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Subject:Fw: ACad to Word mis-registration From:Tim Altom <taltom -at- SIMPLYWRITTEN -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 15 Apr 1999 07:10:07 -0500
Yep, you got a problem there, pardner. The cut and paste process moves a
graphic from its home base into the clipboard. In your case, the graphic is
a cad drawing, which is, of course, a descriptor, like PostScript or WMF.
The TrueType font is referenced, and what you're likely getting is a
mismatch between the geometric descriptions of the stored graphic and the
TrueType definition. In other words, you need to convert your cad drawing to
a graphic first, then move it. Otherwise, you'll get a messed-up graphic
from time to time. If you can save your cad drawing as a WMF, you'll get
more consistent results. It isn't Word itself that's causing this, but the
Word import filter.
Tim Altom
Adobe Certified Expert, Acrobat
Simply Written, Inc.
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>I routinely embed ACad14 images in my W97 manuals using copy>Alt-Tab>paste.
>Ordinarily, the process is seamless and scalable and nobody gets hurt.
>
>Once in a while, the (TrueType) text moves from where I last saw it. The
>graphix WYSIWYG just fine, print out of ACad14 just fine, but mis-register
>the text just enough to be unusable. Might be related to the (HP) network
>printer, Our SA and I don't know where to turn.
>
>Sound familiar? Know anybody who's had this problem? Any advice?
