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I agree. Visio is really the tool for the job, and will probably lessen your
frustration level vs. trying to use another tool not suited for the task.
Import into Frame is a problem. We use .gif files for graphics because we
export everything to HTML. The version of Visio I have doesn't export to
.gif at all, and I understand the current version doesn't do it well. What
I've done is to turn off all the gridlines and markers and take a screenshot
of the flow chart as a .gif. Kludgy, yes, but the graphics look nice both in
print and in HTML.
My $0.02.
Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> Chris, I highly recommend Visio since it's easy to use and quite powerful.
> It may be overkill in your situation, but it will work well and you can
> use
> it for other kinds of illustrations as well should the need arise.
>
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> My one caveat is that FrameMaker doesn't recognize Visio documents when I
> try to import them. My workaround is to save the Visio document as a
> bitmap
> (using default settings) and import the bitmap into Frame.
>
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