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Chapter 28 Retrieving Data From a Drawing
5 Click Close.
6 Switch to the Windows application where you want to paste the report.
7 On the Edit menu, click Paste, or click the Paste button on the Standard
toolbar. If your application does not support pasting Clipboard data in
this manner, consult your application’s documentation for the exact
procedure.
To export the data for selected entities
1 Select the entities whose data you want to export.
2 On the Database menu, click Options. The Database Options dialog box
appears.
3 Click the Format page tab.
4 (optional) Check the Format Lengths, Angles, and Areas as Strings check
box. This causes AutoSketch to export values for lengths, angles, and areas
as string text rather than numbers.
5 (optional) Check the Automatically Calculate Width and Precision check
box. This limits exported character strings and numeric values according
to settings in the Field Setup dialog box. This option is ignored for
Microsoft Excel files.
6 Click OK.
7 On the Database menu, click Export. The Export Database File dialog box
appears.
8 (optional) In the Save As Type drop-down list box, click the format in
which you want to export the data (your choice depends on what appli-
cation you’re exporting to). The dialog box displays any files with the
same extension.
9 (optional) Enter a new filename in the File Name text box. By default,
AutoSketch uses the drawing filename.
10 (optional) Click a different drive and folder in the Save In drop-down list
box, or enter the complete path in the File Name text box to save the data
file to a different drive or folder.
11 Click Save.