Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 09:25:02 01/10/03
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On January 10, 2003 at 11:54:39, Bob Durrett wrote: >On January 10, 2003 at 10:58:38, Drexel,Michael wrote: > >>On January 10, 2003 at 09:16:50, Bob Durrett wrote: >> >>>On January 09, 2003 at 21:09:40, Drexel,Michael wrote: >>> >>>>On January 09, 2003 at 21:02:40, Bob Durrett wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>I am using CB8 and Fritz 8 but could use other chess software if it would not >>>>>work with Chessbase products. >>>>> >>>>>I wish to print six diagrams on a page. It works fine as long as all positions >>>>>are to be white on the bottom. But in positions where I played Black and it was >>>>>my move, I would like to copy the position to Microsoft Word as a flipped >>>>>diagram. >>>>> >>>>>Does anybody know how to do that? >>>>> >>>>>Bob D. >>>> >>>>File -> Print -> Page setup -> Print Diagram tab -> check Flipped >>>> >>>>Michael >>> >>>I already tried that. It doesn't work. >>> >>>The problem is that "copy diagram" seems unaffected by printer setup and page >>>setup settings in CB8. I was successful in copying six diagrams from CB8 to >>>Microsoft Word. By playing with the margin settings in the word processor, I >>>got all six diagrams to be located in a very attractive arrangement on a page. >>>It was actually beautiful. But playing with the CB8 settings you described >>>above had no affect on the diagrams. They always appear White on the bottom. >>>Square numbers are always given, too, and I would like to get rid of them. It >>>would also be nice to have the black dot beside the diagram showing side to >>>move. All of this can be adjusted when printing games using CB8, but when >>>copying from CB8 to a word processor, those settings seem to have no effect on >>>what is copied to the clipboard. >>> >>>Incidentally, I purchased ChessMaster900 a couple of days ago and the manual for >>>it says to select courier font in the Word Processor before pasting. That >>>essential little piece of information doesn't seem to appear in the online help >>>files for CB8. If I had not read the CB900 manual, I wouldn't have known how to >>>do it using CB8! [I did not receive a printed manual with CB8.] >>> >>>If you have time, you might try doing this and see if there is some subtle trick >>>I'm overlooking. >>> >>>Bob D. >> >>I have no problems with that. I just use my Teledat Fax printer and click on >>preview. A Teledat 150 Faxview window appears and I can copy the flipped >>diagrams from there in my clipboard. then I paste them into Word. works fine >> >>Michael > >Thanks. Incidentally, I have no idea what a Teledat 150 Fax printer is but >presume I can find it on the internet. I hope it's software. It is software and you can download it from the internet but unfortunatley it is not freeware. it is a German Telekom application and requires CD-ROM to install. I have know idea where to get a free Faxprinter application with preview function. > > >Steve Lopez said he does this a different way: > >Steve said: "When I use Software 602 Text (my >preferred wp application), the board appears *exactly* as it did in >CB8, right down to the colors I selected for the squares and pieces >(green marble board and all) with no coordinates displayed if I have >that option unselected in my CB8 board display." "All I had to do to >get Black at the bottom was flip the board in CB8, hit >Edit/Copy/Copy position and paste it into 602." > >"BTW, 602 is freeware. Here's the link in case you're interested:" > >http://www.software602.com/ > >I did it Steve's way and it worked fine. The pictures look much better than the >way I had done it, and it does display black on the bottom if the view in CB8 is >flipped before the position is copied. My printer is black and white, and the >pictures look fine enough, but I'm thinking of getting a color printer. Then >the pictures should look fabulous. > >Bob D. > >P.S. There must be some sort of issue with Microsoft Word. to make a screenshot is also a solution, however quality is not perfect and you have no dot indicating which side to move. furthermore you are not able to copy more than one diagram at a time.
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