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Re: Graphic file translation problem

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From: andy the pugh
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 00:00
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In article <350C2ADD.3C1A@parkfish.demon.co.uk>, the moving finger of 
steve@parkfish.demon.co.uk wrote...
>
>A (PC) colleague of mine has received an e-mail attachment (reportedly 
>some kind of technical CAD picture) and has asked me to "decode" it as so 
>far I have always been able to translate "whatever graphics file" he has 
>ever been able (or forced) to throw at me.  This time I am stymied because 
>nothing in my arsenal (no, not even Maclink Plus, nor Graphic Converter) 
>has any idea what to do with a PC ".drw" file.  Can anyone help me 

It is a vector format proprietory to MicroGrafx Designer and Draw, the 
former of which at least is a powerful and hideous to use package.

I suspect you may be out of luck, though Microsoft Word 6 (PC) has in 
import filter for them.

We have a site license for Micrografx here, you could always email me the 
picture and I will try to do something sensible with it. 

-- 
ap
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From: A.C.Pugh@shef.ac.uk (andy the pugh)
Subject: Re: Graphic file translation problem
Date: 1998/03/16
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