Fwd: Re: Text files

[Nick Coupland]

Another way to do this is to use the text function in Photoshop and save
as  bitmap files, which gives you a lot of control over the appearance of
your screens



>Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:42:58 +0100
>From: Georg Odenthal <odenthal at soz.psychologie.uni-konstanz.de>
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>Hello Richard,
>
>As far as I know E-Prime isn't able to import text files and display
>them. The only option you have is what Leisha Wharfield had suggested:
>Create individual bitmaps for each screen.
>
>To do that open your Word or other text document and open Paint (Start
>-> Program Files -> Accessories -> Paint). Select Full Screen in Word
>(View -> Full Screen). Then press the keys ALT and PRINT SCREEN at the
>same time. Go to paint and select Edit -> Paste (or press CTRL + V).
>You will get an exact copy of the whole screen. Now you only have to
>remove the borders of the image and the "Close Full Screen" button,
>that Word always displays. Save the image as BMP.
>Then you can use these text screens as Image Displays or Slides in
>E-Prime.
>
>With this method you can also create stimuli in foreign languages with
>non-standard fonts or right to left writing.
>
>In our lab we also use this method to create formatted instruction
>screens with individual words in bold, italics, underlining or in
>different colors.
>
>
>Best regards,
>  Georg
>
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