Re: Re: Exporting formulae as GIFs
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- Subject: [mg22852] Re: [mg22809] Re: Exporting formulae as GIFs
- From: Bojan Bistrovic <bojanb at python.physics.odu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 02:51:12 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
> Thanks for the pointer. I was hoping for something more specific if > possible. In preparing a series of manuscripts for publication, I've been > exporting formulae as "EPS" format (or EPSTIFF) and then inserting them > into a Word (or TeX) document. This works very well for the postscript > output, as the eps files look exactly like what's on the screen (the TIFF > previews are often weirdly trucated though). When I save individual formulae > as bitmaps (Save Selection As Bitmap), I also get images that are true to > what I see in the notebook in terms of line breaks. Unfortunately, the > 72dpi resolution is not very legible and I haven't been able to increase the > resolution, perhaps because I haven't yet found the correct options to > adjust the bitmap resolution for the menu command. While the eps output is > lovely for publication purposes, I would like to do the same with bitmap or > gif images, mostly so that I can pass the manuscript past my co-authors in > electronic form (a step that necessarily comes before sharing it with > publishers :) > > The problem is that the exported images don't bear much relationship to > what's on the screen in the Mathematica notebook. When I export them the way you > recommend, line breaks are inserted about half way across the page. In the > Option Inspector, I have tried adjusting PageWidth , LinebreakWithin, and > "PageWidth" (ExportTypesetOptions) options. I've even tried experimenting > with the penalty function in LinebreakAdjustments and specifying different > values for ImageSize, without much luck. The same thing happens in 640 x > 480, 800 x 600 etc. screen modes > > It's only a minor problem, I know, since the postscript output works well. > Still, there must be a simpler alternative than the suggestion from WRI > technical support to oblige my colleagues to download MathReader or hunt > down a postscript printer just to be able to print a legible copy of a > manuscript that will inevitably undergo many revisions. > > Thanks again for this and ther good advice. > > A. Sharma > -------------------------------------------------- > Atul Sharma MD, FRCP(C) > Pediatric Nephrologist, > McGill University/Montreal Children's Hospital > > Here's a possible solution: since PostScript works, download GhostScript and GhostView from it's homepage http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ or one of the mirrors, finish the whole document, and then convert it to some other format (like PDF or PCL or whatever) which is readable to all your co-authors. Or have them download and install GhostScript/GhostView; this sounds the same as the suggestion to have them download MathReader. The main difference is that GS/GV combination is available for ALL platforms and operating systems and it's usefulness goes far beyond converting PostScript documents to other formats. Bojan -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bojan Bistrovic, bojanb at jlab.org Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA & Jefferson Lab, Newport News, VA ---------------------------------------------------------------------