Author: Phil Dixon
Date: 16:15:34 02/03/99
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On February 03, 1999 at 07:42:57, Gaetan GARCIA wrote: >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 Thanks for the info. I will try the right clicking on the diagram. Phil
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