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Subject:Re: Importing GIFs into FrameMaker From:DIGEST Bruce Byfield <byfield -at- DIRECT -dot- CA> Date:Wed, 2 Oct 1996 10:38:04 +0800
David Egyes <davide -at- MERCURY -dot- CO -dot- IL> wrote:
> When I import a full screen or a window, it works. Yet when I try to
> import an icon or a button, I get that nasty little gray box. I can't
> view it, it won't print, and when I generate the document as a PDF file,
> those graphics won't appear. I try adjusting the resolution, resizing the
> graphic slightly, even viewing the document in Win 3.1, no dice.
I ran into this problem a few months ago. According to Adobe support,
this problem occurs with several types of graphics formats, and is a bug
that the company is well aware of. I was told that, after importing a
graphic, I should save the file (I renamed it, just to be safe), then close and
reopen it. When I did--lo!--the graphic appeared and printed properly.
Once or twice since, the same graphics have reverted to gray boxes, but
closing and reopening the file always seems to work for me.
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Bruce Byfield (byfield -at- direct -dot- ca) Technical Writing
Burnaby, BC, Canada Computing & Training Manuals
(604) 421-7189 On-Line & Paper Documentation
