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Re: Including Windows printer output in Word documents
Subject:Re: Including Windows printer output in Word documents From:Stephen Victor <svictor -at- HOUSTON -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 2 Jan 1997 09:33:35 -0600
Tom Hansen wrote:
>
> I have a Windows application which produces printed reports. I would
> like to be able to include samples of this output in a MS Word document.
>
> I have tried using a PostScript printer driver, and setting it to
> "create EPS file". However, Word will not recognize the generated
> output as a valid EPS file.
Why don't you try exporting the report to an ASCII text file. Import the
file into the Word document, format it with Courier or some other
non-proportional font, and voila!...a nice report in your document.
Good luck,
Steve
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