Saharagirl Posted March 17, 2019 Posted March 17, 2019 Sorry - probably a very basic question but I have recently been sent artwork for an advert in .odg format. It appears this format is not recognised in Affinity Publisher beta or in Affinity Designer - and it will not allow me to import the contents of the file to work on. I can open the file in Word and import it, but I suspect Word is altering the appearance of the original graphic. Is there any way round this?
Ron P. Posted March 17, 2019 Posted March 17, 2019 Welcome @Saharagirl, That's an OpenOffice drawing file. The only thing I can suggest is to download and install OpenOffice. It's free, and IMHO, about as powerful as MS Office. Apache OpenOffice I use OpenOffice, and in Draw, you're provided with several options to export, anything from BMP to PDF. So you could open it in OpenOffice Draw then export it to a format that will work for you. Saharagirl 1 Affinity Photo 2.6..; Affinity Designer 2.6..; Affinity Publisher 2.6..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win11 Home Version:24H2, Build: 26100.1742: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD; Wacom Intuos 3 PTZ-431W
firstdefence Posted March 17, 2019 Posted March 17, 2019 I would go with PDF Saharagirl 1 iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions
Saharagirl Posted March 17, 2019 Author Posted March 17, 2019 Thanks for the recommendations. Adobe refused to open it, so I've downloaded OpenOffice and saved as a .jpg and can now edit it as I need.
firstdefence Posted March 17, 2019 Posted March 17, 2019 10 minutes ago, Saharagirl said: Thanks for the recommendations. Adobe refused to open it, so I've downloaded OpenOffice and saved as a .jpg and can now edit it as I need. That's great. I actually meant export to PDF from Open Office, PDF gives good compatibility and edit-ability. Saharagirl 1 iMac 27" 2019 Sequoia 15.0 (24A335), iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions
Alfred Posted March 17, 2019 Posted March 17, 2019 19 minutes ago, firstdefence said: PDF gives good compatibility and edit-ability Most importantly, PDF will retain vectors wherever possible. In a JPEG, everything will be rasterized. Saharagirl 1 Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.5.1 (iPad 7th gen)
Saharagirl Posted March 17, 2019 Author Posted March 17, 2019 Thanks all - that works fine. Alfred and firstdefence 2
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