Mike, There is no need to use an screen dump since DIA can export the file with an image format. Generally, the quality is better using DIA exporter. Then you can insert the image at office or openoffice documents.
Regards, Rodrigo On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Michael Ross <[email protected]>wrote: > If I take your desire to be like the Windows Paste function, I do not > believe there is direct way to do this (Crtl-C, Ctrl-V). > > However you can send the screen bitmap to the clipboard by using the Print > Screen button of a Windows OS PC. This screen dump can be added to a > presentation by many means. I use Open Office, not PP, so I have assume the > function is similar, but it may not be.... > > To add this screen dump to a slide in an OO Presentation, I Insert an OLE > Object, Further Objects, Bitmap Image, in the Picture Editor that comes up I > Paste the clipboard image. The object in the presentation can then be > manipulated within the slide. > > I actually use Google Picasa more often for screen captured images than the > clipboard, but the clipboard is always present on a Windows OS PC. In this > case I press Ctrl-Print Screen and Picasa (if it was running previously) > brings the screen bitmap directly into its Screen Capture folder in My > Documents, My Pictures, Picasa. I then use Picasa to crop or otherwise > doctor the image before saving. Then in OO Presntation I would Insert the > imagea as a Picture File. For more indepth image management I would use > Inkscape or Gimp then likewise Insert the image as a Picture File. > > You can of course use native functions of Dia to create output (via Export) > for Insert-ion to PP as a Picture File. I think a png format works well for > this, but I again I am only able to use Open Office for testing this. PP > and OO have similarities. I do screen dumps because they are by nature > WYSIWYG; by this manner I am not surprised as I may be using the numerous > export methods. > > Mike > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Nathaniel Gan <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Good day... I just would like to ask if there is a ny way to paste a >> drawing from dia to a power point (microsoft)? thanks and more power. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dia-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list >> FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq >> Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia >> >> >> > > > -- > Michael E. Ross > ArcAngle Design & Analysis | MX Automation > ================================= > Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering > Machine & Product Design - SolidWorks > Data Acquisition & Control - LabVIEW > Finite Element Analysis - Cosmos > > 217 Valley Creek Drive > Clayton, NC 27520 > > (919) 585-5118 > (434) 326-5462 > [email protected] > [email protected] > ============================== > > _______________________________________________ > dia-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > > -- Atenciosamente, Rodrigo Ferreira de Souza python -c "print ''.join([chr(154 - ord(c)) for c in 'H+6(13+zT5((51(9z65zG+% 9zmz(+645(\'+%Z3-91.l7+-'])"
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