Phyllis J. Edberg
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Registered: 2002-07-02
Posts: 8
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Hello PageStreamAmigaBeta@egroups.com I emailed twice and sent money for Metaview with no answer. I may have lost the $20 but hesitate to deposit the money straight into his bank account if he really isn't there to even answer emails. Suggestions? On 24-Sep-00, PageStreamAmigaBeta@egroups.com wrote: > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > PageStreamAmigaBeta-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > There are 3 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. Re: WMF files > From: "Phyllis J. Edberg" <pjedberg@ca-aug.org> > 2. Re: WMF files > From: "Wendell Watanabe" <wendell@eskimo.com> > 3. Re: Re: WMF files > From: Geoffrey Gass <ggass@teleport.com> > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 11:44:16 -0400 > From: "Phyllis J. Edberg" <pjedberg@ca-aug.org> > Subject: Re: WMF files > > Hello PageStreamAmigaBeta@egroups.com > > Is there any way of loading `.WMF' files into Amiga PageStream? > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 2 > Date: 23 Sep 2000 14:46:53 -0700 > From: "Wendell Watanabe" <wendell@eskimo.com> > Subject: Re: WMF files > > On the subject of [PageStreamAmigaBeta] Re: WMF files, Phyllis J. Edberg > had this to say... > >> Hello PageStreamAmigaBeta@egroups.com > >> Is there any way of loading `.WMF' files into Amiga PageStream? > > I like Metaview. Shareware, and well worth it. IMHO. > Can be found on Aminet as gfx/conv/MetaView.lha > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > wendell@eskimo.com | http://www.eskimo.com/~wendell/ > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 16:21:06 -0700 > From: Geoffrey Gass <ggass@teleport.com> > Subject: Re: Re: WMF files > > Hello Phyllis > > On 23-Sep-00, Phyllis J. Edberg wrote: > >> Hello PageStreamAmigaBeta@egroups.com >> >> Is there any way of loading `.WMF' files into Amiga PageStream? >> > The solution is the shareware program Metaview, by Henk Jonas of > Berlin. There is a freely distributable version on Aminet under > gfx/conv (older versions available on Aminet CD ROM's); the > current versions can convert WMF to ILBM, CGM, GEM, DR2D, and > (most importantly for PageStream) AI-EPS, among other formats. > > AI-EPS is very useful, as PageStream interprets it correctly and > preserves its stuctured form, allowing it to be dissolved and > manipulated (using the Reshape tool) within PageStream. The DR2D > conversion is less successful because of the limitations within > DR2D itself (particularly color rendition). > > The shareware fee for the registered version of Metaview (allowing > ARexx access) is $20 U.S., and the program is well worth it. > > --Geoff > Regards
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