Russ

You produced an interesting graphic on the "Progressive lean" thread. What is the drawing package you used, and is it idiot proof?

Thanks
Mike

Reply to post by Mike Ellison, on June 24, 2000 at 16:57:47:

I used AppleWorks, the modular office suite Apple created for Macintosh. The drawing package is good for general use, and quite easy to use.

Most of the suites have a drawing module included in some form. MS Office builds the drawing into Word, the word processer, or you can use Power Point. Other popular word processers have drawing tools, also, such as Nisus Writer and Word Perfect. Just drop into graphics mode, and use the tools to draw and create the images. The trick is to learn how to use the tools together to create your image and color it the way you want. It isn't difficult, just a short learning curve, like all software.

There are other dedicated drawing and paint applications that are independent of the word processers, such as Corel Draw. These usually have more capability, but can also take longer to learn. Match the tool to your need, then learn to use the tool.

Reply to post by Mike Ellison, on June 24, 2000 at 16:57:47:

Mike,

Good general advice from Russ. This graphic is related to that same "measuring lean" thread. It was done using the "draw" module within MS Word. The big advantage for me was that I could incorporate it into an MS Word report document directly with no conversion. Downside is it's somewhat limited in capability. It's better than the MS Paint application that seems to come bundled with Windows. It does not have as fine a "nudge rate" as my simple CAD program (you'll notice that some of the line intersections don't quite match) but I couldn't get the CAD and word processor to talk to each other!

It aslso seemed like it took a while for this image to load onscreen.

BTW thanks to Russ for installing the image on his site so I could respond to you.

Reply to post by Russ Carlson, on June 24, 2000 at 16:57:47:

Russ & Scott

Thanks.

Mike

Reply to post by Scott Cullen, on June 24, 2000 at 16:57:47:

Scott tried to attach the image to his post. However, the file is a MSWord .doc file, and will not display here. It must be a GIF or JPG file to view in the forum. You can download the file (see the "Try thie link" message) for viewing with MSWord.