Printing Axure flows

On 4/24/08, Eugene Kim <ekim at ign.com> wrote:
>
> Question for Axure users:
>
> Is there a way to print out user flows from the prototype output without it
> messing up? Here's an example of how it turns out:

Eugene,

Open the flow page in Axure, then go to the Wireframe menu and select
"Export to Image."

There are a lot of fun goodies hidden in that menu.

http://stang99.w1.com/ixd/img/axure_printout.gif

That's really, really odd. I've never seen that.

I'm not sure if this is the correct use of Axure, but I like to create flows
> and link the objects to various wireframes. I could use specifications but
> you lose the interactivity between the flow and wireframe. Note: I'm not
> trying to make this into a prototype, but I want to allow folks like dev to
> swap back and forth between the flow and wireframes. From there they can
> just print out specific pages.

You can do this same sort of thing in Visio, and make an interactive PDF.
You may want to investigate that option. Here's a B&A article that talks
about this subject:

http://boxesandarrows.com/view/pdf-prototypes

Enjoy,
F.

I've had issues with the same problem. Axure exports the HTML based
flowchart with the wireframes which your partners/clients open in their
browser.
Printing from that browser window or even from Axure would produce exactly
what you show in the image. Messy black boxes.

However, now that I am running Axure RP Pro 5.0 Beta, that problem no longer
occurs
Perhaps they fixed it with this new version?

On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Fred Beecher <fbeecher at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 4/24/08, Eugene Kim <ekim at ign.com> wrote:
> >
> > Question for Axure users:
> >
> > Is there a way to print out user flows from the prototype output without
> it
> > messing up? Here's an example of how it turns out:
>
>
> Eugene,
>
> Open the flow page in Axure, then go to the Wireframe menu and select
> "Export to Image."
>
> There are a lot of fun goodies hidden in that menu.
>
> http://stang99.w1.com/ixd/img/axure_printout.gif
>
>
> That's really, really odd. I've never seen that.

On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:58:46, Eugene Kim <ekim at ign.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> I guess I was hoping to eliminate the need for multiple apps and do
> everything in Axure. :( Doesn't Axure support flows, wireframes,
> prototyping, and specs? Is that a pipe dream?

It does, but you said you weren't really making prototypes... in which case,
Axure probably *isn't* the right tool. If you *are* making prototypes, then
definitely. Currently, the only thing I use Visio for is sitemaps.

F

Have you generated it as a Word doc or as HTML? Try generating at a word doc
first if not.

Katie Pula
Interaction and Usability Director | Experience Design