Re: Re: Exporting Graphics
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- Subject: [mg11394] Re: [mg11373] Re: [mg11336] Exporting Graphics
- From: Sean Ross <seanross@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 20:13:18 -0500
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Tomas Garza wrote: > > Joel wrote: > > > Without question, Mathematica is the greatest thing since sliced bread > > for doing modeling, data analysis and visualization. > > > For all of its capability, I'm finding that something as fundamental > as > > exporting graphics for use in other applications (e.g., Word > documents) > > is really a pain. Is there any way to get true WYSIWYG plots saved to > > disk that can subsequently be imported into a non-Mathematica document > > without loss of resolution, bizarre resizings, mysterious font > > substitutions, etc.? > > If all you need is exporting your graph to a document in, say, Word, > then you might try this: a) Select the cell where the graph is in your > notebook, b) Edit | Copy As | Bitmap, c) go to your document, place > the cursor where you want to place the graph, and d) Edit | Paste . > You may resize your graph in the notebook before doing this so as to > have the right size for your document layout. I have used this > without any problem, and it works all right. Unless, of course, you > want very high resolution for the end result, in which case you must > use other method of exporting (EPS or Illustrator, etc.), but then > you would need professional equipment. > > Good luck, > > Tomas Garza > Mexico City The problem with bitmaps (aside from the "jaggies") is their memory requirement. I just finished my dissertation. Part way through, I discovered that my Word file was approaching 40 Megabytes and Word was having trouble with it due to all the bitmaps. I replaced them with windows metafile versions and the file size dropped in half. -- Remove the _nospam_ in the return address to respond.
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- Re: Exporting Graphics
- From: Tomas Garza <tgarza@mail.internet.com.mx>
- Re: Exporting Graphics