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Re: ps export/import [message #23222 is a reply to message #23129]

Thu, 11 January 2001 07:44

Liam E. Gumley
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Registered: January 2000

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"Wim G. Bouwman" wrote:
> Another easy way in an windows environment is to read the IDL produced
> post-script files in Correl-draw and after correcting your graph's (making the
> lines thicker, annotating the graph and putting the numbers on the axis at the
> correct positions) it can be exported in WMF-format.

Since you mention WMF, I thought I'd mention that IDL 5.4 supports a
Windows Metafile graphics device (set_plot, 'METAFILE'). It might be
just the thing for producing graphics files which can be insrted into
presentation applications such as Powerpoint. The advantage of WMF files
is that they can be resized without loss of resolution, and they are
recognized by Powerpoint on both Windows and MacOS platforms (and
presumably by StarOffice as well).

However for insertion into documents (e.g. Word) I still create
Postscript files in IDL, and then convert them to EPS with TIFF preview
in GSView. David has written a nice article which describes the method I
use:

http://www.dfanning.com/tips/postscript_preview.html

Cheers,
Liam.
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~gumley

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		ps export/import By: Martin Schultz on Thu, 04 January 2001 13:51
		Re: ps export/import By: R.Bauer on Thu, 11 January 2001 04:30
		Re: ps export/import By: Wim Bouwman on Wed, 10 January 2001 22:07
		Re: ps export/import By: Craig Markwardt on Thu, 11 January 2001 09:43
		Re: ps export/import By: Liam E. Gumley on Thu, 11 January 2001 07:44
		Re: ps export/import By: Richard French on Thu, 11 January 2001 19:07
		Re: ps export/import By: hahn on Mon, 15 January 2001 05:46

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