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Re: Please help. PostScript Import [message #2718 is a reply to message #2653]

Tue, 30 August 1994 06:06

klm5
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Registered: August 1994

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In article <33tbj8$8fm@nps.navy.mil> olsen@physics.nps.navy.mil writes:
> In article 82@puknet.puk.ac.za, fskmjm@puknet.puk.ac.za (Mathews, MJ) writes:
>> I'm running IDL 3.5.1 under Windows 3.1 and would like to import PostScript
>> graphs into Word for Windows 6. I've tried device, /encapsulate, but all I
>> get after importing to Word, is the title, creator and date, with a border
>> around it. No plot!
>>

Do you mean that all that appears on the computer screen is the title, creator
and date, with no plot, or is that all you get when you try to print the
document. It has been our experience that when you use the device, /encaps
commands to create PostScript, and then import the PS file into Word, you
will only see the title, creator, etc, on the screen, but the plot will
appear when you print out the document (I believe this has something to do
with the fact that Word does not bother to translate the PS file into an object
which it can display on the screen, since the PS file is already printer-ready.

>
> I would suggest using a different format, if you want to see the results in
> your document - I use the 'cgm' format fairly regularly on the PC, and
> am routinely writing class notes in Word f.w. 6 with IDL plots imbedded.
> Import as a picture, then you can edit the image! very handy for adjusting the
> size....
>
> rc olsen
>
>

I would also recommend you use the 'cgm' format, since it does allow the
plot to be edited after it is inserted into the document. It is a little
harder to do that with the imported PostScript document.

Kip Matthews

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		Re: Please help. PostScript Import By: murthy on Fri, 26 August 1994 06:42
		Re: Please help. PostScript Import By: klm5 on Tue, 30 August 1994 06:06
		Re: Please help. PostScript Import By: olsen on Mon, 29 August 1994 12:06
		Re: Please help. PostScript Import By: hadfield on Sat, 27 August 1994 20:28
		Re: Please help. PostScript Import By: thompson on Fri, 26 August 1994 13:11
		Re: Please help. PostScript Import By: xmosa on Fri, 26 August 1994 05:23
		Re: Please help. PostScript Import By: jnewman on Fri, 26 August 1994 08:39

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