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From: ray@mtl.mit.edu (Ray Ghanbari)
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Subject: Re: Importing PostScript into Framemaker?
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Date: 28 Jun 91 12:26:20 GMT
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In article <1991Jun28.040244.7530@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> noble@gn.ecn.purdue.edu  
(James Noble) writes:
> I am creating PostScript files from Lotus 123 and want
> to include them in a Framemaker document.  The Preview
> App displays the files fine, but when using Import in
> Framemaker it reads the files as text, not PostScript.

Framemaker has a little problem in deciding which files are PS and which files  
are not.  Look at the first line of the PS file. If it looks like:

%!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0

then it needs to be changed to something like.

%!PS-Adobe-2.0 EPSF-2.0

This is also a problem if one wishes to import files generated by Adobe  
Illustrator 3.0 on the Mac (and presumably AI on the NeXT when it is  
available).  Apparently, this will be fixed in Frame 3.0.  

If you are really ambitious and have a couple hours to burn, Frame has a  
feature where you can trap file names with a particular suffix (.ps, .eps, .ai,  
etc...) and have the files run through a filter program before Frame tries to  
do anything with it.  (This is how you can drop a .wn file into your document).   
If the above fixes things, it ought to be a simple matter to write a shell  
script that automatically makes the change.  Look in the Customizing Frame  
section of the Reference manual for details of where the appropriate files are.  


Ray Ghanbari

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