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Exporting Document
To use ConceptDraw together with other programs, you can export ConceptDraw documents to various formats.
Very often it's needed to view or print a document on different computers and platforms. In this case you can export your document to the PDF format.
By publishing your documents on the Web you can easily share it with many people.
To make a presentation you can use MS PowerPoint.
To insert your drawing into other documents (for instance, Word or PageMaker), you need to transform it into a file of some graphic format. To exchange documents with MS Visio users support for Visio document format is needed.
ConceptDraw is well equipped for all these tasks.
Exporting to PDF
ConceptDraw can export your documents to Portable Document Format (PDF) which is widely used for exchanging and printing documents on various platforms and operating systems.
This format allows to preserve the correct look of your documents because the needed fonts are stored right in the PDF file. Also, in a PDF document you can search and copy text.
Hyperlinks, contained in the original document, remain working in the PDF file.
To export the active document to PDF:
- Choose Export / PDF from the File menu.
- The Save As dialog will come up, asking you for the name of the PDF file.
- During the export, the fonts used in your ConceptDraw document, are embedded into the PDF file. All pages of the document are exported. Pictures and text are compressed to reduce the size of the PDF file.
Exporting to HTML
ConceptDraw is well integrated with the Internet. By exporting your document to HTML you can easily publish it on the Web.
To save your document as HTML files, use the Export / HTML from the File menu. Export parameters can be configured in the HTML Properties dialog.
Exporting to PowerPoint Format
ConceptDraw can export documents to the PowerPoint file format, and use your ConceptDraw drawings in PowerPoint presentations.
ConceptDraw creates files for Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 (Windows) and PowerPoint X (Macintosh).
To export the active document to PowerPoint, choose Export / Microsoft PowerPoint... from the File menu.
The Save As dialog will come up, asking you for the name of the file.
Having saved the file, you can open it in PowerPoint and continue working on it - add animation effects, sound, backgrounds, etc.
Exporting to Graphic Formats
You save separate ConceptDraw shapes or the entire document in various graphic formats.
You can export to the files of the following formats:
Raster formats:
Microsoft Windows Bitmap |
(*.bmp, *.dib) |
CompuServe graphics interchange format |
(*.gif) |
Microsoft icon |
(*.ico, *.icon) |
Joint Photographic Experts Group JFIF format |
(*.jpeg, *.jpg) |
Portable Network Graphics |
(*.png) |
Photo CD |
(*.pcd, *.pcds) |
ZSoft IBM PC Paintbrush |
(*.pcx) |
Adobe Photoshop bitmap |
(*.psd) |
Irix RGB image |
(*,sgi) |
SUN Rasterfile |
(*.ras, *.sun) |
Truevision Targa image |
(*.tga, *.icb, *.vda, *.vst) |
Tagged Image File Format |
(*.tif, *.tiff) |
Word Perfect Graphics |
(*.wpg) |
X Windows system bitmap |
(*.xbm, *.xpm) |
Vector formats:
Windows Metafile |
(*.emf) |
Macintosh PICT |
(*.pct) |
AutoCad DXF |
(*.dxf) |
This will help you illustrate your text documents with nice-looking drawings, schemes and diagrams and use the drawings, created in ConceptDraw, in other applications.
Note: If you need to export separate shapes rather than the entire drawing, select the needed shapes before exporting.
To export the active document to one of the supported graphic formats:
Choose Export / Graphic File... from the File menu. The Save As dialog will appear. Specify a name for the new graphic file and choose a format from the drop-down list. Then the picture properties dialog will come up, where you can set parameters for the resulting picture.
Exporting to SVG
You can export your document to the SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format.
To export the active document to SVG format, choose Export / SVG ... from the File menu.
The Save As dialog will come up, asking you for the name of the file.
Now, you can use the saved file as vector graphics in Web Applications or for design.
Exporting to XML for MS Visio
ConceptDraw can export documents to the XML file format for MS Visio, and use your ConceptDraw drawings in your MS Visio documents.
ConceptDraw creates files for MS Visio 2002.
To export the active document to PowerPoint, choose Export / XML for Visio ... from the File menu.
The Save As dialog will come up, asking you for the name of the file.
Having saved the file, you can open it in MS Visio and continue working on it like with an ordinary Visio document.
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