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- From: ric@softwood.com (Ric Fischer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Importing FinalCalc 1.02 to PStream 3.0h
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 13:33:38 GMT
- Organization: SoftWood, Inc.
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- lazarus@achilles.net (Steve Cockwell) wrote:
-
- >I would like to export a FinalCalc 1.02 spreadsheet and import it into
- >a document in PageStream 3.0h. Ideally exporting (printing) the
- >spreadsheet as a postscript file and then bringing it into PageStream
- >would be the best way to go.
-
- >I've printed FinalCalc documents to an HPLaserJet 4M w/Postscript and
- >have had no problems. Likewise for PageStream (if it matters). But I
- >can't seem to import FinalCalc postscript output into anything...
-
- >In fact, I even tried FinalWriter 2.0 (I never bothered to upgrade)
- >and while it DOES import EPS files, it wouldn't touch FinalCalc's.
- >"Error reading file".
-
- >Has anyone else tried to pull FinalCalc printed files (postscript)
- >into anything else? Have you got it to work? What kind of magical
- >words do I need to utter? I'm pretty disappointed by this - what
- >good is a spreadsheet program if you can't export the files in
- >any useful format?
-
- What you are trying to load is called an EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
- file. What Final Calc is outputting is called a Postscript file.
- There are differences between the two that make it difficult to use
- either format interchangably.
-
-
- - Ric Fischer
- - SoftWood Tech Support
- - email: ric@softwood.com IRC: Lighty
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