UML Designer User's Guide

Including diagrams in a publication

If your RTF or HTML publication includes any diagrams, the generated document will contain references to these diagrams as Graphic Interchange Format (GIF) files. However, the publication process does not generate the GIF files automatically. If the GIF files are not present when you view or print the document, the diagrams will not appear.

To create a GIF file of a diagram, follow these steps:

  1. Open the diagram using the appropriate UML Designer diagrammer.
  2. Adjust the zooming and centering of the diagram so it appears in the diagrammer exactly as you want it to appear in the published document.
  3. Select Save As GIF from the File menu.
  4. Accept the default generated file name for the GIF file (the published document will use this name to refer to the diagram). Save the GIF file to the same directory that contains your published document.

If a diagram changes, you must repeat this process to update the GIF file. Because the graphics are stored in separate files, it is not necessary to repeat the publication process if only the diagrams have changed.


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