rpearce@uk.ac.ucl.stats (07/04/89)
Hi! I only just discovered this Bboard, and I'm not sure if my question is appropriate - anyway, here it is : I use Borland's Turbo Pascal 5.0regularly to do sums and plot the results on graphs. I tend to use the graph unit but NOT the graphix toolbox these days. When I have done a particularly interesting sum, I like to write about it, in WordPerfect 5.0, and include pictures. Hooray! WP5.0 can GRAB my graphs right off the screen. Sadly, however, it does precisely that, leaving black as black and white as white, resulting in very messy graphs on paper. I tried reversing the colours using SETBKCOLOR, SETCOLOR and also by resetting the colour definitions with SETPALETTE. Unfortunately this led to different permutations of shades of grey on black, and vice versa. So what can I do? At the moment I just do screen dumps of my pictures to the laser printer, and then write the text, leaving a hole, and print it out onto the same page, but this is time-consuming and restrictive. Or am I doing something wrong with the printer (Which is a Canon LBP 8II? Thanks in advance for any help. Rachel Pearce.
bg0l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Bruce E. Golightly) (07/06/89)
It's not clear from your post if you've tried working on this problem from within WP. At one level of the graphics (Alt-F9?) menu, there is an EDIT option available. One of the choices there is to invert the image, black to white. Another option in the same place allows youto specify monochrome imaging for a picture grabbed off a color monitor. I don't know if these will fix your problem, but they're worth trying. Bruce
trgauchat@rose.waterloo.edu (Terry Gauchat) (07/06/89)
In article <321@ucl-cs.UUCP> rpearce@uk.ac.ucl.stats writes: }When I have done a particularly interesting sum, I like to write about it, }in WordPerfect 5.0, and include pictures. Hooray! WP5.0 can GRAB my }graphs right off the screen. Sadly, however, it does precisely that, }leaving black as black and white as white, resulting in very messy }graphs on paper. I tried reversing the colours using SETBKCOLOR, }SETCOLOR and also by resetting the colour definitions with SETPALETTE. Using WordPerfect is definitely the best way, in my opinion. When you load the WPG file into WordPerf (using {Graphics}{Load}), choose {Graphics}{Edit}. This will display the graphic on the screen, and allow you to shift it (cursor keys), size/crop it (PgUp/Dwn), rotate it (grey +/-), and INVERT IT!!!!! {Switch key} [usually shift F3, or it may be a numbered menu item on the bottom of the graphic edit screen.] I think all you need to do is invert it. Also, try choosing black/white or white/black colours when grabbing your picture. -- I would also like to recommed a program called HotShot. It is a screen grabber that has its own internal format as well as an editor and converter. (it: it will convert to greyscale PCX, regular PCX, GIF, IMG, EPS, etc., many of which WordPerfect will read directly (or you can convert to .WPG using GraphCnv)). ...Terry.
rpearce@uk.ac.ucl.stats (07/21/89)
I tried that : it's one of the better versions of black on grey that results. (and yes, grey shading is set to 0%). Thanks anyway. Rachel Pearce