IMPORTING and CONVERTING non-Frame images or documents
To import a file into Frame 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 can 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 the original file or the
Frame file changing locations. Once you have clicked on OK, Frame
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 Frame. The
following table lists the platforms (all Athena workstations running
Frame would fall in the category of Xwindows) and the types of
graphics Frame can readily import:
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 Y 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.
Frame also has several filters to import documents from other word
processors. The document types you can just open from within Frame
are:
Autocad (.dxf) -- converts from version 12. there are image
quality and file size tradeoffs
Wordperfect (.wp) -- converts from WP6.0, 5.1, and 5.0 (Windows)
WP5.1, 5.0, 4.2 (DOS)
Microsoft Word (.word) -- converts from Word 6.0 (Windows)
Word 6.0, 5.1, 5.0 (DOS)
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 is fairly accurate.
Interleaf (.iaf) -- convert from Interleaf 8.0 and 6.4 (TPS 5
and 4.1). The quality of the conversion is only
mediocre.
Code (.c,.h,.C,.H,.perl,.pl,.ada,.m)
Rich Text Format (.rtf) -- converts from version 1.3. Can
be saved in .rtf format.
The final conversion offered is not automatic. To convert a LaTeX
file to Frame you need to use:
la2mml file.tex
and then open file.mml in Frame.
The quality of this conversion is reasonable, but you definitely need
to doublecheck the imported text for random characters or command that
Frame could not interpret.
Note that more recent versions of Word and WordPerfect cannot be read
in Frame; the Applix suite in the applix locker may be able to read
these files, but care should be taken (and backup files made), as
applix is known to be buggy and prone to crash.
Last updated: 9/14/97
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