Microsoft KB Archive/77919

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Exporting CGM Graphics from Pixie Version 2.3

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Q77919

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0
 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.0, 3.1

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SUMMARY
Zenographics Pixie is a Windows charting and drawing program. Pixie can create a variety of charts for both text and graphics images. To export CGM images that can then be imported into Microsoft Word for Windows, do the following:


 * 1) From the File menu, choose Export.
 * 2) Select the image that you want to export and give the image a new filename. Click on the CGM option in the Export Format Box.
 * 3) The filename will change to add the correct file extension (.CGM). The exported file can now be imported into Word for Windows.

Note: Anything that is exported that simulates a curve, but is not a circle or an oval, will be exported as a polygon.

MORE INFORMATION
Pixie will also export in two other formats that can be read by Word for Windows:


 * IMA (Zenographics Image Format)
 * WMF (Windows Metafile Format)

Note: Word for Windows version 2.0 does not include a filter to import the IMA graphic format noted above.

Word for Windows versions 2.0 and earlier will not import WMF (Windows Metafile Format) graphics created by Pixie version 2.3. Other Windows applications, such as CorelDRAW, are also not able to import the WMF graphics created by Pixie. As a workaround, select the image and choose the Edit Copy command in Pixie, then choose the Edit Paste command in Word for Windows.

For more information on exporting images from Pixie version 2.3, see page 94 of the Pixie user's guide.