Data in PerfectTablePlan can be exported in a variety of formats for use in other applications, such as image editors, spreadsheets and wordprocessors.
Select File|
Export|Guest data to export data in a flexible, text form for
import by other applications, such as spreadsheets. The Export
data window will appear. This window allows you to
specify which guest properties to export and what file format to use.
For export to a spreadsheet or database you would typically export an
Excel CSV file.
Select File|
Export|Guest vCard to export guest data in a form that can be
imported into most applications with address books, including
Outlook, Palm Pilot desktop and Apple Address Book. The Export
vCard
window will appear. This window allows you to specify which
guests to export and whether to export each guest to a separate vCard file.
Select File| Export|
Floor plan or File| Export|
Table plan to export the Floor
plan or
Table plan pane as an raster or
vector image file. You can choose to export in PNG, JPEG, BMP
(raster) or SVG (vector) format by changing the Save
as type field.
PNG format gives the best compromise of size and quality for most applications. JPEG files are small, but are of lower quality. BMP files can be very large and are not usually recommended. To export a BMP, JPEG or PNG image as large as possible check export/copy image as large as possible in the Preferences window.
If you want to be able to edit the floor plan or send it off to be
printed very large you should export it in SVG (vector) format. Note
that the SVG file may have differences to the Floor
Plan or
Table plan pane, for example guest names may not be wrapped
across multiple lines. Applications that support editing SVG files include:
Inkscape (free)
Adobe Illustrator 10
Corel Draw
Select File| Export|
Table chart, File| Export|
Guest chart or File| Export|
Statistics
to export the appropriate pane as text. You can choose to export in
Excel CSV, plain text or HTML format by changing the Save
as type field in the Export chart window.
HTML retains some of the formatting, but not the font size as there is no direct way to translate point size into HTML. You should be able to reset the font size easily enough in the other application. Also the chart layout can look cramped if the chart is too big for the other application. You may be able to fix this by reducing the font size, changing the page orientation to landscape and/or reducing the number of columns in the chart.
See also:
Create invitation and thank you letters in Word
Create address labels, place cards and name badges in Word
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