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Pasting text from Word X

Anonymous
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When I copy text in Word X, then past into a SE window, as a picture, the format ("style" settings in Word) is changed, in ways that are unpedictable, but usually based on some previously used style settings in Word.
Anybody else experiencing this?
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vfrontiers
Enthusiast
I continue to be amazed and confused about TEXT in AC / PM... For pete's sake, GS has told us that Plotmaker is PAGEMAKER for CAD... You'd think we could get some text in there with formatting!...

OLE is crap.
Cut & Paste is OLE.

The only saving grace was Print2PICTon MAC (not available for OsX) and something I found for WinXP called e.peernet driver. I will look up the specs tomorrow at the office. but it is just what Print2PICT is but can save in ANY format conceiveable.

It's a bit pricey at around $90... and you still have to produce in Word / Excel and print. That same SINGLE SHEET printing crap applies as well.

Here's hoping [or rather "wishing"] for ACv9.0
Duane

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Aussie John
Newcomer
vfrontiers wrote:
The only saving grace was Print2PICTon MAC (not available for OsX) and something I found for WinXP called e.peernet driver. I will look up the specs tomorrow at the office. but it is just what Print2PICT is but can save in ANY format conceiveable.
Duane you can export a PDF from preview to most formats
Cheers John
John Hyland : ARINA : www.arina.biz
User ver 4 to 12 - Jumped to v22 - so many options and settings!!!
OSX 10.15.6 [Catalina] : Archicad 22 : 15" MacBook Pro 2019
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Anonymous
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Aussie wrote:
Duane you can export a PDF from preview to most formats
This would be fine if PlotMaker could import PDF.
vfrontiers
Enthusiast
Aussie wrote:
vfrontiers wrote:
The only saving grace was Print2PICTon MAC (not available for OsX) and something I found for WinXP called e.peernet driver. I will look up the specs tomorrow at the office. but it is just what Print2PICT is but can save in ANY format conceiveable.
Duane you can export a PDF from preview to most formats
I suppose I was hinting that this requires not only an extra step, but an extra FILE for each set of notes.... just cumbersome...
Duane

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tsturm
Newcomer
You guys ever try the screen capture process?

Using the Mac in OS X.2.8, I do it as follows.

Press down on Cmd+Ctrl+Shift+4.

This will give you a screen shot saved to your clipboard which can then be pasted into your file.

Just crop the area you want to use. No second files, No other drivers to deal with using or buying.

True, the resolution is not 200 dpi. The job is done though.
Terrence Sturm, Architect
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Aussie John
Newcomer
Matthew wrote:
Aussie wrote:
Duane you can export a PDF from preview to most formats
This would be fine if PlotMaker could import PDF.

What I meant was Preview can export the PDF file to different formats which can then be imported into PM
Cheers John
John Hyland : ARINA : www.arina.biz
User ver 4 to 12 - Jumped to v22 - so many options and settings!!!
OSX 10.15.6 [Catalina] : Archicad 22 : 15" MacBook Pro 2019
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Anonymous
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Aussie wrote:
Matthew wrote:
Aussie wrote:
Duane you can export a PDF from preview to most formats
This would be fine if PlotMaker could import PDF.

What I meant was Preview can export the PDF file to different formats which can then be imported into PM
Unless something has changed recently the quality on these other formats is inadequate for text.
Aussie John
Newcomer
Matthew wrote:

Unless something has changed recently the quality on these other formats is inadequate for text.
Change the page setup to around 200% (use a large page format) when creating the PDF. Any exported PNG/jpg can be shrunk when importing into PM to get a good resolution
Cheers John
John Hyland : ARINA : www.arina.biz
User ver 4 to 12 - Jumped to v22 - so many options and settings!!!
OSX 10.15.6 [Catalina] : Archicad 22 : 15" MacBook Pro 2019
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JCovarrubias
Graphisoft Alumni
Graphisoft Alumni
Some OLE alternatives are at our GSKB (FAQ's):

http://tr.graphisoftus.com/

Rec#'s
700
666
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http://tr.graphisoftus.com/
Jeffry Covarrubias
GS US Technical Support Team Leader
P-C2D 1.86GHz/2GB w/ 256MB GeForce 8600GTS; G4 OS 10.4.10 1GHz/1GB "[that other software] is a fancy set of electronic marker pens"