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Inspiring
June 21, 2018
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FM12 - Converting to pdf and odd happenings with images

  • June 21, 2018
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Hello all,

Some images are showing up fine in the .pdf (note the very top part of this image is a previous page having an image).  The bottom part (what appears as a blueish box) is actually an image that is not displying properly in the pdf.  I can select this blue box and copy/paste into a word document and the image is shown. 

Not sure yet why this is happening to some of the images.

Appreciate any advice.

regards,

Ben

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    Inspiring
    August 17, 2018

    Still playing around with this as time permits....

    I noticed that moving the image outside of the anchored frame and then saving as .pdf, the image displays as expected.

    So.....

    Latest experiment:

    Deleted frame and image that was imported (was imported by ref.).

    Added a graphic frame to the page and then imported the image.

    Saved as .pdf and the image displays as expected. 

    Not sure why this works but not a very efficient workaround.  As mentioned prior, seems something is wrong with this document (doing mif  "wash" did not matter....

    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 21, 2018

    I have "mixed" success with that route. Check the http://techcomm.tools/pdf page, and see if that setup clears it up.

    I've been able to use these settings even after my Win updates lately.

    -Matt

    -Matt SullivanFrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
    Inspiring
    June 21, 2018

    OK.

    I will follow-up with your suggestion.

    In the meantime, I pulled the .pdf up in Acrobat.  The same results (empty blue box).  I selected "bring to front" and the image displays.  I then tried to "bring to front" in the .fm and then save as pdf again.  However, this unfortunately did not make a difference.

    Inspiring
    June 21, 2018

    Also, adding text is the location indicated in this screenshot, will "fix" the issue so that the image will display in the .pdf.

    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
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    Community Expert
    June 21, 2018

    What print driver are you using, and are you doing Save as PDF, or printing to a .ps file?

    See http://techcomm.tools/pdf ​for the setup I use.

    -Matt SullivanFrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
    Inspiring
    June 21, 2018

    Save as .pdf

    Jeff_Coatsworth
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 21, 2018

    What's the image format? How is it inserted?

    Inspiring
    June 21, 2018

    Here is a screenshot of the Object Properties Tab (does this help?):

    I've also simply did a copy/paste from Snagit straight into the frame but that made no difference

    Jeff_Coatsworth
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 21, 2018

    What's different about this JPG vs any others in the doc?