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

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From: swesterback
Date: Tue, 04 May 1993 07:54

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In article <93123.172205FFAAG02@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be>, Ludo Meyvis <FFAAG02@cc1.kuleuven.ac.be> writes:
> 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.

Apart from PD applications there are at least these two commercial applications
that can help you:

Micrografx Designer 3.1  (direct import and export)
Word for Windows + Paintbrush or something similar  (InsertPicture + EditCopy)

Sten

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