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Re: converting picture from Wordperfect .WPG

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From: system administrator
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 1991 17:37
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v105mahs@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Peter P Donohue) writes:

>    I have some pictures in Word Perfect 5.1 .WPG format.  I'd 
> like to be able to access them with Ventura.  I convert .WPG 
> pictures from earlier versions of Word Perfect with Hijaak, but 
> it doesn't seem to be able to translate the newer ones.  Any 
> ideas on how I can access these pictures?  Thanks.

I recently tried Hijaak 2.01c on the new WPG files.  It works, sort of. 
The files were converted to PCX, but with aspect ratios screwed up.  The
butterfly, for instance, should have been about 300% taller.


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