Microsoft KB Archive/58493

Importing Harvard Graphics HPGL Exports to Word for DOS

PSS ID Number: Q58493 Article last modified on 09-26-1995

5.00 5.50

MS-DOS

Summary:

The following are instructions to save a Harvard Graphics 2.x chart in HPGL format for import into Microsoft Word for DOS version 5.0 or 5.5. Note that plot files are rotated 90 degrees when imported into Word 5.0 and 5.5. Thus, a chart created in landscape orientation imports in portrait orientation.

Do the following to save Harvard Graphics charts as HPGL files:


 * 1) From the Harvard Main menu, select Setup, choose Plotter, and select HP ColorPro as the model.
 * 2) From the Harvard Main menu, select the Import/Export menu (or press 5).
 * 3) Choose Export Picture (or press 6).
 * 4) Type a filename and give it a .PGL extension (for example, REVENU89.PGL).
 * 5) In the Picture Quality field, select High or Low, and press ENTER.
 * 6) In the Format field, select HPGL, and press F10.

Note: To see the graphic while in Word’s print preview mode, make sure that you have the Print Options “draft:” field set to No (Word 5.0) or that File Print Options Draft is inactive (Word 5.5).

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