[ILUG] [Q] editing an M$-Word(?) drawing with OO.org - how?

[keith]

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> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 14:18:46 +0100
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>> From: "Brian Foster" <blf at utvinternet.ie>
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> Subject: [ILUG] [Q] editing an M$-Word(?) drawing with OO.org - how?
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>  I've got an M$-Worthless document (`.doc') which
>  contains a diagram (of the boxes with labels and
>  connecting lines vaguely flowchart-ish variety).
>  I've no clew how (e.g., what (M$?) program) was
>  used to draw it.
>
>  I've converted the document into `.odt' using
>  OpenOffice.org 2.3, and have been editing the
>  text Ok.  (Not too happily since I hate WYSIAYG,†
>  but that's a different issue!)
>
>  However, there is an error in the diagram (two
>  of the labels (text in boxes)) is wrong), so I
>  want/need to modify it.  OpenOffice.org doesn't
>  let me; all I seem to be able to do is select
>  the entire diagram as a single object.  ;-\
>
>  I have managed (via copy-and-paste into OO.org
>  Draw and then File→Export...) to save the image
>  (as a PNG), which I can (in theory) modify with,
>  e.g., The Gimp.  But it'll be hard to match the
>  font (of the other labels) et al., so I'm not
>  too keen on taking that approach.
>
>  Any ideas / Suggestions / ... ?
>
> cheers!
> 	-blf-
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>  †  What You See Is All You've Got.
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Brian,
Sounds like whatever meta-data was there was removed and the thing 
converted to a bitmap.
Prolly quicker to just re-create the thing from scratch.
Perhaps you can just replace or overwrite the labels, leaving the rest 
of the graphic as was?


keith