Xref: utzoo alt.graphics.pixutils:848 comp.windows.ms:10195 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!att!linac!uwm.edu!psuvax1!belegost!tierney From: tierney@belegost.endor.cs.psu.edu (Michael B Tierney) Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils,comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: MS Windows word processor -> PCX/BMP?? Message-ID: Date: 12 Mar 91 22:24:03 GMT References: <27874@netcom.COM> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Campus Crusade for Cable Lines: 25 Nntp-Posting-Host: belegost.endor.cs.psu.edu In article <27874@netcom.COM> cmilono@netcom.COM (Carlo Milono) writes: >In article tierney@belegost.endor.cs.psu.edu (Michael B Tierney) writes: >>This may seem a bit odd, but I'd like to convert a RTF (or Word for Windows) >>document to a windows picture format (PCX or BMP) using the original screen >>fonts as generated by Adobe Type Manager. >This ability is actually *built-in* to Windows 3.0, which I assume you >are using (and not just the files); bring up your application, like >WinWord, and use one of the available 'print-to-clipboard' options such >as Alt-Prtscr. This places the actual bitmap of your application into >the Clipboard. You then can 'minimize' that app, fire up the dinky Paint >program, paste the clipboard (via the Edit menu), modify if needed and >save as a PCX. This method puts the contents of the current window (including the window itself) into the clipboard, however, I am looking for something that will take an entire document, and put it into a series of graphics files (or one big long one). My reason for this is so that the file can be sent over a sendfax modem using the original fonts that I used in the document. Any insights?? -- Mike Tierney "Religion and sex are power plays, manipulate tierney@endor.cs.psu.edu the people for the money they'll pay, selling MBT3@PSUVM.PSU.EDU skin, selling God, the numbers look the same mbt@ECLU.psu.edu on their credit cards." - Geoff Tate