How do I convert Word2003 text to a picture?
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From: Frank Martin on 4 Jul 2008 19:12 The printer software is useless. It will not even allow clipboard pasting. I have found a tentative method using the "Grabbit" software that allows one to select a section of the screen and save it as a Jpeg picture file. This can fool the printer software to appear as a picture which can then be printed on to the disk. I am using overflow text boxes to fill the disk with text, albeit as a picture, but I ask again, is there a way in Word2003 to allow text wrapping along a curved surface? "JoAnn Paules" <jl_paules(a)hotnospammail.com> wrote in message news:C5E1E54B-C132-4F34-829F-F4E028EF8861(a)microsoft.com... > That being the case, you may have some > software for label design that came with > the printer. Word is not going to be the > program you want to use. > > -- > > JoAnn Paules > MVP Microsoft [Publisher] > Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 > For Dummies" > > > > "Frank Martin" <fm(a)general.com.au> wrote in > message > news:uKFISlY3IHA.1808(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Yes, it prints on to the CD/DVDs. >> >> >> >> "JoAnn Paules" >> <jl_paules(a)hotnospammail.com> wrote in >> message >> news:F1B03018-C430-480F-AB77-1AE0E1B052E8(a)microsoft.com... >>> Does that printer actually print on the >>> CDs or are you using labels? >>> >>> -- >>> >>> JoAnn Paules >>> MVP Microsoft [Publisher] >>> Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 >>> For Dummies" >>> >>> >>> >>> "Frank Martin" <fm(a)general.com.au> wrote >>> in message >>> news:OWWupJX3IHA.1192(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>>I have WindowsXP. >>>> >>>> I have an "Epson Photo R285/290" >>>> jet-printer that I want to use for >>>> printing on CDs & DVDs. >>>> >>>> It prints OK, but I have a lot of >>>> trouble getting the software to print >>>> blocks of text (via a text box). >>>> >>>> Its software does not allow direct >>>> pasting of clipboard text into a >>>> rectangle drawn onto the software design >>>> area. >>>> >>>> I need a lot of text on the DVDs for the >>>> movie title and the plot synopsis. >>>> >>>> The only way I can think of is to design >>>> the text in Word2003 and then convert >>>> this into a picture that the Epson >>>> software can put easily onto the CD/DVD. >>>> >>>> Can this be done? >>>> >>>> Also, how do I get Word2003 to wrap text >>>> around a curved surface, which CDs & >>>> DVDs have? >>>> >>>> Is there some easy way to do all this? >>>> >>>> Please help, Frank. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >
From: Frank Martin on 4 Jul 2008 19:17 "Terry Farrell" <terryfarrell(a)msn.com> wrote in message news:%23gVXXtb3IHA.1200(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Word is probably not the best software to > use for this. There are many CD Labelling > utilities available which will be easier to > use. > > In Word, you cannot just draw a rectangle > and paste text into it. You can draw a Text > Box and paste in text though. With a > rectangle, you need to right-click on its > edge and select Edit Text. > > If you want to follow the curve, then you > need to use shapes or WordArt. > > How experienced are you with Word? Fairly. We use Word2003 for all our label designs and we find this as good as Publisher. We reguarly use the tables, text boxes, pictures etc and we have hundreds stored on the HDD. I have tried the "Nero 8" disk labelling utility but this does not seem to be designed for filling up a disk surface with text. Frank > > -- > Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP > > "Frank Martin" <fm(a)general.com.au> wrote in > message > news:OWWupJX3IHA.1192(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>I have WindowsXP. >> >> I have an "Epson Photo R285/290" >> jet-printer that I want to use for >> printing on CDs & DVDs. >> >> It prints OK, but I have a lot of trouble >> getting the software to print blocks of >> text (via a text box). >> >> Its software does not allow direct pasting >> of clipboard text into a rectangle drawn >> onto the software design area. >> >> I need a lot of text on the DVDs for the >> movie title and the plot synopsis. >> >> The only way I can think of is to design >> the text in Word2003 and then convert this >> into a picture that the Epson software can >> put easily onto the CD/DVD. >> >> Can this be done? >> >> Also, how do I get Word2003 to wrap text >> around a curved surface, which CDs & DVDs >> have? >> >> Is there some easy way to do all this? >> >> Please help, Frank. >> >> >> >
From: Bob Buckland ?:-) on 4 Jul 2008 20:57 Hi Frank, You can use WordArt to create curved text. Insert=>Picture=>WordArt Select the third gallery choice in the top row. Type your text and select a font. From the WordArt Toolbar choose 'WordArt shape' and select a circle shape. Drag the shape to size or right click and use Format=>WordArt and set Size for height and width to match the edges of your disk print area. You can put the WordArt behind your other graphics so you can more easily position them. ================ <<"Frank Martin" <fm(a)general.com.au> wrote in message news:%239xCAxi3IHA.1196(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... The printer software is useless. It will not even allow clipboard pasting. I have found a tentative method using the "Grabbit" software that allows one to select a section of the screen and save it as a Jpeg picture file. This can fool the printer software to appear as a picture which can then be printed on to the disk. I am using overflow text boxes to fill the disk with text, albeit as a picture, but I ask again, is there a way in Word2003 to allow text wrapping along a curved surface? << -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
From: Frank Martin on 4 Jul 2008 21:35 Hello Bob. Here are some examples of text on a CD/DVD. The following I can do: http://www.streetcookie.com/Image2.jpg but it is more complicated to wrap text to one side of a CD/DVD and the following is NOT an example because the text on the right hand side should be wrapped to the edge of the CD/DVD: http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/images/11/r_WestWindCD.jpg I do not want text to flow around the circumference, but rather a set of overflow text boxes, each wrapped to the CD/DVD circumference so as to fill the area of the disk as much as possible. That is the reader has only to hold the disk upright to read the area. Here's another example of what I want, but with a far better text wrapping to the edges of the CD/DVD: http://www.ridgewaypress.co.uk/images/cd_fruit.gif I have tried the drawing of an "autoshape" in Word2003, (insert/picture/autoshape) namely the "do-nut" shape that gives an area like the surface of a CD/DVD, but I cannot get any curve-wrapped HORIZONTAL text into it. If I could this is what I need. Do you know of any software to do this. Frank "Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote in message news:%239$%23foj3IHA.2524(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Hi Frank, > > You can use WordArt to create curved text. > > Insert=>Picture=>WordArt > > Select the third gallery choice in the top > row. > > Type your text and select a font. > > From the WordArt Toolbar choose 'WordArt > shape' and select a circle shape. > > Drag the shape to size or right click and > use Format=>WordArt and set Size for > height and width to match the edges of your > disk > print area. > > You can put the WordArt behind your other > graphics so you can more easily position > them. > > ================ > <<"Frank Martin" <fm(a)general.com.au> wrote > in message > news:%239xCAxi3IHA.1196(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > The printer software is useless. It will > not > even allow clipboard pasting. I have found > a > tentative method using the "Grabbit" > software > that allows one to select a section of the > screen and save it as a Jpeg picture file. > This can fool the printer software to > appear > as a picture which can then be printed on > to > the disk. I am using overflow text boxes > to > fill the disk with text, albeit as a > picture, > but I ask again, is there a way in Word2003 > to allow text wrapping along a curved > surface? << > -- > > Bob Buckland ?:-) > MS Office System Products MVP > > *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big > dividends* > >
From: Bob Buckland ?:-) on 4 Jul 2008 22:09 Hi Frank, How close to the 'edge' of a printed sheet you can get, whether pictures or text can depend on the capabilities of a particular printer. In your 3 examples there isn't any text that fits a curve, it can be done with textboxes or with a table grid overlay and normal paragraph justification. In your 2nd example the title is centered, the subtitle right justified and the block of text mid right is left justified. Each of these can be done in a text box or table cell. Often it's a matter of just 'cutting out' the label or using Avery or other preformed labels. The last pack of CD labels and 'press' that I purchased came with 100 labels, the press and the software for something like $9.00 :) and it works fairly well. If you're staying with Word to do this, there are several templates for CDs in Word at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/results.aspx?qu=cd&av=TPL000 (set the search to use Word 2003 or earlier only by editing your list of MS Office products via the 'My Office Online' link on the top right of that page). This is one sample one of a CD face label http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/TC102580261033.aspx This may give you a couple of ideas. It's using five different shape pieces for constructing the disk, rather than try to work with the 'donut' shape. Avery has a template for their labels and there are a number of shareware label template sets available. Part of the illusion of looking like text follows the center hole curve or the right edge of the disk can come from the arrangement of the entries. On the left side of the disk longer entries followed by some shorter entries can look like a curve is being followed when it is just the layout of the text sequence as this block may show. Now having said that,you can use Word's 'edit wrap points' choice on a shape and have text outside of a shape wrap around the shape closely rather than trying to follow the inside of a shape when setting the shape to 'tight' text wrapping. For example, you can set the regular text margins to the width of the disk and do your typing, and place a 'hole' in the center with a circle autoshape and have minimal margins between text and the autoshape, but that can be a lot of effort :) ======================= <<"Frank Martin" <fm(a)general.com.au> wrote in message news:%23Zahn9j3IHA.4856(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... Hello Bob. Here are some examples of text on a CD/DVD. The following I can do: http://www.streetcookie.com/Image2.jpg but it is more complicated to wrap text to one side of a CD/DVD and the following is NOT an example because the text on the right hand side should be wrapped to the edge of the CD/DVD: http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/images/11/r_WestWindCD.jpg I do not want text to flow around the circumference, but rather a set of overflow text boxes, each wrapped to the CD/DVD circumference so as to fill the area of the disk as much as possible. That is the reader has only to hold the disk upright to read the area. Here's another example of what I want, but with a far better text wrapping to the edges of the CD/DVD: http://www.ridgewaypress.co.uk/images/cd_fruit.gif I have tried the drawing of an "autoshape" in Word2003, (insert/picture/autoshape) namely the "do-nut" shape that gives an area like the surface of a CD/DVD, but I cannot get any curve-wrapped HORIZONTAL text into it. If I could this is what I need. Do you know of any software to do this. Frank>> -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
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