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- ART2WP V1.7 First Publisher ClipArt to Word Processor Image File Translator
- Copyright 1989-90 by William J. Hinkle
-
- === User's Guide ===
-
- The ART2WP program was created to allow clip art files created through the
- PFS:First Publisher desktop publishing program to be used by word processing
- programs that handle graphics, and in other graphics programs. To do this,
- ART2WP translates these ART files into any of several other graphics file
- formats. You can translate to:
-
- * .WPG files (Word Perfect 5 graphics format)
- * .TIF files (Aldus/Microsoft TIFF format)
- * .BIT or .RLE files (Lotus Manuscript graphics format)
- * .IMG files (GEM Paint format)
- * .GIF files (CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format)
- * .PCX files (PC Paintbrush PCX Format)
-
- The translator is a single file: ART2WP.EXE. The default translation is to
- Word Perfect 5 (.WPG) format
-
- ==============
- COPYRIGHT INFO
- ==============
- This utility program ART2WP.EXE was written by
-
- William J. Hinkle
-
- who retains the copyright. Copy and use the program freely. Distribute
- it to whomever you want. But:
-
- === Do NOT distribute modified versions.
- === Do NOT remove the copyright notice.
- === ALWAYS distribute with the documentation.
- === DO NOT charge a fee, except for disk copying/library charges.
-
- If you feel that this program has been of some utility, please seriously
- consider sending a contribution of up to $5.00 to help defray my
- costs run up in developing this utility. Please indicate if you desire a
- written receipt.
-
- William J. Hinkle
- 420 E.Boston Mills Rd.
- Hudson, OH 44236-1111
-
-
-
- ===============
- BASIC OPERATION
- ===============
-
- First create a PFS:First Publisher clip art file, which should have a .ART
- extension on the filename. These can be clipped from the .MAC art library
- files, or perhaps obtained from local BBSs and other sources.
-
- To create a .WPG file (the default), type in:
-
- ART2WP fname1
- or
- ART2WP fname1.ART
- or
- ART2WP fname1.ART fname2.WPG
-
- from the DOS command prompt.
-
- * For "fname1", substitute the name of your clip art file, of course!
-
- * The .ART and .WPG extensions are assumed if something else is not specified.
-
- * The .WPG file name is made the same as the .ART file name if not otherwise
- specified. Specify a different "fname2" if desired.
-
- * Full DOS pathnames can be specified. If you enter a directory (ending in \)
- or a drive (ending in :) for the second ("fname2") filename, the output file
- will be placed on that path with the default filename; i.e, the input filename
- with a .WPG extension.
-
- The .ART file will be translated to a .WPG file.
-
- The .ART file will not be erased. You can also specify scaling factors, but
- the defaults work the best (see below).
-
- ==================
- WILDCARD FILENAMES
- ==================
- ART2WP doesn't handle wildcard filenames, like *.ART. But you can accomplish
- the same thing by using the DOS "FOR" command. See your DOS manual's section
- on Batch Commands for further info. To convert all of the ARTs in the current
- directory to WPG, for example, type this at the DOS command line:
-
- FOR %f in (*.ART) do ART2WP %f
-
- If you are converting to something other than WPG, use the /fN "format" command
- to set the output format, rather than an output file extension. If you put
- this kind of command in a batch file, be sure to use %%f instead of just %f.
-
-
-
- ==================
- OTHER FILE FORMATS
- ==================
-
- To create a new graphics file in one of the other supported formats, you must
- specify the other format. You have two ways to do this. One way is to
- specify the output filename ("fname2") with the appropriate extension. The
- other is to specify the special /f option switch that selects the desired
- format. The second method is usually the best, because the .ART file's
- filename is then automatically used for the output file.
-
- Some examples:
-
- ---
- * To get a Aldus/Microsoft TIFF file:
-
- ART2WP fname1 /ft
- or
- ART2WP fname1.ART fname2.TIF
-
- gives you a TIFF file.
-
- ---
- * To get a Lotus Manuscript graphics file:
-
- ART2WP fname1 /fb
- or
- ART2WP fname1.ART fname2.BIT
-
- or, for RLE files, which are often smaller:
-
- ART2WP fname1 /fr
- or
- ART2WP fname1.ART fname2.RLE
-
- ---
- * To get a GEM Paint graphics file:
-
- ART2WP fname1 /fi
- or
- ART2WP fname1.ART fname2.IMG
-
- ---
- * To get a CompuServe GIF file:
-
- ART2WP fname1 /fg
- or
- ART2WP fname1.ART fname2.GIF
-
- ---
-
- * To get a ZSoft PC Paintbrush PCX file
-
- ART2WP fname1 /fp
- or
- ART2WP fname1.ART fname2.PCX
-
-
-
- ==============
- COMPLEAT USAGE
- ==============
-
- If you invoke ART2WP from DOS without any other parameters, it will display
- the following help message. This illustrates some of the other options you
- can select with command line switches.
-
- -----
- PFS:FP ART-to-WP Image Translator: V1.7 ... Copyright 1989-90 by W.J.Hinkle
-
-
- Press a key to get a little help...
-
- (...you press a key here, naturally!)
-
- Usage: ART2WP fname1 [fname2] [option] [option] ...
- where: fname1.ART ... PFS: First Publisher ART input file
- fname2.WPG ... Word Perfect 5 WPG output file (default: fname1.WPG)
- or fname2.TIF ... Aldus/Microsoft TIFF format output file
- or fname2.BIT ... Lotus Manuscript BIT format output file
- or fname2.RLE ... Lotus Manuscript RLE format output file
- or fname2.IMG ... GEM IMG format output file
- or fname2.GIF ... CompuServe GIF format output file
- or fname2.PCX ... PC Paintbrush PCX format output file
- /xN ... option: x density = N pixels-per-inch (default: 100)
- /yN ... option: y density = N lines-per-inch (default: per x)
- /v ... option: reverse video
- /ft ... option: force TIFF output file
- /fb ... option: force BIT (Lotus Manuscript) output file
- /fr ... option: force RLE (Lotus Manuscript) output file
- /fi ... option: force IMG (GEM) output file
- /fg ... option: force GIF (CompuServe) output file
- /fp ... option: force PCX (PC Paintbrush) output file
-
- Press a key to continue...
-
- ART2WP is a translator from First Publisher ART image files
- to various word processor image file formats:
-
- To Word Perfect 5 WPG files (this is the default)
- or Microsoft/Aldus TIFF files (fname2.TIF, or use /ft option),
- or Lotus Manuscript BIT/RLE files (fname2.BIT/RLE, or use /fb, /fr options),
- or GEM IMG files (fname2.IMG, or use /fi option),
- or CompuServe GIF files (fname2.GIF, or use /fg option),
- or ZSoft PC Paintbrush files (fname2.PCX, or use /fp option).
-
- PFS: First Publisher is a trademark of the Software Publishing Corporation.
- Word Perfect is a trademark of the Word Perfect Corporation.
- Manuscript is a trademark of the Lotus Development Corporation.
- GEM is a trademark of the Digital Research Corporation.
- GIF and 'Graphics Interchange Format' are trademarks of CompuServe Inc.
- PC Paintbrush is a trademark of ZSoft Corporation.
-
- Shareware by: William J. Hinkle CIS [71121,3211]
-
- (followed by some shareware info...)
-
- -----
-
-
-
- =============
- REVERSE VIDEO
- =============
-
- Normally ART2WP keeps black and white the same between the ARTfile and the
- output file. If you want a reverse video effect, use the /v option switch.
-
- ==================
- SIZING AND DENSITY
- ==================
-
- Normally ART2WP make a output file with an image density of 72x72 pixels (or
- lines) per inch, the same as First Publisher uses. This lets your program
- compute the "natural" size of the graphics image. You can specify a different
- density by specifying it with either the /x or /y option switches (e.g. /x200
- is 200 pixels and lines per inch). You can also alter the aspect ratio (to
- "stretch" the image one way or the other) by specifying both the /x and the
- /y option switches, with different density values.
-
- Of course, you can usually scale the image in your other application program.
-
-
-
- ======
- HELP?!
- ======
-
- Should you have any difficulties using this program, please
- contact me via Compuserve EasyPlex (or on the CompuServe PICS forum):
-
- William J. Hinkle [71121,3211]
-
- ======
- THANKS
- ======
-
- Thanks to:
-
- Tom Pfau, for his public domain LZW compression/decompression code
- Bruce Philp, for his help in testing this program
-
- ==========
- LEGALITIES
- ==========
- PFS: First Publisher is a trademark of the Software Publishing Corporation.
-
- Word Perfect is a trademark of the Word Perfect Corporation.
-
- Manuscript and Lotus Manuscript are trademarks of the
- Lotus Development Corporation.
-
- GEM is a trademark of the Digital Research Corporation.
-
- GIF and 'Graphics Interchange Format' are trademarks of CompuServe Inc., an
- H & R Block Company.
-
- PC Paintbrush is a trademark of ZSoft Corporation.
-
- *************************************************************************
- * Revision History: *
- * ----------------- *
- * Version number Date Explanation *
- * -------------- ------ -------------------------- *
- * 1.3 09 Feb 89 first public release *
- * added GIF format output *
- * 1.4 14 Feb 89 added TIFF Compression tag to satisfy *
- * Optiks 2.11 (why, I don't know!) *
- * and reversed video on GIFs *
- * 1.5 27 Feb 89 tweaked TIFF output (ordered tags) *
- * 1.6 20 Aug 89 added PCX output and made DPI=72 *
- * 1.7 18 Mar 90 fixed odd-sized PCXs *
- *************************************************************************
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