Laslett_GI@cc.curtin.edu.au (12/09/90)
RE: Saving Entire Winword Document as PCX/TIFF
I would like to be able to Transmit a document as a Fax via
a Faxcard which will accept PCX or TIFF files for Transmission.
The Windows clipboard will not permit Paintbrush to paste from
an entire page of "Cut/Copy"ed Winword information.
Does anyone know a way to "Save" a Winword document in TIFF
or PCX format. ie. the whole printed page becomes a single
graphic field.
Of course I could print the page out and then scan it, or
print it then send it via a normal fax machine, but this is
what fax cards are supposed to replace.
Thanks in advance.
Curtin University of Technology
Greg Laslett Perth
Western Australia
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UUCP : uunet!munnari.oz!cc.curtin.edu.au!Laslett_GItj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) (12/10/90)
>I would like to be able to Transmit a document as a Fax via >a Faxcard which will accept PCX or TIFF files for Transmission. I can think of a couple of solutions. 1) FAXIT for windows is a windows driver (that I have never used BTW) that should let you print direct from WFW to a supported FAX card (There's the catch!) 2) HIJAAK is a graphics conversion program that will accept an HP PCL file (LaserJet print file) and convert it to a TIFF, PCX, and MANY FAX file formats. I think item 1) is going to set you back about $179 (list) and I think door #2 is worth about $149 list. Your mileage may vary. tj
tmottonen@cc.helsinki.fi (12/10/90)
In article <5084.2762814d@cc.curtin.edu.au>, Laslett_GI@cc.curtin.edu.au writes: > I would like to be able to Transmit a document as a Fax via > a Faxcard which will accept PCX or TIFF files for Transmission. > > The Windows clipboard will not permit Paintbrush to paste from > an entire page of "Cut/Copy"ed Winword information. > > Does anyone know a way to "Save" a Winword document in TIFF > or PCX format. ie. the whole printed page becomes a single > graphic field. .. > Greg Laslett Perth You could print the document to an EPS-file and then somehow extract the TIFF bitmap from the EPS. I don't recall whether the standard Windows Postscript driver has an option for pro- ducing EPS-files, but I think Designer comes with a special PS-driver. Teemu -- _________ Teemu Mottonen | | internet: tmottonen@cc.helsinki.Fi University of Helsinki | | bitnet: TMOTTONEN@FINUH Dept.of Computer Science |_________| decnet: HYLK::TMOTTONEN
hv@uwasa.fi (Harri Valkama LAKE) (12/10/90)
In article <5084.2762814d@cc.curtin.edu.au> Laslett_GI@cc.curtin.edu.au writes: > >I would like to be able to Transmit a document as a Fax via >a Faxcard which will accept PCX or TIFF files for Transmission. > >The Windows clipboard will not permit Paintbrush to paste from >an entire page of "Cut/Copy"ed Winword information. > >Does anyone know a way to "Save" a Winword document in TIFF >or PCX format. ie. the whole printed page becomes a single >graphic field. I just got my Fax card from post so I have not tried it yet. But the software that came with it is supposed to capture either screens or printer output. So perhaps you could try those. -- == Harri Valkama, University of Vaasa, Finland ================================ P.O. Box 700, 65101 VAASA, Finland (tel:+358 61 248426 fax:+358 61 248465) hv@uwasa.fi hv@nic.funet.fi hkv@flame.uwasa.fi harri.valkama@wmac00.uwasa.fi Moderating at chyde.uwasa.fi (128.214.12.3) & nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100)
wluo@brahms.amd.com (Wilbur Luo) (12/11/90)
I'm doing the same thing (Winword to PCX) and have had mixed success. I have both FaxIt and Hijaak (2.01C). FaxIt is great if you want to just dump what you have (i.e., document) to the faxcard. All the fonts and graphics are preserved and the output looks cool. Basically faxit takes over your printer driver and becomes the fax driver. But say you wanted to save the results in a PCX file (which FaxIt does not do), and then fax the PCX file... Well, if someone can tell me what they have tried, I'd be grateful. What I have done is use Hijaak. You creats a PCL (HP's printer control language (i.e., redirect the output to a PCL file). And then you use Hijaak to do the conversion to whatever type of file you want (including specific fax conversions). Sounds great in theory right? Well, I can't get this Hijaak to work, and tech support is NO HELP. Thumbs down on their product (until they it becomes more solid). -W
bud@cimage.com (Bud Howard) (12/11/90)
Why not make a copy of your document using Edit-Copy, then open up the Paintbrush program with a big enough page, then paste. This has always worked for me to save it to a PCX. If I ever need to get it into a TIFF file, I just use the HIJAAK program I have. Hope it helps bud
tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) (12/11/90)
>> I would like to be able to Transmit a document as a Fax via >> a Faxcard which will accept PCX or TIFF files for Transmission. > > You could print the document to an EPS-file and then somehow > extract the TIFF bitmap from the EPS. I don't recall whether > the standard Windows Postscript driver has an option for pro- > ducing EPS-files, but I think Designer comes with a special > PS-driver. Windows driver does provide EPS File creation. Unfortunately it doesn not include the OPTIONAL TIFF preview. Does the designer driver include it for sure? EPSF doesn't HAVE to have the preview. tj
bill@polygen.uucp (Bill Poitras) (12/13/90)
In article <4192.276373ba@cc.helsinki.fi> tmottonen@cc.helsinki.fi writes: >In article <5084.2762814d@cc.curtin.edu.au>, Laslett_GI@cc.curtin.edu.au writes: >> The Windows clipboard will not permit Paintbrush to paste from >> an entire page of "Cut/Copy"ed Winword information. What!!!!????? Are you kidding? I find this very hard to believe. I have cut 640x350 images into the clipboard, and then pasted the whole thing into Paintbrush. The way I did it was as follows: - Cut/Copy the image from WinWord. - In Paintbrush choose "Zoom _Out" (Ctrl+O) from the _View menu. - Then "_Paste" (Shift+Ins) from _Edit menu. (Twice) - Then choose "Zoom _In" (Ctrl+Z) from the _View menu. Try this. Let me (or us if you post) know if this does/doesn't work. If you need a better description, again let me know. +-----------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------+ | Bill Poitras | Polygen Corporation | {princeton mit-eddie | | (bill) | Waltham, MA USA | bu sunne}!polygen!bill | | | | bill@polygen.com | +-----------------+---------------------------+-----------------------------+
tmottonen@cc.helsinki.fi (12/14/90)
In article <1990Dec11.152417.19949@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>, tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) writes: >>> I would like to be able to Transmit a document as a Fax via >>> a Faxcard which will accept PCX or TIFF files for Transmission. >> >> You could print the document to an EPS-file and then somehow >> extract the TIFF bitmap from the EPS. I don't recall whether >> the standard Windows Postscript driver has an option for pro- >> ducing EPS-files, but I think Designer comes with a special >> PS-driver. > > Windows driver does provide EPS File creation. Unfortunately > it doesn not include the OPTIONAL TIFF preview. Does the > designer driver include it for sure? EPSF doesn't HAVE to have the > preview. > tj Yes it does. You can choose to include the TIFF preview or not. -- _________ Teemu Mottonen | | internet: tmottonen@cc.helsinki.Fi University of Helsinki | | bitnet: TMOTTONEN@FINUH Dept.of Computer Science |_________| decnet: HYLK::TMOTTONEN