Re: Conversion to/from WMF (W. Meta-files)?

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From: Shaw Goh
Date: Tue, 04 May 1993 08:12

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Ludo Meyvis (FFAAG02@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be) wrote:
: WMF-files (Windows Meta-Files) carry a promising name, but practice
: shows that they have not become a standard at all: hardly any conversion
: program I know of can use this file format. Now, I recently acquired
: got a program which can ONLY import this darn format, so here it is:
: does any one of you know of a program, utility or other workaround which
: would allow me to turn my PCX, TIFF and other files into this WMF-format?
: Public domain if possible (I have Internet access, so anonymous FTP is no
: problem). In a recent survey of PC Magazine (the real one, Ziff Davis)
: only Hijaak for Windows could handle WMF, if I remember correctly.
: 
: So, if anyone knows of a WMF-conversion program, please let me know,
: either via Netnews, or via direct e-mail (my address:
: lmeyvis@cc3.kuleuven.ac.be
: 
: Many thanks...

A most excellent program that'll do all you want and more very fast is
Paint Shop Pro.  I think they're up to version 1.02.  You'll ussually
find it in ~/win3/utilitites/ directory under the name of PSP102.zip or
similra.
Shaw...

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Subject: Re: Conversion to/from WMF (W. Meta-files)?
Date: 4 May 1993 08:12:56 GMT
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