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Subject:Re: Importing AutoCAD drawings into Word 97 From:"Jody R. Lorig" <jlorig -at- KAVOURAS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 9 Sep 1998 09:58:34 +0000
Lisa wondered:
>Our draftspeople have always given us PLT-format files, which we
>imported to Ventura and Word 6. But Word 97 does not provides a PLT
>filter.
Try changing the file extension from PLT to HGL and running the
file through an HPGL filter. The plot files we create are formatted
in HPGL format.
>Should I try using Corel 8 filters for converting the PLT files to
>another vector format, such as EMF/WMF? DXF files exported from
>AutoCAD format are no good.
You can export the AutoCad files as WMF but you will have to perform
pixel editing to modify them.
