Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 16:33:56 01/10/03
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On January 10, 2003 at 12:25:02, Drexel,Michael wrote: >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. Software602 CRASHED on me! Bummer! It did it after I had entered quite a few positions. So I went back to Microsoft Word 98 and dug a little deeper. I found Paste Special under the edit menu. There are four options under Paste Special. The option called "bitmap" allowed me to paste the diagram from CB8 to a Microsoft Word document with Black on the bottom. The picture looks good, but I'm not sure it looks as good as it did with Software602. Having to paste chess positions one at a time is no problem for me right now. I am pasting in positions, from my most recent games, which I was unable to solve in the time available during play of the games. Recently, I completed an in-depth analysis of these positions with the help of Fritz. Now, I wish to use the collection of positions as a sort of "closed-book test" where I must again solve them unaided by Fritz. [The side to move is always on the bottom.] I will repeat taking this test over and over again until all of the answers are instantly obvious. I also went out this evening and purchased an inexpensive color printer. That should make the positions easier to see. Bob D.
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