Article ID: 161629
Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Publisher 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Publisher 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Publisher 2.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Publisher 2.0a
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0a
- Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0c
- Microsoft Picture It! 1.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Image Composer 1.0
- Microsoft Image Composer 1.0a
- Microsoft Image Composer 1.5
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SUMMARY
When you send a roll of film to Seattle FilmWorks, you can have it processed as digital images that are stored on 3.5" floppy diskettes. These images are stored in a proprietary graphic format that uses the .sfw file extension and requires special software to open them. This article explains how to use the MS-DOS program that comes with your Photo Disk to bring these images into Microsoft Publisher or another graphics-capable Windows application.
MORE INFORMATION
This article applies to versions of Seattle FilmWorks Photo Disk that use the MS-DOS executable file Ezsfw.exe that is dated 12/23/94 7:39AM and has a file size of 113,236 bytes.
To View and Capture Your Pictures
- Launch Microsoft Publisher or another graphics-capable Windows application.
- Insert "Seattle FilmWorks Picture Disk" into your disk drive.
- With Windows 95, click the Start Button and then click Run. For Windows 3.1x, click Run on the Program Manager File Menu.
- Type "A:\Ezsfw.exe" in the Run text box and press Enter
- Press ENTER again to start the Photo program.
- Your pictures are displayed "full screen" by a picture cycling program. Wait for the photograph you want.
- To copy a photo, press the Print Screen button on your keyboard.
- Press ALT+TAB to switch back to application you wish to paste the image.
- On the Edit menu, click Paste.
Your Seattle FilmWorks Photo Disk comes with an MS-DOS program that enables you to view the .sfw images in full-screen mode. For an additional cost, a Windows-based application can be obtained from Seattle FilmWorks for viewing the SFW images.
The products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.
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