Microsoft KB Archive/131271

Bob Great Greetings: Text On Picture Prints Incorrectly

PSS ID Number: Q131271 Article last modified on 03-02-1996

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WINDOWS

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= SYMPTOMS =

When you print a Great Greetings card, text inside a picture prints incorrectly.

= CAUSE =

Some picture files, called Windows MetaFiles (WMF), are created using text functions that do not work properly when a picture is rotated. When Great Greetings rotates a picture for a card when the text functions in the file do not support rotation, the text may not print in the correct orientation. The text may print upside-down, backwards, or reversed.

= WORKAROUND =

Save the picture in a bitmap (.bmp) or Paintbrush (.pcx) format and add it to your greeting card.

WINDOWS 3.1
To print picture text correctly, do the following:

  Click the greeting card picture.   Press and hold down the CTRL key while you press the C key (CTRL+C). This copies the picture to the Windows Clipboard.   Delete the picture from your greeting card.   Press and hold down the CTRL key while you press the ESC key (CTRL+ESC). A task list appears. Click Program Manager. Click Switch To.   Double-click the Paintbrush icon, usually located in the Accessories program group.   On Edit menu in Paintbrush, click Paste. This pastes the picture into Paintbrush.   On the File menu, click Save As.   In the Save File as Type box at the bottom of the dialog box, choose another graphics file type such as bitmap (.bmp) or Paintbrush (.pcx) file. </li>  If you do not wish to change the original file, type a new file name in the File Name box. For example, type the following newpict.bmp if you are saving the file as a bitmap. </li>  Click OK. The file is saved in the new format. </li>  Using the instructions from step four, switch to Great Greetings. Click the Add A Picture squishy. </li>  Click the Add More Pictures squishy. </li>  Click the Add Pictures From Your Hard Disk, A Floppy Disk, Or Other Source squishy. </li>  In the Pick a Picture dialog balloon, click the new .bmp or .pcx file from and click OK. </li>  Add the new picture to your greeting card. </li></ol>

Windows 95
<ol style="list-style-type: decimal;">  Click the greeting card picture. </li>  Press and hold down the CTRL key while you press the C key (CTRL+C). This copies the picture to the Windows Clipboard. </li>  Delete the picture from your greeting card. </li>  Press and hold down the CTRL key while you press the ESC key (CTRL+ESC). A taskbar appears. </li>  Click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Paint. This will start the Paint Program. </li>  On Edit menu in Paint, click Paste. This pastes the picture into Paint. </li>  On the File menu, click Save As. </li>  In the Save as Type box at the bottom of the dialog box, choose a Bitmap. </li>  If you do not wish to change the original file, type a new file name in the File Name box. For example, type the following newpict.bmp </li> <li> Click Save. The file is saved in the new format. </li> <li> Press and hold down the CTRL key while you press the ESC key (CTRL+ESC). Select Bob on the taskbar to switch to Great Greetings. </li> <li> Click the Add A Picture squishy. </li> <li> Click the Add More Pictures squishy. </li> <li> Click the Add Pictures From Your Hard Disk, A Floppy Disk, Or Other Source squishy. </li> <li> In the Pick a Picture dialog balloon, click the new .bmp or .pcx file from and click OK. </li> <li> Add the new picture to your greeting card. </li></ol>

KBCategory: kbusage kbprint kbtool kbprb KBSubcategory: B_Greetings

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