[comp.sys.mac] Microsoft Word 4.0 and Adobe Illustrator problem

panders@alias.UUCP (Pat Anderson) (06/03/89)

In the past, I've incorporated Adobe Illustrator drawings into MSW 3.0x
by using Option-copy on the drawings into the clipboard, and then pasting
them into the document.

I tried to do it with MSW 4.0, and got horrid results:  each drawing
expanded to 8 x 10 inches and overwrote the text.

Does anyone have any experience with this problem?  I'm running under
system 6.03  (and no multifinder).


...pat. anderson
tech. doc. specialist
Alias Research Inc.

brando@linus.UUCP (Thomas J. Brando) (06/15/89)

In article <324@alias.UUCP>, panders@alias.UUCP (Pat Anderson) writes:
> I've incorporated Adobe Illustrator drawings into MSW 3.0x
> by using Option-copy on the drawings into the clipboard, and then pasting
> them into the document... I tried to do it with MSW 4.0, and got horrid
> results:  each drawing expanded to 8 x 10 inches and overwrote the text.
> 

I'm running system 6.0.2 on a Mac II.  I've tried option-copying
Illustrator '88 1.8.3 drawings to the clipboard and then pasting them into
Word 4.0 documents with and without Multifinder turned on, and I don't have
any problems with the procedure in either case.  The drawing comes into the
Word document at the size it was defined to be in the Illustrator document,
text wraps properly around the graphic, and I can resize it (proportionally,
which is nice!) after it's in the Word document.

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