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From: nowlin@ihuxy.ATT.COM (Jerry Nowlin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: firstword plus & pictures formats
Keywords: firstword plus, pictures, .img, .neo
Message-ID: <2535@ihuxy.ATT.COM>
Date: 18 May 88 16:12:39 GMT
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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I own neochrome 1.0 but I have several PD programs to manipulate picture
files in .NEO, .PI? and .TNY formats.  I recently purchased firstword plus
and really like it as a word processor.  I'm especially happy with the
built-in spelling checker.  One of the main reasons I selected it, aside
from the fact that it's compatible with my existing firstword documents,
is that it can import and print pictures along with text.  It does a real
nice job considering I have a nine-pin dot matrix printer.

Well, it turns out that it can only import .IMG files.  I have no utility
to convert .NEO files to .IMG files.  There was a desk accessory called
snapshot included with firstword plus that can grab part of a screen and
create a .IMG file but when NEO is running none of the installed desk
accessories are available.  That makes it hard to grab parts of .NEO
pictures.  Has anyone else solved this problem yet?  Are there other
painting or drawing programs out there that generate .IMG files and can
use .NEO files?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

Jerry Nowlin
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