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Figure formats are typically either:
For diagrams which look good when printed, a vector format (e.g. EPS) is required. For window snapshots, a bitmap format (e.g. GIF) is sufficient.
With the current popularity of the World Wide Web, most diagramming and image processing tools can now export JPEG, PNG and/or GIF formats. Therefore, if HTML is the only output format you care about for a given document, getting a figure into it is easy.
Occasionally, GIF format is also sufficient for paper-based documents. However, a GIF figure which displays fine in a browser may or may not display correctly in a PostScript document! The reason is that FrameMaker 5.x has problems importing:
Therefore, if you want to import a GIF file into a PostScript document, you will probably need to stick with GIF 87 format and avoid anything fancy.
For good quality diagrams, you will need to export your figure from your drawing application into a vector-based format that FrameMaker can successfully import.
The following information may be useful in selecting a vector-based format:
So, if you are using FrameMaker on Windows 95/NT, WMF is the vector format to use and generating it from a Windows-based tool should be easy. However, if you are using FrameMaker on Solaris, EPS is the vector format to use, but generating it from a Windows-based tool might be tricky.
The following approach can often be used to generate an EPS file from a Windows program:
Depending on the combination of application and printer driver, you may need to hand edit the ps file before you run ps2epsi. See the SDF Frequently Asked Questions for examples.
FrameMaker can be used to produce figures which SDF can import when it is generating PostScript. To do this, the steps are:
The main disadvantage with this approach is that FrameMaker 5.x does not provide an easy way to convert the figure to other formats (e.g. GIF).
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