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how to edit a figure in PS form generated by IDL ? [message #24191]

Thu, 15 March 2001 23:43

web
Messages: 24
Registered: March 2001

Junior Member

Usually, I hope to insert a figure to a word document. Which form of figure
should gerenated by IDl? I generate a PS figure which can be printed by
ghosrview but I donnot know how to inserted to a word document or other edit
software?

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Re: how to edit a figure in PS form generated by IDL ? [message #24194 is a reply to message #24191]

Fri, 16 March 2001 00:52

Glenn Newnham
Messages: 6
Registered: March 2001

Junior Member

I have used the CGM device for creating files that can be inserted and
edited in MS Word. The code would go along the lines of:

set_plot, 'cgm'
device, file='file name'
plot, data
device,/close
set_plot,'win'
end

Cheers,
Glenn Newnham

web wrote:
>
> Usually, I hope to insert a figure to a word document. Which form of figure
> should gerenated by IDl? I generate a PS figure which can be printed by
> ghosrview but I donnot know how to inserted to a word document or other edit
> software?

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Re: how to edit a figure in PS form generated by IDL ? [message #24268 is a reply to message #24191]

Sun, 18 March 2001 21:11

Mark Hadfield
Messages: 783
Registered: May 1995

Senior Member

There is a program called pstoedit that can convert Postscript files to
other, more easily editable, vector formats. It works OK on IDL-generated PS
files, except that it ignores images.

If you're on Windows, the best way to install and use pstoedit is to get it
as part of the GSview package, from

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/

---
Mark Hadfield
m.hadfield@niwa.cri.nz http://katipo.niwa.cri.nz/~hadfield
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research

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Re: how to edit a figure in PS form generated by IDL ? [message #24411 is a reply to message #24191]

Thu, 29 March 2001 14:06

matteo.spada
Messages: 1
Registered: March 2001

Junior Member

On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 15:43:52 +0800, "web" <jiali3@21cn.com> wrote:

> Usually, I hope to insert a figure to a word document. Which form of figure
> should gerenated by IDl? I generate a PS figure which can be printed by
> ghosrview but I donnot know how to inserted to a word document or other edit
> software?

you can also generate jpg and eps that are easier to put in a word
file, and if you have an older version of IDL than the 5.4 you can
also generate gif files!

Francesco

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