How do I convert .drw (Lotus Freelance) files?

[Guest]

I have several Lotus Freelance .drw presentations which I cannot convert into
anything else. Purchasing Lotus SmartSuite is not a very viable option at
this time, and I was wondering if anyone could help.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have several Lotus Freelance .drw presentations which I cannot convert into
anything else. Purchasing Lotus SmartSuite is not a very viable option at
this time, and I was wondering if anyone could help.

There are probably people who could do this for a modest fee but you can
probabably buy SmartSuite for even more modest amounts. Google Lotus Smartsuite
and you'll see ads promising fairly recent versions for as little as twenty
bucks.

Version 9.6 and up can do a credible job of saving presentations to PPT.

 

[Bill Dilworth]

I assume that you have read:
**Converting from Freelance to PowerPoint
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00345.htm

and

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q="freelance+to+powerPoint"



As with most file type conversions, you will need to find a common ground.
In some cases that may be an current version of the source software that can
save to an older version of the destination software. Sometimes you may be
forced to use an intermediary software that understands both formats.

A quick on-line search shows that .drw files are: Micrografx Designer 3.1
(metafile) type files. Are you sure they are presentations and not images
from within a presentation (I thought Freelance saved as PRE and PRZ files)?


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[Steve Rindsberg]

Bill,

A quick on-line search shows that .drw files are: Micrografx Designer 3.1
(metafile) type files.

MGX and FL/DOS both use DRW as their file extension but that's the only
similarity. Different inside.

Are you sure they are presentations and not images
from within a presentation (I thought Freelance saved as PRE and PRZ files)?

Yup, earlier FL/Win used PRE, later versions use PRZ but both can, I'm pretty
sure, read FLW files.