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Re: output [message #34566 is a reply to message #34479]

Fri, 21 March 2003 12:47

jeyadev
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In article <4a097d6a.0303200955.728ea248@posting.google.com>,
M. Katz <MKatz843@onebox.com> wrote:
> I bring IDL-created EPS files into Word all the time on Mac OS X and
> it works. Let me add a few comments to this discussion for the Mac
> users out there...

I did forget to add this. One of the very first documents I wrote
with Word, was on a Mac. The figures could be seen on the screen
very nicely -- not some very low resolution stuff.

> If you're having touble getting your picture to stay put on a specific
> page or in a specific location, then join the club. (This isn't just a

I am a life member ... But I hope to retire as soon as possible
so that I do not have to use MS stuff ...

> Mac Word issue.) Word is terrible in this regard! Word is not a
> reliable layout program (for fonts, graphics, . . . anything.) That
> said, I always de-select any option or preference that asks to Float
> the Image over the Text. Good luck finding said options. Alternately,
> in the Picture > Format > Layout > Advanced menu, make sure the
> picture is "In Line with Text" or some similar option. Yes, the image
> will flow with the text, but al least you won't find your
> bottom-of-page-3 graphic on the bottom of page 4 unexpectedly.

Now here is something they changed, for the worse IMHO, in Word2000.
In Word95, there a layout option (I forget the name) in which the
picture took up the entire horizontal real estate on the page, even
if it did not stretch across the page. In Word2000, this appears
to be missing. The 'Square' option allows text to creep into the
sides of picture/frame/textbox. 'In line' does not do it, either.
The only way is to put a text box around the plot and caption and
size the textbox's width to be at least that on the text area. This
will make the text 'break' the way I like it.

> One last warning. A Word document containing EPS graphics that was
> created on a Mac/PC may not print properly on a PC/Mac. In fact, if
> you drop the phrase "containing EPS graphics" from the previous
> sentence it's still true. So much for seamless integration.

Touche!

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		output By: tomson on Mon, 17 March 2003 19:47
		Re: output By: MKatz843 on Thu, 20 March 2003 09:55
		Re: output By: jeyadev on Fri, 21 March 2003 12:47
		Re: output By: Pavel Romashkin on Thu, 20 March 2003 09:45
		Re: output By: jeyadev on Fri, 21 March 2003 12:37
		Re: output By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 19 March 2003 17:27
		Re: output By: Chad Bender on Wed, 19 March 2003 16:13
		Re: output By: jeyadev on Fri, 21 March 2003 12:30
		Re: output By: jeyadev on Wed, 19 March 2003 15:38
		Re: output By: tomson on Wed, 19 March 2003 00:12
		Re: output By: David Fanning on Tue, 18 March 2003 20:52
		Re: output By: Mark Hadfield on Tue, 18 March 2003 20:40
		Re: output By: David Fanning on Tue, 18 March 2003 18:36
		Re: output By: tomson on Tue, 18 March 2003 18:19
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		Re: output By: Chad Bender on Tue, 18 March 2003 18:05
		Re: output By: tomson on Tue, 18 March 2003 18:06
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		Re: output By: David Fanning on Tue, 18 March 2003 17:09
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