Re: Copying/Exporting graphics to other applications
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- Subject: [mg38169] Re: Copying/Exporting graphics to other applications
- From: AES/newspost <siegman at stanford.edu>
- Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 03:24:51 -0500 (EST)
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In article <asi0fb$epg$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
Gary McClelland <gary.mcclelland at colorado.edu> wrote:
> [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. (stuff deleted)
>
> Any suggestions appreciated, including RTFM if you will give me a hint where
> to look.
I routinely Export graphics of all kinds from Mathematica to EPS using
the syntax
Export["myPlot.mma", myPlot, "EPS"]
where the ".mma" is my personal code for a graphic that's been exported
from Mathematica (just occurred to me, I should use ".mps" = "Mathematica
PostScript").
Then I drag and drop the HD files onto Illustrator 9.0 (used to be 7.0);
do necessary touch-up, editing and additions; and save as Illustrator
EPS files.
I've gotten reasonably good at creating close-to-final quality in the
Mathematica output, using various tricks such as putting a standard set of
options like
Needs["Graphics`Colors`"];
thick=Thickness[0.005];
medium=Thickness[0.003];
thin=Thickness[0.001];
dashed=Dashing[{0.01,0.01}];
nondashed=Dashing[{}];
bigPoint=PointSize[0.005];
in the initial cells of each notebook, then being able to use Red,
Blue,thick, thin, etc, in Graphics[{}} lists; using DisplayTogether[-]
to put multiple stuff on a single graphic; using Prolog and Epilog; and
so on. There's also some font and font substitution garbage one has to
learn, plus how to add or remove ticks and labels as desired.
I've also learned which Illustrator commands I need to use to do
touchups. Advantages stemming from this touch-up process, including the
ability to make global font changes if desired, alter the text of
labels, automatic creation of a preview, ability to scale a graphic
easily, ability to read off the final plot dimensions, and so on,
outweigh the annoyance of having to process the exported file through
Illustrator.
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