Print a flowchart for publication purposes

[jandidden]

I'm working on a technical article that will have to include some FC flowcharts.
I was wondering if there is an FC option somewhere to print a flowchart?
I would 'print to PDF' to get pub quality illustrations; screen shots are generally too limited in resolution for that purpose.
Is there some (hidden) function to print a flowchart?

Jan

[stefan.erni]

Hi Jan

Did you see this export and more even a html doc with the charts?

regards

Stefan

[Steve-Matrix]

Flowcharts can be saved as a PNG, JPG or BMP. None of these are vector format. You can improve the quality of the image export by first zooming the view of the flowchart to 200% (the maximum).

[jandidden]

@stefan.erni, yes that works. The HTML output appears to be vector based (no pixelation when zooming) but I don't see a way to import that into Word. I need to look into that, if possible that would be ideal.

Edit: Yes that works, you can import an HTML into Word, but for some reason a FC comes across at about 60 inch x 60 inch!
Setting the size down to 10% or so makes it manageable.
You can save individual flowcharts but only as .png.

@Steve-Matrix zooming will probably not work for me as the FC already fills the screen as it is. But will look into it.

Jan

[steve001]

Hi Jan,

For large images have you tried using Paint 3D to resize it ?
Unfortunately microsoft removed it from windows 11 but you can still download it from microsoft web site.

Autocad inventor outputs where 10000 x 10000 and it handled these with ease. The output can be changed to most image formats also.

https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail ... BLGGH5FV99

Steve

[medelec35]

Hi Jan
if you load the HTML in Chrome, Click on the flowchart you are interested in, it will convert it to a large png. on a separate tab.
Click on the three dots on the top right of Chrome, select Print.
Within Destination, select Save as pdf.
You then have a zoomable pdf file.

[Chadb]

If you are on a pc a really great free (as in beer) image viewer and editor is FastStone. Been using it for years. It's awesome.
https://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

Chad