#HG to PC Pagemaker?
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Hello,
Are there any suggestions on how to translate a Harvard Graphics Chart file
so that it can be incorporated into a PC Aldus Pagemaker document without a
lot of pain. I have been unsuccessful so far employing the HG export
formats.
I would appreciate any advice…
Thanks….
Ron, I'll be curious to see what others have to say on this. I've never
been completely happy with any of the available HG export formats either.
I finally settled on CGM as being the best of the lot for my needs, but it
has certain inconsistencies among different graph types, and I find text
handling to be unpredictable. It's been a long time since HG has been
revised. It's time for the old gal to get a facelift in order to keep up
with competition. By the way, there is a Software Publishing Corp forum
(SPCFORUM, I believe). You'll probably be able to pick lots of input
there.
–Bill
Bill,
Thanks for the input. I also hope there will be some discussion on the
subject. I will pass on any info I get from HG.
Ron.
Ron,
Number of formats to select out of Harvard Graphics…
1. CGM 2. EPS 3. HPGL
Since you already tried number 3 alternative, that's out. If you don't have
a Postscript printer, option 2 is out. Leaving CGM. Most of our DTP User
Group users exploit alternative 1, Computer Graphics Metafile. You may have
some problems, though, due to Pagemaker unable to handle large CGM files
that Harvard creates.
Joel Diamond, WUGNET Journal, Nat'l Windows Users Group Network