Convert2PDF.rexx (v1.9)
Updated version of elal@dds.nl's "Convert_to_PDF.rexx"
It works with AFPL Ghostscript 8.50 and any page size.
GS8.50 can be found at http://www.whoosh777.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
More information on how to use the script can be found on Aminet
in the documentation for the archive util/rexx/Convert_to_PDF.lha
Adjust_VGA.rexx
Modified version of Jose Manuel Herrero de Aldana's script
for fixing the aspect of imported PAL images. This version
adjusts the aspect of images with a 1:1 pixel aspect ratio.
ColorToggle.rexx
Toggles FW's imported graphics display between color and grey.
PreviewToggle.rexx (v1.1)
Toggles the display of selected imported graphics between
crossbox and preview.
ObjectLoad.rexx (v1.4) and ObjectSave.rexx (v1.4)
Save and load objects created within FinalWriter for later
use within other documents. The included objects use FW's
default colors. FW seems to substitute the first defined
color in its color prefs for any undefined colors in the
imported objects. If you are exporting a bitmap image, there
can be a lengthy pause before the save requestor opens because
the image first has to be copied to the clipboard.
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Frame2Blocks.rexx (v1.4) - Requires FW 97
Converts the selected text frame (and all connected frames)
into a collection of grouped text blocks which can then be
rotated. It only produces left-justified text and takes its
text attributes for each line from the first character in
each line. This script does not work with hyphenated text.
You should have your text set to the size you wish the final
rotatable text to be. Scaling the grouped text block objects
causes the blocks to shift out of alignment with one another.
Text2Blocks.rexx (v1.4) - Should work with at least some pre-97
versions of Final Writer, but not tested with any version other
than 97.
Same limitations as Frame2Blocks.rexx except it will work with
any text in which you have placed the insertion point.
NOTES:
These scripts will convert an entire body of text into text
blocks. Placing the cursor in text that runs for several pages
would be a bad idea.
Graphic printing directly from FW doesn't render the rotated
blocks correctly. Postscript output gives much nicer results,
so I would suggest using postscript and Ghostscript.
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ComplexShape 1.0 arexx script for FinalWriter 3+
WHAT IT DOES:
This script turns a series of lines into a complex shape
made up of lines and bezier curves.
HOW TO USE IT:
Draw a series of lines to roughly make a path to be converted
into a complex shape. Do not use the polygon tool. The path
you draw must be made up of individual line segments drawn
in the sequence and direction in which you wish the final path
to progress.
The beginning of the first line you draw will be the beginning
of the final shape. The end of the first line will be the second
point in the shape. Draw additional lines, but note that only
their end points are important to the script. The script assumes
that a line's start point is the same as the endpoint of the
previous line. This is helpful because after you draw a line, it
becomes selected. So if you try to line up the next line you want
to draw with an endpoint of the line you just drew you will end
up moving the endpoint of the first line instead of drawing a
second line from that point.
As it is, you can leave space between the ends of lines because
the script only cares about where a particular line segment ends.
As you draw your sequence of lines keep in mind that regular lines
will still be lines in the final complex shape, but lines with
arrow tips will be converted into bezier curves.
The final complex shape will be either an open or closed path
depending on how close you draw your last line's endpoint to
the starting point of the first line in the path. The script
will make the last point the same as the path's starting point
and will close the path if the two points are within about 50
micropoints of each other.
After you have drawn all your line segments, select them all and
run the script. The lines will remain, but the complex shape will
be drawn on top of them. The bezier segments will appear to be
straight lines until you change their control points.
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