.drw graphs

.drw graphs

by ehillner Jun 1, 2005 5:44AM PDT

I am working with a Dell Pentium 4 and have some old Lotus 1,2,3 files that I have graphed with Freelance and produced some .drw graphs. My Lexmark printer cannot print these graphs. Is there any way that I can convert these old graphs to some form that my printer can recognize?

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Yes. Any.

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jun 1, 2005 5:57AM PDT

If you save the Freelance presentation as a PostScript file ("print to file"), then you can run it through a number of utilities (Ghostscript comes to mind) or even into HPGL, you may get your output eventually.

For now, just display onscreen, tap printscreen, paste into a graphics editor, trim and then print.

Bob

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.drw Graphs

by ehillner Jun 1, 2005 10:05AM PDT

Thanks for your help, Bob. I have tried to do as you said but PrintScreen (or Shift Printscreen) does not seem to put anything on my clipboard. When I load Paint Shop Photo Album 5 and hit edit, the entire submenu is grayed out; paste does not work. What am I doing wrong??

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From memory...

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jun 1, 2005 10:20AM PDT

Didn't Freelance snag the printscreen key? I'm calling on some old memory here, so do look around to see if that program used that key for something else.

Another idea? Use another screen cap program like ... http://www.download.com/sort/3120-2001_4-0-1-3.html?qt=screen+capture&ca=2001 Try one that you can assign another key combo.

Bob

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Also from memory

by AussiePete Jun 1, 2005 6:36PM PDT

In freelance you can "ungroup" the chart and it becomes like a bitmap drawing - then just select "edit" then "select all" then "copy" - in photoshop you should then be able to paste it.
Peter

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One other suggestion..

by AussiePete Jun 1, 2005 6:50PM PDT

If you have another later spreadsheet version such as Exel just import and print from there - or alternatively freelance > powerpoint OR even open office!!!!!!
Hell, to have DRW format you must be talking before 123v4 ???
Peter

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