Importing and Converting non-Frame Images or Documents
To import a file into FrameMaker select Import from
the File menu. You can import an image by reference or by
actually including the file into your document. In general, you
should import by reference if the file you are importing and the
document are going to be in the same location all the time.
Otherwise, you should include the file into the document so you need
not worry about either file changing locations. Once you have clicked
on OK, FrameMaker will import the file. If it is a
graphics image, you will then need to resize or move the image to the
desired location.
FrameMaker can easily import several types of graphics. This
is, however, dependent on the platform on which you are using it. The
following table lists the platforms (all Athena workstations running
FrameMaker would fall in the category of Xwindows) and the
types of graphics that can readily be imported:
Mac NeXT XWindows SunView
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Sun rasterfile Y Y Y Y
EPSI Y Y Y Y
Mac EPSF Y Y N N
DOS EPSF Y N N N
Postscript Print Y Print Print
TIFF Y Y N N
PICT Y N N N
MacPaint Y N N N
X11bitmap N N Y N
X11wd N N Y N
Print -- this means that the image is not visible in
the document, but can be included and will show up when the document
is printed out.
FrameMaker also has several filters to import documents from
other word processors. The document types you can just open from
within the program are:
Autocad (.dxf)
there are image quality and file size tradeoffs
Wordperfect (.wp)
converts from WP5.0 and 5.1
Microsoft Word (.word)
converts from Word 3.0 and 4.0
TROFF (.man,.me,.ms,.m,.1,.2,...,.8)
converts various troff formats including man
pages. Can handle me, ms, and man macros. The quality of the
conversion if fairly accurate.
Interleaf (.iaf)
convert from Interleaf 6.4 (TPS 4.1). The quality of the
conversion is only mediocre.
Code (.c,.h,.C,.H,.perl,.pl,.ada,.m)
NOTE: Just be sure that your document has the
corresponding extension listed next to the file types above.
The final conversion offered is not automatic. To convert a
LaTeX file to FrameMaker you need to use:
la2mml file.tex
and then open file.mml in FrameMaker.
The quality of this conversion is reasonable, but you definitely need
to doublecheck the imported text for random characters or commands
that FrameMaker could not interpret.