| Re: Outputting to Powerpoint [message #8577] |
Wed, 02 April 1997 00:00 |
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Registered: April 1997
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> Christopher J. Korman wrote:
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>> Hello all,
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>> Is there a way to output a plot, as seen in device 'X',
>> to a file readable by Microsoft Powerpoint? I've tried
>> using encapsulated postscript but Powerpoint does not
>> show the graphic when imported.
>>
I regularly create plots using IDL on a UNIX workstation and then
transfer them to my Macintosh for use in Powerpoint or Word. The
easiest thing for me to do is to save the plot in IDL to encapsulated
postscript. Then, transfer to the Mac and open the plot using Adobe
Illustrator (you need version 6.0 or later). I can then edit the
plot if I want. Finally, save the plot in Adobe EPS format. The final
result can be placed in Powerpoint or Word document and resized as needed.
I believe Adobe Illustrator is available for Windows, and you could
probably do the same method.
Using Adobe Illustrator is nice because it is a very powerful drawing
program. You can do neat things like making one figure an insert for
another, add shading to draw the eye to a particular part of your plot,
add arrows, boxes, etc, to clarify the plot. If you are using color,
it's easy to modify the colors of different object in the plot, etc.
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| Re: Outputting to Powerpoint [message #8588 is a reply to message #8577] |
Fri, 28 March 1997 00:00  |
Kelly Dean
Messages: 92
Registered: March 1997
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Christopher J. Korman wrote:
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> Hello all,
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> Is there a way to output a plot, as seen in device 'X',
> to a file readable by Microsoft Powerpoint? I've tried
> using encapsulated postscript but Powerpoint does not
> show the graphic when imported.
>
> My data is a 2D ascii fltarr. I want to be able to
> maintain all axis labels as shown in 'X'.
I do this daily on Windows NT - run the plot with IDL, do
a CTL-G to save the plot in the windows clipboard and
EDIT/PASTE into PowerPoint.
Put it sounds like you are running the plot on UNIX. Try
saving the plot as CGM. PowerPoint will INSERT/PICTURE
as a CGM. Older versions of PowerPoint will INSERT/PICTURE
the plot as GIF.
Kelly
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| Re: Outputting to Powerpoint [message #8593 is a reply to message #8588] |
Thu, 27 March 1997 00:00 |
Liam Gumley
Messages: 473
Registered: November 1994
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Christopher J. Korman wrote:
> Is there a way to output a plot, as seen in device 'X',
> to a file readable by Microsoft Powerpoint? I've tried
> using encapsulated postscript but Powerpoint does not
> show the graphic when imported.
Even though the graphic is not displayed in Powerpoint, it should still
be embedded properly, i.e. when you print it to a *Postscript* printer,
the graphic will appear on the printed page. If you print to a
non-Postscript printer, then you will only see the bounding box.
Getting the graphic to display in Powerpoint is a bit more tricky, but I
can explain it to you if you're interested.
Cheers,
Liam.
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