UML Designer User's Guide

Creating GIF files

To create a GIF graphic of your diagram, follow these steps:

  1. Set panning and zooming so the diagram appears in the diagrammer window exactly as you want it to appear in the GIF file. Only the visible areas of the diagram are saved to GIF. (Select Zoom Percentage>Fit To Window from the Tools menu to automatically bring the entire diagram into view.
  2. Select Save As Gif File from the Diagram menu.
  3. Specify the location and file name for the GIF graphic.
    Note:If you plan to use this GIF in a publication, remember that the publication uses the file name last used for the diagram at the time the publication is generated. If you later use a different file name for the diagram, you will need to regenerate the publication in order to pick up the new GIF file in the output document.
  4. Select OK to create the GIF file.


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