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From: gunjan@garnet.berkeley.edu (Gunjan Bhow)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Pasting color images in  W4W & Write
Keywords: bitmaps color W4W Write
Message-ID: <1991May20.055823.27170@agate.berkeley.edu>
Date: 20 May 91 05:58:23 GMT
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In article <72439@microsoft.UUCP> kensy@microsoft.UUCP (Ken SYKES) writes:
>
>You can put color images in Write or Word for Windows by including them
>as a Windows Metafile.  I'm not sure what the best app is for converting
>a bitmap to a metafile, maybe CorelDraw or Designer will do it.  There 
>should also be some cheaper alternatives.  In case this is a point of
>confusion: I'm not suggesting breaking the bitmap down to drawing primitives;
>I'm suggesting making a Metafile that just contains the bitmap.
>Maybe there's a shareware package or a bored Windows programmer out there
>that will provide a good solution to this.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Ken Sykes
>Disclaimer: The above opinions are solely my own.

Is there a package for this on cica or anywhere else on shareware (to convert
a clipboard bitmap to Windows Metafile) ?

Gunjan Bhow

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