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Never (OK hardly ever) copy graphics directly into your document. It makes
your life harder - you have to find all those graphics when the graphic
changes and it will -, FrameMaker hates it - the file size increases
dramatically and performance suffers - , and FrameMaker is much more likely
to corrupt the file - large file size equals more opportunity.
Even if the graphics are small, the file size doesn't increase and the file
does not corrupt, please think of the poor writer who will follow you and
must make updates to the file. Copying into FrameMaker makes updating and
maintaining so hard.
sharon
Sharon Burton
Anthrobytes Consulting
Home of RoboNEWS, the award-winning unofficial RoboHELP Newsletter
www.anthrobytes.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Sharman <sharman -at- WOWMEDIA -dot- COM>
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU <TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>
Date: Wednesday, 10 June, 1998 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: Framemaker questions (long)...
>> 3) Color graphics causing huge file size, long saves
>
>Try importing graphics _by reference_, rather than copying them into the
>file. This will make the file a lot smaller and easier to handle. (Use
>File>Import>File, then select "Import By Reference" rather than "Copy Into
>File". This just puts a link to the graphic in the FrameMaker file.) One
>advantage is that if you update the graphic, it automatically gets updated
>everywhere it is used in the FrameMaker file. One disadvantage is that if
>you move or rename the graphic file, you will have to repoint FrameMaker to
>it.
>
>> I find that Frame is slow to open and scroll through very large docs with
>>color graphics.
>
>You can toggle the display of graphics on and off (via "ESC v v"). Turning
>them off will speed things up a lot. (Remember to turn them back on again
>before you print!)
>
>Regards,
> Philip Sharman,
> <sharman -at- wowmedia -dot- com>
>
>
>
