Re: putting drawings into ms word

[Alan Horkan <horkana tcd ie>]

file export
windows meta file (*.wmf)

dia version 0.89 win32



On Thu, 2 May 2002, Adrien Beau wrote:

> Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 11:08:07 -0700
> From: Adrien Beau <adrienbeau@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: dia-list@gnome.org
> To: dia-list@gnome.org
> Subject: Re: putting drawings into ms word
>
> On Thursday 02 May 2002 11:01 PDT, Cyrille Chepelov wrote:
> >
> > Export the dia file into a WMF file (Export in computer
> > parlance does not mean Rename, it really means Export. Open
> > your eyes and the file menu at the same time). Then, import
> > the resulting wmf file into Word (also save as dia format,
> > because dia can't import WMF, and even if it could, it would
> > have little relationship to the original).
>
> Err... I was about to answer him and launched Dia to check
> my correctness. But I can't find a way to export WMF. There's
> no WMF plugin (and all plugins are loaded, btw), there's
> no WMF choice in the Export dialog box. I'm using a two-weeks
> old Dia.
>
> Perhaps everybody meant WPG?

that would be wordperfect