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thanks for your help, Mark. I have Corel Draw, it makes EMF that look
identical in quality to the one's ghostscript makes, so there's no need to
use it (or in general, buy it for that purpose alone). I think between your
comments and others, I've pretty much put a nail in this coffin. I really
appreciate the help, thanks.
On Wed, 1 May 2002 11:44:52 +1200, Mark Hadfield <m.hadfield@niwa.co.nz> wrote:
> "Steve Smith<steven_smith>" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:slrnacu5e9.e6b.nobody@pooh.nrel.gov...
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>> I'm speculating that perhaps the thing to do is create a postscript
>> document by printing the Word document to a file (and massaging out
>> the non-postscript commands WinXX sticks in) and converiting that
>> directly to PDF.
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> Yes. I tried this yesterday and confirmed that this works. I created
> an IDL EPS file, added a preview with GSview, imported it into Word,
> printed the Word document to a file via a Windows Postscript printer
> driver and then processed the resulting PS file using an automated
> convertor we have here. (It uses Adobe Distiller, I think.) No need to
> massage the PS file. Result: PDF document with nice vector diagram.
>
>> Unfortunately, it doesn't fix the original problem: I need to give a
>> figure that can be inserted into Word by a colleauge.
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> Hhmmm. Yes, this is a problem, Some possibilities:
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> - I used to have a third-party Word graphics filter that imported
> Postscript in vector form. It's no longer available, however, and
> your colleague is unlikely to have it installed in any case.
>
> - Pstoedit can convert EPS to WMF or EMF. Unfortunately it doesn't
> handle Postscript "image" elements, so it is of limited use.
>
> = Corel Draw? Adobe Illustrator? I think both of these can import
> EPS and export in various Word-friendly vector formats. They cost
> serious money, though.
>
> - When I flirted with Linux a few months ago I noticed that Linux
> word processors could import EPS files. (This is a mixed blessing, I
> might add, as complicated diagrams can slow down display badly.)
> Perhaps there's one that imports EPS and exports Word?
>
> Good luck.
>
> --
> Mark Hadfield "Ka puwaha et tai nei, Hoea tatou"
> m.hadfield@niwa.co.nz
> National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
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