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Excel into X3
Am I missing a trick here.
I have a spreadsheet in Excel 2003 and need to import it into X3 to place within another image.
Can this be done, if so how as I can’t seem to find a way to do it. (hot)
Many thanks
Lee
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13 Replies
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maybe make it a PDF from Excel then import it?
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Hi Nick, thanks for that though I don’t seem to be seeing that as an option unless I’m missing something.
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That’s something I’ve been meaning to try for ages, for putting parts list on van drawings, but with Illustrator rather than X3. Not got around to it yet though.
However, if you only want to print, on Macs, we get a utility called "Grab" which allows us to select an area of the screen, copy it, and then paste it as an image into whatever graphics programme required.
Is something like that not available for the PC?
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quote Lee Ballard:Hi Nick, thanks for that though I don’t seem to be seeing that as an option unless I’m missing something.
you will need a PDF maker, you can download some free ones.
Nick.
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corel has a selectable screen grab you used to have to load it first havent used it in a long while.
chris
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Its called Corel Capture and installs with the programme, it can be launched from the programme launcher icon on the top toolbar (rocket) or from the Windows start button/programmes/Corel. A very useful utillity with many options.
Barcode wizard is also there, X3 users will also find legacy stuff from previouse versions (if installed) ie Corel Trace/Corel Texture etc. Signlab users should find a Corel to Signlab option.
Alan D -
Just tried Excel to Illustrator and it works a treat.
Prepared a parts list table in Excel, complete with borders, selected the required cells then copied and pasted into Illustrator.
Obviously it doesn’t have the functionality of an Excel sheet, but it pasted perfectly with editable text, the right formatting, correct thickness borders etc etc.
It’ll make producing professional looking drawings a lot easier so I, at least, am a happy bunny. 😀
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Capturing a snapshot is built into Windows, if you press the PRTSC key it will take the snapshot as a bitmap into the clipboard so you can paste it into Paint Brush or more advanced package and then select the area you are after and copy again to paste elsewhere.
You can also do ALT+PRTSC to just capture the active window/application.
Cheers
Andrew
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Just tried it with Excel to CorelDraw works fine for me, get text and vectors. just copy and paste
Nick.
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quote andrewsimmons:Capturing a snapshot is built into Windows, if you press the PRTSC key it will take the snapshot as a bitmap into the clipboard so you can paste it into Paint Brush or more advanced package and then select the area you are after and copy again to paste elsewhere.You can also do ALT+PRTSC to just capture the active window/application.
Cheers
Andrew
Cool!!!! 😀 😀 (Harry’s got a new trick!)
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clever boy Harry :lol1:
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Wow thanks guys, all sorted.
Lee
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Incidentally in Windows, you can press the print screen key, which copies the screen to the windows clipboard and copy into pretty much any program that handles images, easiest way to get it is open up ms paint, it pastes into there full size, from thre you can reduce enlarge it as you like.
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