- with no grahics -- and it still didn't
print).
FYI though, it was a referenced .WMF (windows metafile); we also tried a
bitmap. neither worked. Also, I tried a bunch of other graphics, not
just that one particular file. None of them worked.
I am beginning to think this is some strange bug, unless I'm missing
something really obvious.
-Kathy
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> From: Tim Altom[SMTP:taltom -at- IQUEST -dot- NET]
> Reply To: Tim Altom
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 1997 6:12 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: QUESTION: Urgent Frame Help
>
> Hey, I don't remember anybody asking if the graphic was linked, not
> embedded, or what kind of graphic it was. Was this graphic actually
> linked
> from the first? If so, there could be another problem with the
> combination
> of graphic type and link type. What were the conditions? It sounds
> like the
> doc itself is fine, and that the environment is good. And if the
> graphic
> sticks and prints when it's copied and pasted, then it works when
> embedded,
> so the graphic has to be good. How about some more details?
>
> >Thanks to all who replied to me directly (there were a bunch, so I'm
> >doing a group thanks). Unfortunately, I tried all of your proposed
> >solutions:
> >
> >--deleting the frame, creating a new one and reimporting the graphic
> >--copying and pasting another "good" frame in its place
> >--making sure the path of the graphic was correct
> >--making sure the frame was filled with "none"
> >--making sure there was no conditional text turned on
> >--saving the file as MIF
> >--importing other graphics into the frame or just typing text into
> the
> >frame -- still doesn't print.
> >
> >The only thing that worked (due to the deadline) was copying and
> pasting
> >the graphic -- literally copying and pasting it onto the page.
> >
> >Everything on the page prints except the anchored frame, whether it
> is a
> >new frame or a frame that I copied and pasted from another portion of
> >the document. I have plenty of memory (64MB) and am running on
> Windows
> >NT (P166). It's also not the printer. The problem seems to be with
> the
> >actual page -- however, I checked the master pages and everything
> looks
> >OK there... I will forward my question to Adobe Tech Support. Thanks
> >again for the quick replies.
> >
> >-Kathy
> >
> >> ----------
> >> From: Kathryn Marshall[SMTP:kmarshall -at- MODACAD -dot- COM]
> >> Reply To: Kathryn Marshall
> >> Sent: Monday, December 15, 1997 7:46 PM
> >> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> >> Subject: QUESTION: Urgent Frame Help
> >>
> >> Help!! The graphics on one page of my document has suddenly stopped
> >> printing. For no reason! I imported the graphic into an anchored
> >> frame.
> >> Now it appears that ANYTHING I put inside this frame does not print
> --
> >> whether it is imported graphics, text, or whatever.
> >>
> >> Any ideas? Is there some preference I should set?
> >>
> >> *pulling my hair out*
> >>
> >> MTIA,
> >> -Kathy
> >>
> >>
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