| Re: incorporating graphics into PC files [message #683] |
Wed, 13 January 1993 11:52 |
sterner
Messages: 106
Registered: February 1991
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murthy_j@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Jayant Murthy) writes:
> I am trying to incorporate IDL (v3.0.0) graphics written on my workstation
> into Microsoft Word documents. Currently I can either write EPS files, which
> I cannot edit on my PC, or 8-bit TIFF files (using the TIFF_WRITE library
> procedure) which are big and clumsy, but which I can edit in Word. Is there
> a better way to do tis? Ideally, for line drawings, I would write a single
> bit TIFF file (if that exists?) and put that into Word. I could then edit it
> and place arrows, labels, etc wherever and in whatever font I want.
> Jayant Murthy
> Dept of Physics
You might want to try using cgm:
set_plot,'cgm'
which many word processors can import. It works well for me for line
drawings. You have to use the device procedure to redirect the
graphics to a file and then again to close that file.
Ray Sterner sterner%str.decnet@warper.jhuapl.edu
Johns Hopkins University North latitude 39.16 degrees.
Applied Physics Laboratory West longitude 76.90 degrees.
Laurel, MD 20723-6099
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