Copying/Exporting graphics to other applications
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- Subject: [mg38125] Copying/Exporting graphics to other applications
- From: Gary McClelland <gary.mcclelland at colorado.edu>
- Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 04:33:49 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
[I fear this is a FAQ but I've dutifully searched the current 4.2 docs and this formus archive and could find only recommendations for Mathematica 3.0] I'm trying to copy/export graphics from Mathematica to other apps such as MS Word or PowerPoint. Graphs print great directly from Mathematica (correctly rotates the y-axis text even though it doesn't appear correctly on the screen). But attempts to copy/paste into other applications (using PICT, PICT with embedded postscript, and all other options) or Export["file.GIF",%] etc. and then importing that file to other apps usually produces something ugly and the y-axis text never prints rotated from these other apps. I'm addicted to producing publication-quality graphics with Mathematica, but I need to be able to include them in those documents produced by other apps. I know the workaround is simply to use Mathematica as my word processor for technical documents, but I can't convert all my colleagues with whom I exchange working drafts. Any suggestions appreciated, including RTFM if you will give me a hint where to look. Thanks, gary