Author: Gaetan GARCIA
Date: 04:42:57 02/03/99
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On February 02, 1999 at 17:24:54, Phil Dixon wrote: >Can someone explain to me how I can import diagrams to Word 97 or into the CB7 >text editor. I can get the text from the Internet into Word, but the diagrams >remain behind. Sometimes the text is useless without the diagram. > >Regards, >Phil I suspect that more qualified people will give you better advice, but I'll tell you what I know about that. There are various cases : 1. The diagram is a single image (often 'gif' type) : make the contextual menu appear by right-clicking on it (or click and maintain under Mac OS). You should find a 'save image' menu item. The bad thing is that you have to do this manually for every image and then manually paste them under Word. 2. In some cases, the diagram is not a single image (for example an image for each piece, arranged in a sort of matrix). This solution will not be handy in this case. Anyway, this type of solution can only be used to get a small number of pages. If you want to copy a whole site for later reading, then use a software called 'page sucker' (I don't know for Windows, but Anarchie is a good product for the Mac). A page sucker can download an html page or even a whole site but it must be used with care : usually (and it's fortunate) URLS pointing outside of the hierarchy you asked to copy will not be followed. Even like this, be careful of the amount of data that it can represent. Another problem is the purpose. These software should be used to make the most of moments when the bandwidth is good and to avoid accessing the same site repeatedly. This is good for everybody. But of course, one should be careful to respect the copyrights. I am fairly new to the chess ressources of the web, but I think an effort should be made to find a standard solution for representing and displaying diagrams. Exchanging chess data has already generated the PGN and EPD standards. Could EPD be generalized also for diagram display, via a cookie or java script of some kind. Sorry if this question is stupid. I must admit I know very little about java and cookies and such stuff. Gaetan
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