Re: Saving and sending Dia Flow Diagrams

[Steffen Macke <dia diagramr biz>]

Hello Christine,

Dia runs on different operating systems. Which one do you use? Most 
probably Windows.
Did you install Dia from http://dia-installer.de ?
Which Dia version do you use? (What is the name of file you've downloaded?)

On 03/10/2011 06:45 PM, Christine Estes wrote:
> When we go to save, it wants to save as a picture.
Selecting File->Save or File->Save As will allow you to save in the 
*.dia Dia diagram format.
Note that File->Export is different.
Dia on Windows uses the "Pictures" folder as the default location, but 
this has nothing to do with the format - are you
talking about the "Pictures" folder?
> Later clicking on it won't open it with any program.
I assume that you are double-clicking on the Diagram file in Windows 
Explorer. If Dia is correctly installed, it will open the file in that 
case. Note that you can also drag and drop files from the Explorer to 
your Dia toolbox to open them.
> We cannot open each other's documents when we e-mail them to each other.
Which email software do you use? Do you save the file from the email 
before you try to open it? I guess that this is related to your previous 
problem.
>   We also tried copying to a Word document, which works but the text is missing.
If you export your Diagram as a *.wmf file and insert that file into 
Word, you should achieve much better results.
If there are still problems: Which version of Word do you use?
> Also, when printing it comes out huge and on several pages even when reducing the size on the page and/or 
> printer.  Any suggestions?
Please have a look at File->Page Setup. I guess that you want to print 
your diagram on one page.
Select the correct paper size and "Fit to: 1 by 1". If this doesn't 
help: Could you explain your problem in a little bit more detail?

Regards,

Steffen