| Re: how to input idl figure to MS office [message #31635] |
Mon, 29 July 2002 15:31  |
MKatz843
Messages: 98
Registered: March 2002
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I hope the following comments may help for the Postscript route. This
advice applied to all Mac versions of Word, and perhaps PC versions as
well... I do this routine daily.
I've found that it helps to import an EPS file into Word using
"Insert > Picture > From File"
Then make sure you select Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) from the file
type menu before selecting the picture in the menu. This avoids having
Word mangle (I mean interpret) the image into its own format. You can
choose the insert a "link" to the image. That will keep the size of
the word file way down (if your graphic is large) but you have to be
sure not to misplace the EPS file.
Once imported, don't expect to see a beautiful representation of the
graphic on screen. You'll see a low-res preview if you've created one
from IDL. Otherwise you may see a blank frame or nearly blank frame
where the image should be. DO NOT double-click an EPS graphic in
Word--it will try to let you edit it.
If you print to a Postscript printer, the results should be perfect.
If you want to output to PDF, you *must* output to a postscript file
first, then "distill" with Adobe Distiller. The quick PDF output
options in Mac OS X will not render the EPS properly (it places the
low-res preview instead.)
If you'll be printing to a non-Postscript printer, I suggest creating
a PDF from Word, then print from the PDF to be able to use an EPS
file.
Hope this helps,
M. Katz
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