[Virtualacorn-list] RiscOS-MS file conversion

[JOHN HAMILTON]

As a previous user of Risc OS, simply because of the file transfer issuses, I was forced to go to windows (7).
Serif DrawPlus will import PDF into its own format, which can be edited and then saved to pdf, which would be best for printing. Windows also has online services to unlock PDF files.
John Hamilton
----Original message----
>From : vatory at abbeypress.co.uk
Date : 06/06/2017 - 11:04 (GMTDT)
To : virtualacorn-list at riscository.co.uk
Subject : Re: [Virtualacorn-list] RiscOS-MS file conversion

Andy Marks  wrote on 6 Jun:
> [about Xara[ Just checked it with the latest version (X12) and it
> still imports Draw files, and has the advantage of exporting to about
> thirty different "PC" formats, including ai, eps, pdf, svg, wmf, emf,
> jpg, png, tif... you get the picture - pretty much most things!

My suggestion to Bob Ardler (who began this thread) is that his school 
should obtain one of the Windows vector-art programs that will input 
an Acorn drawfile.  That entirely spares him the chore of converting 
the thousands of worksheets that he wrote in Draw.
   Xara might be the best choice because it is actively maintained and 
the school could use it for new work as well.  (The other suggestions 
were Oak Draw and Aspex Draw, both from the legacy dept.)

The worksheets Bob wrote in Techwriter are a separate question.  The 
best route would be PDF, I'd suggest, because vector objects in TW 
remain vector objects in PDF.

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