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Albannach · Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 10

I'm not sure which end to approach this question from, so I'm posting it in the user forums in both applications. For years, I have been pasting DPlot graphs into the old Micrografx Draw program, then ungrouping them for further processing. However, Micrografx Draw is no longer available, and doesn't work in 64-bit Windows 7, even in compatibility mode, so I switched to Open Office Draw. However, when I paste the graph into OOo Draw, it won't let me ungroup it. Any suggestions?

DPlotAdmin · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:47 pm Post subject:

I'll look into this over the weekend (don't have OO at present), but make sure you're pasting a metafile rather than a bitmap. Draw should have a Paste Special menu command where you can select which format you want.
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DPlotAdmin · Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 9:35 pm Post subject:

I downloaded Open Office and, no offense or anything, but quickly remembered why I uninstalled it the last time. A metafile pasted into Draw looks awful: the fonts are completely fouled up. That definitely isn't something DPlot is messing up. Fonts look perfect pasted into Word or any image editor I've tried. All of the Modify>Group/Ungroup commands in Draw are disabled.

Short version: I have no idea, sorry.
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Albannach · Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 10

Thanks for trying, but I got the solution in the OOo forum. In case anyone else is trying this, what you do is use Modify/Break. Pasting in different formats didn't help.