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1. Table Border X Color X Table Shading X Color X Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 22 Maker Interchange Format MIF Filter Features Miscellaneous Attributes YES NO N A Comment Cross References X Date Time X Import by Ref X Footnotes X Equations X Frames X Graphics Caption X X Embedded Graphics X Referenced Graphics X Hypertext X Indexes X Multi Byte Characters X OLE X The OLE link is not preserved but the image is Table of Contents X Online manual 23 Converting files using a UNIX window Command line and filterbatch The easiest way to filter a file is to open or import it with FrameMaker On UNIX systems most filters are separate UNIX programs that FrameMaker runs when you open or import a file with the corresponding format You can also run these filters from a UNIX window or use the filterbatch program to filter several files at once Other UNIX filters are applications created with the Frame Application Program Interface API which is part of the Frame Developer s Kit These filters are integrated into FrameMaker and run automatically when you import or open such files You cannot run these filters from a UNIX window The UNIX filters directory UNIX filter files are located in the product installation directory Some UNIX filters require setup files that specify details on how files are converted For example the i2. Color X Pattern X Space Before After X Tabs X Center X Decimal X Leaders X Left X Relative vs Absolute X Right X Bar X Widows Orphans X Page Attributes YES NO N A Comment Borders X Color X Hard Page Breaks X Headers and Footers X added to master pages All Pages X First Page Only X Odd Even Pages X Margins X only affects master pages if encountered before text Left X Right X Top X Bottom X Header X Footer X Orientation X Landscape X see margins Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 17 Maker Interchange Format MIF Filter Features Page Attributes cont d YES NO N A Comment Portrait X see margins Page Numbering X Paper Size X see margins Shading X Color X Pattern X Soft Page Breaks X Document Attributes YES NO N A Comment Document Summary Info X Password X Protected X Shading X Color X Pattern X Columns and Tables YES NO N A Comment Columns X Balanced X Borders X Color X Column Spacing X Hard Column Breaks X Lines Between X Newspaper snaking X Parallel X Shading X Color X Pattern X Soft Column Breaks X Tables X Cell Alignment X Horizontal X Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 18 Maker Interchange Format MIF Filter Features Columns and Tables cont d YES NO N A
3. FRAMEMAKER 7 0 11 Introduction When importing Ichitaro documents tables created using commands from the Keisen Ruling menu will convert into a FrameMaker table Also when the outer frame is set to mendori rounded corners the enclosed text imports as a table However if a table breaks across pages the text does not import as a table Also Ichitaro 8 tables created using Keisen gt Create Table may not import correctly Side notes contents indexes references locks calculations and renban autonumbering import as normal text Paragraph hierarchy data is lost although the resulting paragraph indents are retained Accented Roman characters lose their accents after importing from or exporting to Ichitaro documents Microsoft Word filters in Japanese versions If you use the Microsoft Word filter to import a file containing rubi furigana characters into the Japanese version of FrameMaker the rubi will appear in the imported file before the characters that they support oyamoji In some instances spurious characters may appear If you use the Microsoft Word filter to import a Word document containing style formatting the style formatting imports as paragraph formatting in the Japanese version of FrameMaker The formatting data are preserved but the format tag name might be corrupted If this occurs choose New Format from the Commands menu in the paragraph designer then rename and save the format You cannot export a document
4. FRAMEMAKER 7 0 30 Converting files using a UNIX window For example these statements lt SrcChar lt FFamily Helvetica lt FSize 825 lt CopyFont lt FFamily Garamond gt lt FSize 12 gt gt tell the filter to apply the current version of the translation table for 12 point Garamond to 8 point Helvetica When you use the lt CopyFont gt statement note any exceptions to the default values with these substatements lt PreChar property gt lt PostChar property gt The lt PreChar gt property is the default value the lt PostChar gt property is the change you want to make to that property Enter these substatements before the lt CopyFont gt statement For example these statements lt PreChar lt FBold no gt gt lt PostChar lt FBold yes gt gt tell the filter to change the default font weight to bold FBold no to FBold yes before applying it Note Unlike the lt SrcChar gt and lt MakerChar gt statements lt PreChar gt and lt PostChar gt statements change only one property at a time A more complex version of the preceding sample translation might read lt SrcChar lt FFamily Helvetica lt FSize 8 gt gt lt PreChar lt FBold no gt gt lt PostChar lt FBold yes gt gt lt PreChar lt FlItalic no gt gt lt PostChar lt Fltalic yes gt gt lt CopyFont lt FFamily Garamond gt lt FSize 12 gt gt These statements tell the filter to apply the translation table for 12 point Garamond to 8 point Helvetica but
5. am to build translation tables to convert fonts that do not translate directly For example Interleaf uses a proprietary font called Typewriter that iaftomif maps to a font family called Courier Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 28 Converting files using a UNIX window The taf am file tells the filter which translation table to use for each font being converted to MIF The iaf am file uses default translation values that are usually sufficient for most file conversions If you need to change these default values you must modify the iaf am file FrameMaker supports the fonts in the Interleaf 5 release If you purchased additional fonts from Interleaf you need to add support for the fonts by editing the iaf am file Interleaf lets you use nonintegral font sizes for example 9 5 point To convert Interleaf nonintegral font sizes you must add conversion information to the iaf am file The default iaf am file does not contain conversion information for nonintegral font sizes If the iaf am file does not contain conversion information for a font the filter converts the text to Times If it cannot convert a type size it converts text to 12 point Anytime the filter substitutes a different font it displays a message This section describes the syntax of the iaf am file and explains how to add or change font translations to get the effects you want in your documents What the iaf am file looks like Each line of the iaf am file describes prope
6. as Russian and Greek characters as unrecognizable characters Applying a Japanese font to these unrecognizable characters will usually correct this All filters in the Japanese version of FrameMaker support conversion of English documents All graphics filters are supported in the Japanese version of FrameMaker but conversion of Japanese text contained within graphics is not supported If you import files other than text files into the Japanese version of FrameMaker on a different platform from the one on which the files were created the imported files may display in incorrect fonts To resolve this problem change the font in the Paragraph or Character Designer dialog boxes Japanese autonumbering is supported by FrameMaker but not by Japanese text filters If you import a document that uses a Japanese numbering system such as iroha or gojuuon ordering these numbering systems can be reapplied using Numbering properties in the paragraph designer Ichitaro filters To import an Ichitaro 5 0 or 6 0 Windows file follow the standard import procedures as described in the FrameMaker User Guide You do not need filename extensions for FrameMaker to recognize these files However if you want to use filename extensions for Ichitaro 5 0 files use the extension jaw and for Ichitaro 6 0 files use the extension jbw To import files created with Ichitaro 7 or 8 first save the files as Ichitaro 5 0 jaw or 6 0 jbw files Online manual ADOBE
7. before applying it to change the type style to bold italic An example To add Helvetica Plain 20 to the iaf am file 1 Open the file with a text editor 2 Search for Helvetica Plain You see Z Comment annees SS acter seek les see span adet euros gt lt Comment Helvetica Plain gt lt SrcChar lt FFamily Helvetica gt lt FPlain yes gt lt FSize 6 gt lt MakerChar lt FFamily Helvetica gt lt FPlain yes gt lt FSize 6 gt gt lt SrcChar lt FFamily Helvetica gt lt FPlain yes gt lt FSize 8 gt lt PreChar lt FSize 6 gt gt lt PostChar lt FSize 8 gt gt lt CopyFont lt FFamily Helvetica gt lt FPlain yes gt lt FSize 6 gt gt Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 31 Converting files using a UNIX window The first set of statements translate Interleaf Helvetica Plain 6 point type to FrameMaker Helvetica Plain 6 point type The next set uses lt PreChar gt and lt PostChar gt statements to translate Interleaf Helvetica Plain 8 point type to FrameMaker Helvetica Plain 8 point type You will see similar statements specifying the translation of Helvetica Plain at several type sizes There is no translation however for Helvetica Plain 20 point type 3 Locate the four statements that define the font translation for Helvetica Plain 18 point type lt SrcChar lt FFamily Helvetica lt FPlain yes gt lt FSize 18 gt lt PreChar lt FSize 6 gt gt lt PostChar lt FSize 18 gt gt lt CopyFont lt FFamily Helv
8. but import of autonumbering through counters is not If a WordPerfect document contains both kinds of autonumbering the autonumbering may be incorrect after conversion Right indents in WordPerfect documents may not import correctly If you are using WordPerfect 8 or a later version save the file in WordPerfect 6 or 7 format before importing it into FrameMaker Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 10 Introduction About Asian language filters The following formats are supported for importing Japanese text Text format Japanese Microsoft Word 6 0 Office 95 Word 7 0 and Word 97 Word 8 formats e Ichitaro 5 0 and 6 0 Text Import Filter Windows Macintosh and Solaris UNIX only RTF Word 97 98 2000 The following formats are supported for exporting Japanese text Text format PDF format Windows and Macintosh only HTML format XML format RTF Macintosh Windows and Solaris UNIX The following text encoding methods are supported for importing or exporting Japanese text JIS a common encoding method for Japanese e mail Shift JIS the most common encoding method on Japanese Windows and Macintosh systems e EUC the most common encoding method on Japanese UNIX systems Japanese filters support the JIS X 0208 1990 character set The Ichitaro and RTF Japanese filters do not support certain symbols and accented Roman characters outside of this character set The Word 97 filter will import certain symbols as well
9. group of Interleaf IAF files type add_extension iaf Filel File2 File3 File4 To add a suffix to a single filename use the UNIX mv or cp command Converting one file In a UNIX window type filter option option2 infilename suffix outfilename suffix where e filter is the name of the filter for example wptomif option1 option 2 are command line options that you can use with the filter Available options are explained in the appropriate chapter of this manual infilename suffix is the name of the file you want to convert for example file wp outfilename suffix is the name of the converted file for example file mif Using filterbatch to convert several files Use filterbatch to convert a group of files using the same filter You tell filterbatch which filter to use In a UNIX window type filterbatch d output_dir filter optionl option2 infilel infile2 where e output_dir is the name of the directory where you want to save converted files e filter is the name of the filter option1 option2 are command line options that you can use with the filter Available options are explained in the appropriate chapter of this manual infilel infile2 are the names of the files you want to convert For example this command filterbatch wptomif Yourfile wp Myfile wp Hisfile wp Herfile wp converts four WordPerfect files to MIF and identifies them with the suffix mif The filterbat
10. program lt CopyFont gt tells the filter to use the translation table currently in use including any changes in the details of the translation that were specified to convert the font specified in lt SrcChar gt The syntax is lt SrcChar property gt lt CopyFont property gt For example these statements lt SrceChar lt GFID 11 gt gt lt CopyFont lt GFID 26 gt gt tell the filter to apply the current version of the translation table for the Times font GFID 26 to the Courier font GFID 11 When you use the lt CopyFont gt statement note any exceptions to the default values with these substatements lt PreChar property gt and lt PostChar property gt The lt PreChar gt property is the default value the lt PostChar gt property is the change you want to make to that property Enter these substatements before the lt CopyFont gt statement For example these statements lt SrcChar lt GFID 11 gt lt Comment Courier 10 gt gt lt PreChar lt FFamily Times gt gt lt PostChar lt FFamily Courier gt gt lt CopyFont lt GFID 26 gt gt Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 27 Converting files using a UNIX window tell the filter to change the font family from Times to Courier before copying the font information Note Unlike the lt SrcChar gt and lt MakerChar gt statements lt PreChar gt and lt PostChar gt statements change only one property at a time Converting DCA documents to MIF Always m
11. version 7 0 the installed filters for CGM graphic files are IsoDraw Converter filters The IsoDraw filters included with FrameMaker support a wide variety of CGM formats including CGM 1 2 3 and 4 for import CGM 1 2 and 3 for export and many CGM profiles customized for use by specific industries Important IsoDraw also supplies HPGL IGES and DXF filters However these filters have not been fully tested with FrameMaker and may have unpredictable results e Most fonts are now mapped correctly when CGM files are imported Font mapping can be customized via the optcgm prf file For more information see Modifying preferences for IsoDraw filters on page 6 e Rounded line caps and line joins of thick lines in imported graphics are rendered incorrectly when importing a CGM file the junctions appear as square FrameMaker supports only square line joinings e When importing CGM graphics the IsoDraw filters use background colors by default It is often useful to consider the background as part of the graphic For example a graphic might use a white background to attain a specific amount of white space around the graphic Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 6 Introduction You can change the preferences for CGM import to ignore the background color This might be necessary if you have a black background and black lines or text in the graphic Note that when you ignore the background FrameMaker fits the graphic s anchored frame aro
12. with Japanese text to Microsoft Word Instead export the document to RTF and then open the RTF file in Microsoft Word If you use the Microsoft Word filter to import a Word 97 98 2000 document the paragraph formats will specify a Roman font as the default font Also character formats that use a Symbol font will be changed to use a Western Symbol font rather than a Japanese one Do the following 1 Create a combined font if desired 2 Inthe Paragraph Designer for paragraph formats or Character Designer for character formats change Default Font Name to the font name you want 3 Change Language to Nihongo 4 If needed correct the autonumbering format for the paragraph format 5 Click Update All to apply these changes to all occurrences of the format RTF filters in Japanese versions FrameMaker for the Windows Mac OS and Solaris UNIX platforms offer two filters for importing RTF documents Microsoft RTF and RTF Japanese You will usually see the best results by using the default filter for your system RTF Japanese if you have a Japanese operating system otherwise Microsoft RTF However you should keep the following in mind e When importing and exporting the same file you should use the same filter in both directions e When filtering both Japanese and Western documents if you want the same formatting for both types you should use the same filter for both types For Japanese documents the Microsoft RTF filter is fo
13. you have installed the Inso CGM import and export filters CGM IMAG GFXImport and CGM IMAG GFXExport locate the IsoDraw CGM Import and CGM Export filters 5 Insert a semicolon at the beginning of each line to disable the filter 6 Save and close the maker ini file and restart FrameMaker Macintosh To enable Inso filters and disable the corresponding IsoDraw filters 1 In the FrameMaker installation folder locate the System Extras Filters folder 2 Drag all the files in that Filters folder into FrameMaker s Filters INSO folder The names of the files begin with CGM 3 Create a new folder named IsoDraw Filters Disabled in the System Extras folder 4 Locate the IsoDraw Converter file in the FrameMaker Filters folder and drag it to the System Extras IsoDraw Filters Disabled folder 5 Restart FrameMaker UNIX To enable Inso filters and disable the corresponding IsoDraw filters 1 Locate the FMHOME fminit filterlist file and do one of the following e Ifyou are enabling Inso filters for all users on a network open the file in the network installation s fminit directory If you are enabling Inso filters for a single user copy the filterlist file to the user s fminit directory and open the copy 2 In the FilterList section of the filterlist file locate the lines referring to the Inso filters you want to enable Each line contains the name of the filter CGM and the term GFXImport for import filters or GFXExport for expor
14. Adobe FrameMaker 70 Using Filters 7 Adobe Contents Introduction Aboutfiltets 55 gd Bakkera ori sg kd wag caine EEEE E T 1 How filters Work 0 eee ec cece ene e cence eee eee eee ee ee 1 Supported formats 0 cece cece cece ence ence eee e ne ee ee enenes 2 Converting from unsupported formats cece eee neces 4 Filterfiles cre gi hen ated Poe Melee Mine Shela ies 4 Preparing files for conversion 6 eee e cece cece e eee e eee ences 4 General importing issues 0 eee eee cece cece cence ence en eeenes 5 Using graphics filters oo cece cece eee ener e eee e ee enens 5 Document and text filter issues 6 eee cece eee eee n tenes 8 About Asian language filters 60 cece cece cece cece e eee eeeee 10 Converting fles oss ses anseeeintadhapawedasahebels S 12 Converting FrameMaker documents oe eee cece cence eens 13 Memory requirements cece cece enn ee eee eee nee 13 Maker Interchange Format MIF Filter Features TOMIE codslsten ta ednddutsdalsajiag dala oer pea waned Brka le ee aunties 14 Froni MIF saser necertan cea kek aaa we eee aa ee Bae 19 Converting files using a UNIX window Command line and filterbatch oo eeceec eee e eee 23 Acatomif filter serrurerie Oner oE Gone ee vane chs ed ee dee o 25 iaftomiffiltef gi dao ee dia a Meje daje sd ao ee i i 27 Converting IAF documents to MIF ow eee cece cece nen n eee 31 trofftomif filter esegi estet re ld caus Sees ts desea deca 32 fmimage
15. C hex gt No default lt Code C octal gt No default lt Code C char const gt No default Important In all statements yes and no responses must be in lowercase letters All other words in the syntax must be capitalized as you see them in the list above Font names may or may not have an initial cap depending on how they are capitalized in the original application and the FrameMaker formats Inheritance and character substitutions Once you specify a font property in the lt SrcChar gt statement or the lt MakerChar gt statement the filter inherits and uses that property until it encounters another statement that changes it This inheritance helps to keep the am file short because you don t have to repeat the conversion properties for each font and size In addition to translating fonts dcatomif can substitute characters if the FrameMaker font and the font being translated do not share the same characters For a complete list of the FrameMaker character sets see the online manual FrameMaker Character Sets The previous example illustrated a font translation The example below includes a character substitution lt SrcChar lt Code 0x42 gt gt lt MakerChar lt Code 0x89 gt gt lt Comment a circumflex gt Using the lt CopyFont gt statement Rather than repeat all the properties for each font family you can copy the information with a lt CopyFont gt statement This saves time and effort and uses less memory in the filter
16. Comment Vertical X Cell Borders X Color X Cell Shading X Color X Pattern X Heading X Merged Cells X Horizontal X Vertical X Row Height X Table Alignment X Table Border X Color X Table Shading X Color X Pattern X Miscellaneous Attributes YES NO N A Comment Annotations X Bookmarks X Cross References X Date Time X Endnotes X as footnotes File Include X Footnotes X Formulas X Frames APO s X Graphics Caption X Embedded Graphics X Referenced Graphics X Watermark X Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 19 Maker Interchange Format MIF Filter Features Miscellaneous Attributes cont d Hypertext Indexes YES NO N A Comment A hypertext link converts as blue underlined text but is inactive Macros X Multi Byte Characters X Shift JIS only OLE X Outline X Style Sheets X Table of Authority X Converts as regular text Table of Contents X Text Direction X Left To Right X Right To Left X From MIF The following table shows what is converted from FrameMaker when using MIF to export into other applications Character Attributes YES NO N A Comment Bold Weight X Color X Foreground Text X Fonts X Point Size X Typeface X Conditional Text X Italic Slant X Kerning X Languages X Outline X Converts outline in Mac OS only in Windows and UNIX converts as re
17. M 4 x 5 0 MacWrite II Pro M Microsoft Word W M U Windows 6 x 7 x Macintosh 4 x 5 x 6 x Portable Document Format PDF W M U 3 4 MIF W M U 4 x 5 x 7 x RTF W M U 1 2 1 3 1 6 WordPerfect W M U Windows 5 x Macintosh 3 x Graphic import filters Format Platform Versions supported Adobe Illustrator W M 9 0 and later AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format DXF DWG W M U 10 11 12 13 BMP Ww Windows 3 x Windows 95 CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format GIF W M U 87a 89a Transparent backgrounds are not supported Computer Graphics Metafile CGM W M U ANSI ISO 8632 1992 CorelDraw CDR W M U 3 4 5 6 7 Digital Research Graphics Environment Manager GEM W M U 3 EPS EPSF EPSI W M U Hewlett Packard Graphics Language HPGL W M U 2 Initial Graphics Exchange Specification IGES W M U CALS Classes I IV Release 5 1 JPEG W M U Macintosh Ouickdraw PICT W M U 1 2 MacPaint W M U PackBits compression Micrografx Drawing Flle Format W M U Draw 3 0 Designer 3 1 DRW GRF Charisma 2 1 PCX DCX W M U 1 bit 4 bit 8 bit 24 bit Portable Network Graphics PNG W M U Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 4 Introduction Sun Raster rf W M U SVG W M U Not available on HP AIX TIFF W M U 5 6 CMYK separations Windows Metafile WMF W M U Windows 3 x Windows 95 WordPerfect WPG W M U 1 2 X Windowing System bitmap XWD W M U Release X11 XBM U CCITT G4 W M U Type 1 RGB SGI U Enhanced
18. Metafile EMF Ww QuickTime Movie Converting from unsupported formats If you need to convert files that are in formats for which FrameMaker has no specific filter you may be able to save the files to a format recognized by one of the filters for example RTF You can then convert them from that format into FrameMaker documents Check whether your application can save files in a different format This might be an option in the application s Save As command or you might have to use a separate program to convert the file An application s conversion programs are often on a separate disk in the installation package To find out where the conversion programs are refer to your application s reference manual Filter files During installation you can choose whether to install filter files The filters directory is located in the directory where FrameMaker is installed If you choose to install the filters at a later date you ll need to run the Installer again For more information about installing FrameMaker including filters see the Install ReadMe Preparing files for conversion The filters convert the specified features of the source files into equivalent FrameMaker features For best results follow these suggestions for preparing files before converting them e Avoid using tricks that force the application to simulate functions it does not naturally perform For example using negative indents to create side headings can m
19. aftomif filter uses a setup file to map Interleaf fonts to FrameMaker fonts Filter setup files are located in FMHOME fminit filters To customize filter setup files for your own use you can create personal filters directories in other directories Important FrameMaker searches for the fminit directory in the following directories in this order the directory in which you started FrameMaker your home directory and then FMHOME The following table lists filter setup files and the filters that use them Do not remove or edit any setup files unless this manual instructs you to do so File Filter Can be customized dca am dcatomif Yes Isi am dcatomif Yes iaf am iaftomif Yes miftoiaf fonts miftoiaf Yes patterns miftoiaf Yes pictfonts cfg picttomif No txttomif m4 isltomif rm8tomif Yes Adding filename suffixes When you open or import a file FrameMaker looks for information in the file to determine the file type If the infor mation isn t found in the file the filename suffix is used to determine the file type To add or change the suffix of a group of filenames use the add_extension script In a UNIX window type add_extension suffix filelist where suffix is the suffix for your file type and filelist is a list of filenames separated by spaces to which you want to add the suffix Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 24 Converting files using a UNIX window For example to add the iaf suffix to a
20. ake backup copies of your files before converting them If you want to use a UNIX window to convert a DCA file to a MIF file type dcatomif optionl option2 infilename suffix outfilename suffix where option option2 are command line options that you can use with the filter infilename suffix is the name of the file you want to convert and outfilename suffix is the name of the converted file For example to convert the file report dca to MIF type dcatomif report dca report mif Command line options The following table explains the command line options for the DCA filter Use this option To help h Display dcatomif command syntax V Display the release number of the filter without running the filter iaftomif filter The iaftomif filter converts documents from Interleaf ASCII Format IAF release 8 0 Interleaf 5 and IAF 6 4 Interleaf 4 to MIF Preparing IAF files for conversion In most cases special preparation is unnecessary to convert IAF files In rare cases where comments have been manually inserted into an IAF file you should remove comments delimited by double hyphens that appear in a declaration or command Otherwise the filter might give unpredictable results For example edit the following declaration lt Class Company this name stands for SuperVideo Stores Inc gt to be lt Class Company gt Customizing font translations The iaftomif filter uses the file filters iaf
21. ake conversion more difficult e Use defined styles rather than local format overrides whenever possible e The filters assign the first column layout in the source file to all body pages in the converted document It is easier to touch up converted documents that have more than one column layout if the most frequently used column layout is the first one in the source file Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 5 Introduction e Create a template in FrameMaker that has predefined paragraph and character styles tables definitions and page layout for when you convert a file to FrameMaker If the FrameMaker template is set up correctly the majority of issues regarding autonumbering bullets indenting and page layout should be resolved After you import the file use the File gt Import gt Formats command to apply the FrameMaker template to the imported file If your Word file and FrameMaker template use different styles delete all paragraph and character styles apply the FrameMaker template and then apply the FrameMaker styles to your text after you import the file into FrameMaker For infor mation on using templates and importing formats see Chapter 12 Templates in the FrameMaker User Guide General importing issues When importing documents into FrameMaker note the following e Customized bullet symbols used in bulleted lists are sometimes converted to the default bullet symbol when a document is imported or exported If th
22. ame of the macro package for the file man ms or me infilename suffix is the name of the file you want to convert and outfilename suffix is the name of the converted file For example to convert the file report me to MIF using the me macros type trofftomif me report me report mif Command line options The following table explains the trofftomif command line options Use this option To help h See the syntax of command line options V Display the release number of the filter without running the filter Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 33 Converting files using a UNIX window Touching up your documents Your documents lose some formatting information in the troff to MIF conversion trofftomif preserves as much formatting as possible but ignores these troff formatting instructions e Tables created in tbl format eqn codes e Graphics in pic format Conditionals nonconstant expressions number registers and preprocessor commands e Document specific definitions of macros diversions or traps Tables Tables in the troff tbl format aren t converted by trofftomif For best results don t run the preprocessor before running trofftomif The filter moves the table information and the tbl codes to the FrameMaker file Delete the tbl codes and then re create the table in FrameMaker by using the Convert to Table command on the Table menu For more information see the FrameMaker User Guide Equatio
23. cessor s documentation or from IBM The dca am filter translates GFIDs 11 18 and 26 Courier Courier italic and Times respectively according to Appendix E of the IBM Document Content Architecture Revisable Form Text DCARFT Reference Manual GFID 26 is not optional it must be defined in the dca am file What the dca am file looks like Each line of the dca am file describes a property or properties of the source font followed by the corresponding infor mation for FrameMaker The statements look like this lt SrcChar lt char_attributes_src gt gt lt MakerChar lt char_attributes_frame gt gt where char_attributes_src are the font characteristics in the DCA file and char_attributes_frame are the font charac teristics in the MIF file For example the following statements convert the DCA Times font GFID 26 to Times plain style 12 point characters lt SrcChar lt GFID 26 gt gt lt MakerChar lt FFamily Times gt lt FSize 12 gt lt FPlain yes gt gt The dca am file that comes with your filter contains the following default values which you can change Font property MIF default lt FFamily string gt No default lt GFID n gt 0 lt FSize n gt 0 lt FPlain yes no gt yes lt FBold yes no gt no lt Fltalic yes no no Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 26 Converting files using a UNIX window Font property MIF default lt Code n gt No default lt Code
24. ch program automatically assigns a suffix to the files it creates For information about the filter options see the FMHOME fminit filterlist file The AW4w filters require a number when run from the command line For example the filterlist contains lt 0490 AW4W MSWord MIF TextImport msw Microsoft Word Win 6 0 7 0 gt to run the Word 6 filter from the command line FMHOME bin w4wtomif 0490 file msw file mif Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 25 Converting files using a UNIX window dcatomif filter The dcatomif filter converts documents from IBM Document Content Architecture Revisable Form Text DCA 1 0 and 1 1 formats to MIF Transferring DCA files Before converting DCA files to MIF you must make them accessible to the workstation on which you will be using FrameMaker Customizing font translations The dca am file in the filters directory tells the filter which translation table to use for each font being converted to MIF The dca am file uses default translation values that are usually sufficient for most file conversions If you need to change these default values you must modify the dca am file Caution If you re not familiar with MIF files or program code you probably won t be comfortable modifying the dca am file In this case your system administrator should customize the font translation tables You have to obtain the character set definition for the new Graphic Font IDs GFIDs from your word pro
25. character substitutions Once you specify a font property in the lt SrcChar gt statement or the lt MakerChar gt statement the filter inherits and uses that property until it encounters another statement that changes it This inheritance helps to keep the iaf am file short because you don t have to repeat the conversion properties for each font and size In addition to translating fonts the filter can substitute characters if the FrameMaker font and the font being trans lated do not share the same characters For a complete list of the FrameMaker character set see the online manual FrameMaker Character Sets The previous example illustrated a font translation from Typewriter to Courier The example below includes a character substitution lt SrcChar lt FFamily Typewriter gt lt FPlain yes gt lt FSize 10 gt gt lt MakerChar lt FFamily Courier gt lt FPlain yes lt FSize 9 gt gt lt SrcChar lt Code 0x51 gt gt lt MakerChar lt Code 0x25 gt gt The first line specifies the source character font Typewriter style plain and size 10 to be converted e The second line specifies the FrameMaker character font Courier style plain and point size 9 into which the source font is converted e The third line specifies the character that needs a substitution In the Typewriter font the c o symbol is code 51 However FrameMaker has no c o symbol The last line indicates the FrameMaker character that takes the p
26. e Convert by importing when you want to copy a file into an existing FrameMaker document Converting by opening To convert a file by opening it 1 Start FrameMaker 2 Choose File gt Open 3 Select the file you want to open and click Open 4 If the Unknown File Type dialog box appears select the appropriate application or file format and click Convert It may take a few moments to convert a large file When the conversion is complete the FrameMaker document opens Converting by importing The Import File dialog box contains the settings Import by Reference and Copy into Document You can import graphic and text files either by reference or copying into the document To convert a file by importing it 1 Start FrameMaker and open a document 2 Place the insertion point where you want the imported document or graphic to appear 3 Choose File gt Import gt File 4 In the scroll list select the name of the file you want to import 5 Select Import by Reference or Copy into Document and click Import 6 If the Unknown File Type dialog box appears select the appropriate application or file format and click Convert The file is converted and imported into the document For more information on import options see the FrameMaker User Guide Document files appear as text insets if imported by reference Graphic files are converted and placed into an anchored frame at the location of the insertion point in the FrameMaker document If y
27. e files The fmimagetoimage filter converts only the first graphic in a FrameMaker document subseguent graphics are ignored To convert several graphics within the same FrameMaker document copy each graphic and paste it into its own FrameMaker document Converting Framelmage files 1 Open the FrameMaker document containing the graphic 2 Choose Save As from the File menu enter a filename for the graphic and choose Interchange MIF from the Format pop up menu 3 Type the following command in a UNIX window fmimagetoimage option1 option2 infilename suffix outfilename suffix where option1 option 2 are command line options that you can use with the filter infilename suffix is the name of the MIF file you want to convert and outfilename suffix is the name of the converted file Command line options The following table shows fmimagetoimage command line options Use this option To hor help See a description of the command line options V Display the release number of the filter without running the filter Adobe the Adobe logo and FrameMaker are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States A and or other countries Windows is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other coun tries Macintosh is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc registered in the United States and other countries UNIX is a regi
28. e resulting numbering will not increment in the FrameMaker document If you did not save with Fast Save the numbering increments but restarts returns to 1 for example at inappro priate places To fix the autonumbering open the paragraph designer and edit the autonumbering string for the paragraph formats that have autonumbering Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 9 Introduction Note In the initial release of Word 97 the Word 6 95 option in the Save As menu saves a document in Rich Text Format RTF To open a document in FrameMaker you must use the Microsoft RTF filter If you choose the Microsoft Word 97 98 2000 filter instead an alert message will appear stating that the document will not be converted Microsoft has released an update to the filter which creates a Word 6 binary file rather than an RTF file You can download this filter at www microsoft com word enhancements wrd6ex32 asp e For export to Word and RTE the formatting of your document converts properly However the named styles may not export correctly the style names appear in the user interface but when you apply such a named style the selected text appears the same as normal text Exporting frame native graphics to Word 6 RTF Note the following limitations when a FrameMaker file containing native graphic objects such as rectangles and circles is exported to Microsoft Word 6 0 95 or Microsoft RTF All FrameMaker graphics which are placed in an anchored fra
29. etica gt lt FPlain yes gt lt FSize 6 gt gt 4 Copy these four lines so that the copied lines follow immediately after the originals 5 Inthe lt PostChar gt statement in the duplicate set change 18 to 20 The eight lines should now read lt SrcChar lt FFamily Helvetica lt FPlain yes lt FSize 18 gt lt PreChar lt FSize 6 gt gt lt PostChar lt FSize 18 gt gt lt CopyFont lt FFamily Helvetica gt lt FPlain yes gt lt FSize 6 gt gt lt SrcChar lt FFamily Helvetica lt FPlain yes lt FSize 20 gt lt PreChar lt FSize 6 gt gt lt PostChar lt FSize 20 gt gt lt CopyFont lt FFamily Helvetica gt lt FPlain yes gt lt FSize 6 gt gt Converting IAF documents to MIF If you want to use a UNIX window to convert an IAF file to a MIF file type iaftomif option option2 infilename suffix outfilename suffix where option1 option 2 are command line options that you can use with the filter infilename suffix is the name of the file you want to convert and outfilename suffix is the name of the converted file For example to convert the file report iaf to MIF type iaftomif report iaf report mif Command line options You can use several command line options with iaftomif Use this option To help h See the syntax of command line options S Convert a multicolumn IAF file to a single column MIF file v Set the filter to verbose to see messages while the filter converts a file V Disp
30. gular text Shadow X Converts shadows in Mac OS only in Windows and UNIX converts as regular text Small Caps X Soft Hyphen X Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 20 Maker Interchange Format MIF Filter Features Character Attributes cont d YES NO N A Comment Strike Out X Subscript X Superscript X Upper Case All Caps X Underline X Single X Double X Line Attributes YES NO N A Comment Line Height X Paragraph Attributes YES NO N A Comment Alignment X Justified X Center X Left X Right X Indent X Hanging X Left X Right X Keep With Next X Line Spacing X Paragraph Numbering X Space Before After X Tabs X Center X Decimal X Leaders X Left X Right X Widows Orphans X Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 21 Maker Interchange Format MIF Filter Features Page Attributes YES NO N A Comment Hard Page Breaks X Headers and Footers X Odd Even Pages X Margins X Left X Right X Top X Bottom X Orientation X Landscape X Portrait X Page Numbering X Paper Size X Columns and Tables YES NO N A Comment Columns X Tables X Cell Alignment X Horizontal X Vertical X Cell Borders X Color X Cell Shading X Color X Straddled Cells X Horizontal X Vertical X Row Height X auto height Table Alignment X
31. is occurs and you would like to change the formatting of your bullets see Formatting text as bullets in Chapter 4 Text Formatting of the FrameMaker User Guide e Ifa document includes pages in both portrait and landscape page layout the page layout orientation that appears first in the original document will be used to format the entire converted document e Before exporting a FrameMaker document on the Macintosh remove any EPS graphics from the document e If you import document files such as Microsoft Word or WordPerfect or RTF files that include tables you may have difficulty formatting the resulting tables in the FrameMaker document Initially you may have trouble applying format changes via the table designer To use the table designer for a given table first select the entire table Then choose Custom Ruling amp Shading from the Table menu In the dialog box that appears apply From Table for Custom Cell Ruling and Custom Cell Shading Now you can apply formatting via the table designer Using graphics filters FrameMaker uses IsoDraw filters to import and export graphics files However you can use different graphics filters if you desire Inso filters are also provided with FrameMaker 7 0 If you want to use the Inso filters you must install them and uninstall the corresponding IsoDraw filters by following the platform specific instructions See Changing default CGM filters on page 7 Filters for CGM files In
32. lace of the c o symbol in the translation The hexadecimal code 0x25 is the FrameMaker character for a percent sign The following statements make additional changes to the same font translation lt Comment This is the mapping for paragraph symbol gt lt SrcChar lt Code 0x57 gt gt lt MakerChar lt FFamily Times gt lt Code 0xa6 gt gt The source character font is still Typewriter but the FrameMaker character font is no longer Courier it is now Times The paragraph symbol code 57 in Typewriter changes to code a6 in Times The first line of code is a comment line noting the character substitution In the following statements the source character font is still Typewriter The FrameMaker character font is now Symbol The copyright character changes from code 45 in Typewriter to code d3 in Symbol lt Comment circle Copyright gt lt SrceChar lt Code 0x45 gt gt lt MakerChar lt FFamily Symbol gt lt Code 0xd3 gt gt lt CopyFont gt Rather than repeat all the properties for each font family you can copy the information with a lt CopyFont gt statement This saves time and effort and uses less memory in the filter program lt CopyFont gt tells the filter to use the translation table currently in use including any changes in the details of the translation that were specified to convert the font specified in lt SrcChar gt The syntax is lt SrcChar property gt lt CopyFont property gt Online manual ADOBE
33. lay the release number of the filter without running the filter Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 32 Converting files using a UNIX window trofftomif filter The trofftomif filter converts documents from troff format to MIF Preparing troff files for conversion To prepare your files for conversion 1 Do not run the preprocessors for tbl and eqn formats For instructions on handling those items after the conversion see Tables on page 33 and Equations on page 33 2 If they aren t there already copy your files to a file system accessible to the computer on which you will be using FrameMaker 3 If your troff file uses the so command to produce header include files use the UNIX soelim command to produce a master file that doesn t use header files Renaming troff files Rename the files to use one of the following filename suffixes The filename suffix determines how the file is filtered If a troff file Use this filename suffix Doesn t use a troff macro package m Uses the man macro package man For other standard man suffixes such as man 1 2 or 8 see the SFMHOME fminit fmimport file for instructions Uses the ms macro package ms Uses the me macro package me Converting troff documents to MIF If you want to use a UNIX window to convert a troff file to a MIF file type trofftomif macropackage infilename suffix outfilename suffix where macropackage is the n
34. les and their locations are different for the different platforms as follows e Windows IsoDraw preference files are located in the filters folder in the main FrameMaker folder The preference files are optcgm prf for the CGM filter optdxf prf for the DXF filter and optigs prf for the IGES filter e Macintosh IsoDraw preference files are located in the IsoConverter folder located in System Folder Preferences The preference files are OptCGM prf for the CGM filter OptDXEprf for the DXF filter and OptIGS prf for the IGES filter e UNIX If you installed IsoDraw filters on a network and you want to modify preferences for all users modify the preference files in the network installation of SFMHOME fminit IsoConverter If you want to modify preferences for a single user copy the IsoConverter folder to the user s installation of HOME fminit then modify the preference files there If you cannot locate the IsoConverter folder in the network or user installation modify the preference files in tmp IsoConverter The preference files are OptCGM prf for the CGM filter OptDXEprf for the DXF filter and OptIGS prf for the IGES filter Inso filters for CGM import and export are also provided with FrameMaker 7 0 If you want to use the Inso filters you must install them and uninstall the corresponding IsoDraw filters by following the platform specific instruc tions in Changing default CGM filters on page 7 To generate error log message
35. me are exported to Word 6 RTF on all platforms Graphics which are not in anchored frames will not be exported 3 point line widths may appear as 2 5 The dashed line styles may appear different after export e Arrow lines are not converted as a single object When edited in the Microsoft Word Picture arrow lines will appear as separate line and arrowheads e Some arrow styles in Word may not correspond to what is seen in FrameMaker e Some curves ovals ellipses and freehand drawings may appear jagged Dashed curves ovals ellipses freehand drawings polylines and polygons are converted into solid style e Thick lines are converted to rectangles Pens and tints are not supported e Graphic text kerning and stretching are not supported e Some native graphics exported from FrameMaker are not suitable for further editing in Microsoft Word Picture Microsoft Excel filters To import an Excel 97 98 2000 2001 file you must select the Excel 97 98 2000 filter upon importing If you saved your Office 97 Excel document as a Microsoft Excel 5 0 95 Workbook file import it using the Excel 5 0 filter because the Excel 97 98 2000 filter will not open an Excel 5 file Conversely the 5 0 filter will not open the Excel 97 file Only JPEG PNG BMP and GIF images are imported All other formats are imported as gray boxes WordPerfect filters In WordPerfect 6 and 7 documents import of autonumbering through paragraph outline is supported
36. ns The trofftomif filter doesn t convert eqn codes it passes the codes to the FrameMaker file as text You have to re create the equations in FrameMaker For information see your user s manual Paragraph formats After converting a few troff files you may find that trofftomif inserts forced returns after more paragraphs than you like If the paragraph formats in the converted file need adjusting use the Paragraphs gt Designer command on the Format menu troff commands The trofftomif filter converts most troff requests troff escape sequences and macro references It sends any uncon verted commands to the FrameMaker document as text Touch up your document as follows 1 Use the Find Change command to locate any troff commands that weren t converted 2 Look at the surrounding text and determine what you need to touch up 3 Delete the troff commands Graphics Your troff files may contain pic graphics which arent converted by trofftomif Use the Tools palette to re create the graphics fmimagetoimage filter The fmimagetoimage filter converts an imported image or inset stored in a FrameImage format in a MIF file to the Sun raster file rf image format The filter converts color or black and white images imported by FrameMaker For more information about the FramelImage format see the online manual MIF Reference Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 34 Converting files using a UNIX window Preparing to convert Framelmag
37. ou re importing a bitmap a dialog box appears so you can specify the bitmap s scale Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 13 Introduction Converting FrameMaker documents To export a FrameMaker document to another application 1 Choose Save As from the File menu 2 Type a new name for the file in the Save Document As dialog box 3 Choose the format you want from the Format pop up menu 4 Click Save Important When you create FrameMaker documents that you intend to convert to another format paragraph tags must not include the bracket symbols or lt gt These symbols disable cross references and variables Memory requirements Filters run within FrameMaker s memory allocation You cannot filter a document larger than this setting If a document is too large for the filter close other files to free memory or open the document in its original application and split it into smaller pieces Also make sure you have extra free disk space for importing large files this space is needed to create temporary files Online manual 14 Maker Interchange Format MIF Filter Features To MIF The following table shows what is converted from other applications when using MIF to import into FrameMaker Character Attributes YES NO N A Comment Bold Weight X Code Pages X Color X Background Text X Foreground Text X Comment X conditional text Drop Ca
38. p X Fonts X Point Size X Proportional Serif X Typeface X Hidden Text X conditional text Initial Caps X Italic Slant X Kerning X Languages X Outline X Windows and UNIX convert as regular text Redline X conditional text Deleted X conditional text Inserted X conditional text Shading X Color X Pattern X Shadow X Windows and UNIX convert as regular text Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 15 Maker Interchange Format MIF Filter Features Character Attributes cont d YES NO N A Comment Small Caps X Soft Hyphen X Strike Out X Subscript X Superscript X Upper Case All Caps X Underline X Continuous Single X Continuous Double X Word only Single X Word only Double X converts as single underline Dotted Underline X converts as single underline Line Attributes YES NO N A Comment Line Height X Line Numbering X Paragraph Attributes YES NO N A Comment Alignment X Center X Full Left X Full all Lines X Left X Partial X Right X Borders X Color X Indent X Hanging X Left X Right X Keep Lines Together X Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 16 Maker Interchange Format MIF Filter Features Paragraph Attributes cont d YES NO N A Comment Keep With Next X Line Spacing X Paragraph Numbering X Shading X
39. r import only The different filters support different sets of features The Microsoft RTF filter can import embedded graphics and the RTF Japanese filter supports table shading and ruling and also multiple column documents e For imported RTF documents rubi furigana appear within square brackets in the FrameMaker document When a FrameMaker document is saved as RTF the rubi are exported as normal text Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 12 Introduction e When saving as RTF or when opening an RTF file in FrameMaker on the Macintosh if the document is very large your system may develop a memory error Try dividing the document into smaller files before creating the RTF file or set the FrameMaker application memory to the recommended 24 MB Filters for Chinese and Korean text FrameMaker cannot import or export documents with Chinese or Korean text to RTF FrameMaker can import and export text files encoded in Big5 EUC CNS also known as EUC TW for Traditional Chinese GB also known as EUC CN and HZ HZ GB 2312 for Simplified Chinese and EUC KR also known as Wansung for Korean Text filters that come with FrameMaker support English text files only Chinese and Korean text filters are not supported For more information see the Chinese and Korean Features online manual Converting files You can convert document and text files by either opening or importing them Convert by opening when you want to convert an entire fil
40. rties of the source character font followed by the corresponding infor mation for FrameMaker The statements look like this lt SrcChar lt char_attributes_src gt gt lt MakerChar lt char_attributes_frame gt gt where char_attributes_src are the font characteristics in the IAF file and char_attributes_frame are the font character istics in the MIF file For example the following statements convert Typewriter font plain style 10 point characters to Courier plain style 9 point characters lt SrcChar lt FFamily Typewriter gt lt FPlain yes gt lt FSize 10 gt gt lt MakerChar lt FFamily Courier gt lt FPlain yes lt FSize 9 gt gt You can change the following default values in the iaf am file Font property MIF default lt FFamily string gt No default lt FSize n gt 0 lt FPlain yes no gt yes lt FBold yes no gt no lt Fltalic yes no no lt Code n gt No default lt Code C hex gt No default lt Code C octal gt No default lt Code C char const gt No default Important In all statements yes and no responses must be in lowercase letters All other words in the syntax must be capitalized as you see them in the list above Font names may or may not have an initial capital letter depending on how they are capitalized in the original application and FrameMaker formats Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 29 Converting files using a UNIX window Inheritance and
41. s for Isodraw CGM filters 1 Open the OptCgm prf file in a text editor and search for the following line Logfile 0 Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 7 Introduction 2 Edit this line as follows Logfile 1 3 Save the OptCgm prf file If the Isodraw CGM filter finds any errors while importing from CGM the errors will appear in the file xxxxx LOG where xxxxx is the CGM filename Changing default CGM filters See Filters for CGM files on page 5 for information on IsoDraw filters the default CGM filters for version 7 0 To use the Inso filters that are also included you must install them and uninstall the IsoDraw filters See the information that follows for your platform Windows To enable Inso filters and disable the corresponding IsoDraw filters 1 Ina text editor such as Notepad open the maker ini file in the FrameMaker 7 0 folder for FrameMaker 2 In the Filters section of the file locate the lines referring to the Inso filters you want to enable Each line contains the name of the filter CGM and the term GFXImport for an import filter or GFXExport for an export filter 3 Remove the semicolon at the beginning of each line to enable the filters 4 In the APIClients section of the file locate the lines referring to the IsoDraw filters that correspond to the Inso filters you just enabled Each line contains the name of the filter CGM Import or CGM Export and the term IsoConverter dll For example if
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43. t filters Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 8 Introduction 3 Replace the parentheses enclosing these lines with angle brackets lt gt to enable the filters 4 In the Filterlist Specification section of the filterlist file locate the lines referring to the IsoDraw filters that corre spond to the Inso filters you just enabled Each line contains the name of the filter CGM and the term GFXImport for import filters or GFXExport for export filters For example if you have enabled the Inso CGM import and export filters CGM IMAG GFXImport and CGM IMAG GFXExport locate the IsoDraw CGM import and export filters CGM ISO GFXImport and CGM ISO GFXExport 5 Replace the angle brackets enclosing these lines with parentheses to disable the IsoDraw filters and then save and close the filterlist file 6 Restart FrameMaker Document and text filter issues FrameMaker provides document filters for importing and in some cases exporting Microsoft Word WordPerfect Ami Pro RTF and Interleaf documents FrameMaker also provides filters for importing and exporting text files Microsoft Word filters You can now import Microsoft Word 97 98 2000 documents To use the new Word filters choose Microsoft Word 97 98 2000 when you see the list of file types upon opening When importing Word documents note the following limitations The cell shading in Word tables are mapped to the nearest value allowed by FrameMaker table cell shading
44. te filtering some applications support interchange formats For example Rich Text Format RTF is an interchange format supported by many word processing applications Instead of converting directly from one internal format to another it s easier to convert from one format to the interchange format and then from the interchange format to the other internal format For example FrameMaker includes a filter to translate to RTF format You can open the resulting RTF file with any word processor that supports the format Maker Interchange Format MIF FrameMaker provides an interchange format called Maker Interchange Format MIF For information about MIF see the online manual MIF Reference Many of the FrameMaker document filters convert word processing formats to an intermediate MIF file FrameMaker includes an internal filter that converts MIF to the FrameMaker document format Below is an illustration of the process for converting a word processing document to a FrameMaker document WP FrameMaker document filter MIF file document _3r Online manual ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 2 Introduction Graphic formats FrameMaker filters convert graphics to FrameVector format the internal format for representing graphic objects in FrameMaker or to image bitmap format All graphics in a file converted to FrameVector or image format convert as a single graphic object You can reposition and resize the object but yo
45. toimage filter cece cece cece cee e ence e ene ennees 33 Al Adobe Introduction Adobe FrameMaker filters are programs that convert document and graphic files from one format to another A document file contains information created with a word processor or publishing application a graphic file contains a picture About filters There are three types of filters e Document filters convert document files that were created with other applications into FrameMaker documents The files may contain graphics You convert document files by opening them with FrameMaker s Open command or importing them with the Import command Through the Save As command the document filters also export FrameMaker documents to other applications Text filters convert text files between different character encoding formats e Graphics filters import graphics created with other applications into FrameMaker documents Through the Windows Clipboard the graphics filters export FrameMaker graphics to other applications in BMP or WMF format Through the Macintosh Clipboard the graphics filters export graphics to other applications in PICT format When you save a document to HTML graphics can be exported to JPEG GIF or PNG FrameMaker supports all filters described in this manual How filters work Every software application has its own way of representing information called an internal format A filter converts one format to another To facilita
46. u cannot change individual graphic objects within it There is one exception some PICT images can be ungrouped see the FrameMaker User Guide for additional information Supported formats You can convert documents and graphics in the formats listed in the following tables The platforms are Windows W Macintosh M and UNIX U The x in the version column indicates that all minor releases are supported Document import filters Format Platform Versions supported Text W M U ASCII Windows ANSI Macintosh Text DCA RFT W M U DisplayWrite Interleaf W U 4 5 6 IAF 6 4 8 0 9 6 Lotus 123 W M 4 0 5 0 Lotus Ami W M U 1 2 3 0 3 1 MacWrite M 4 x 5 x MacWrite II Pro M Microsoft Word W M U Windows 1 x 2 x 6 x 7 x Word97 Word2000 Macintosh 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 x Word 98 Word 2001 DOS 4 0 5 x Microsoft Excel W M U 5 0 95 97 98 2000 2001 MIF W M U 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 X 7 X RTF W M U 1 2 1 3 1 6 troff U Ventura Corel W 3 0 4 0 WordPerfect W M U Windows 5 x 6 x Macintosh 1 x 2 x 3 x Online manual Document export filters ADOBE FRAMEMAKER 7 0 3 Introduction Format Platform Versions supported ASCII Text W M U ASCII Windows ANSI Macintosh Text Hypertext Markup Language HTML W M U Extensible Markup Language XML W M U Interleaf U 5 x IAF 6 4 MacWrite
47. und the art not around the area usually taken by the background To change the preference open OptCGM prf Macintosh and UNIX or optcgm prf Windows and find the entry CGM_Background Change it from CGM_Background USE to CGM_Background IGNORE then save the file as text For more information about changing CGM filter preferences see Modifying preferences for IsoDraw filters on page 6 If you plan to export and then import the same CGM file referred to as roundtripping the file Adobe recom mends that you use filters by the same manufacturer for both operations For example if you use an IsoDraw filter to export a file you should use an IsoDraw filter to import the file back into FrameMaker Filters for TIFF files with alpha channel information FrameMaker 7 0 supports only 1 byte TIFF files with alpha channel information The TIFF filter strips the alpha channel information and displays the image If the TIFF has extrasamples set to 2 then the filter multiplies the extrasamples and image pixels This may or may not be correct for some TIFFs FrameMaker does not support 16 bit TIFF files Modifying preferences for IsoDraw filters To modify preferences for an IsoDraw filter use a text editor to open a preference file for that filter Follow the instructions in the preference file for modifying preference settings and then save the file as text and close There are no preference files for HPGL filters The preference fi
48. values 3 10 30 70 90 white or None e Macros within Word documents are not converted Equations within Word documents convert as WMF insets Bookmarks within Word documents become cross reference markers e Annotations in Word documents become conditional text with the condition Comment when imported by reference Hidden text in Word documents becomes non hidden conditional text with the condition Hidden when imported e Ifa Word document includes a table of contents with toggled field codes stored in the Word document the table of contents in the converted document may contain incorrect page numbers e Some Word documents may contain extra tabs after conversion You can search for tabs by choosing Edit gt Find Change and typing t in the Find box e The Microsoft Word 97 98 2000 import filter does not support CGM graphics OLE graphics linked objects Word art Word drawing objects captions and autoshapes However Word art Word drawing objects and autoshapes will be converted if they are inserted using the Insert gt Object gt Microsoft Word Picture command in Word Similarly captions will be converted if they are inserted using the Insert gt Captions command in Word On the Macintosh this filter does not import JPEG and EMF graphics from Word documents The Microsoft Word 97 98 2000 import filter does not import multilevel auttonumbering correctly If the Word document was saved using Fast Save th
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