Microsoft KB Archive/60359

Word: How to save in HPGL Format in Graph-in-the-Box

PSS ID Number: Q60359 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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= SUMMARY =

The following are steps to save a file in the graphics program “Graph-in-the-Box” U.S. Version 2.00 in HPGL format so it can be imported into Word 5.00. Version 2.00 of “Graph-in-the-box” is the latest version at the time Word 5.00 was released.

Version 2.2 of Graph-in-the-Box was released mid-1989 after Word 5.00. The following steps are not guaranteed to be correct for Version 2.2 of Graph-in-the-Box.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To save an existing file in “Graph-in-the-Box” Version 2.00, follow these steps:

  Run GBSETUP.   A menu will appear to select Printer, Plotter, and Screen. Go into Plotter and select an HP Plotter (preferably HP 7440A whose HPGL commands are incorporated into Word 5.00’s graphic import feature.   Quit GBSETUP.   Run GB (Graph-in-the-Box) and create or load a graph.   Go to PRINTOUT and select Plotter.   Select LARGE for the UNIT and SIZE.   Press ESC and go into the File operations menu and choose SAVE, and as the TYPE choose PRINTOUT.   Give it a name (preferably with the extension “.HPG”) and press ENTER. GB will display the message, “Plotting in progress” while it is writing the file to disk. </li>  Quit GB, start Word, and link the file into Word using Library Link Graphics. Type the filename in the “filename:” field and make sure that the Library Link Graphics “file format:” field is set to HPGL. </li></ol>

For more information about “Graph-in-the-Box”, call New England Software Technical Support at (203) 625-0714 (9-5 EST).

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