Anchored Frames With Images in FrameMaker Imports

When you import FrameMaker documents, you can specify how Flare should handle anchored frames that contain images as well as other content (e.g., text callouts).

  • Generate Images Without Callouts If the anchored frame contains an image along with callout text, the original image is imported without the callout text. You might select this option if you have resized the image in FrameMaker. With this option, the imported image is likely to be of a higher quality than it would be otherwise. You can then add a callout to the image once it is inside Flare.
  • Generate Images With Callouts If the anchored frame contains an image along with callout text, Flare creates a PROPS (i.e., properties) file along with the image file when that document is imported. This means that you can open those image files in MadCap Capture to edit those callouts after the import process is completed. See Images.

    Example If you import anchored frame images and tell Flare not to include the callouts, your imported image files will look something like this in Windows Explorer.

    Image showing three different image files of different types that have been imported.

    On the other hand, if you import the same images and tell Flare to include the callouts, it will look something like this in Windows Explorer.

    Image showing imported image .props files, which contain things like callouts.

    Note Some FrameMaker elements—such as arcs and nested frames—are not supported with this option.

  • Generate Flattened Images If the anchored frame contains an image along with callout text, a new flattened image will be created as a result. The callout is included, but you cannot edit it.