Re: Antw: pdf-export
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- Subject: [mg44252] Re: Antw: pdf-export
- From: Joe Gwinn <joegwinn at comcast.net>
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 03:01:23 -0500 (EST)
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Paul, In article <bnli5n$p86$1 at smc.vnet.net>, Paul Abbott <paul at physics.uwa.edu.au> wrote: > In article <bndjc8$g0q$1 at smc.vnet.net>, > "Joshua A. Solomon" <J.A.Solomon at city.ac.uk> wrote: > > > I don't know about 10.3 (out today), but 10.2's pdf converter sucks. > > Create a graphic in Mathematica (Plot[x,{x,0,1}] will do). Copy it as PICT > > with Embedded PostScript. Paste it into a MS Word document. > > But why would you want do that? :-) Word is such a crappy word > processor for scientific documents. Because not all plots from Mathematica are destined for scientific documents. I don't like Word either, but must live with it. So, someone please answer the question. Thanks, Joe Gwinn > > Now 'Save as PDF.' > > Guess what. No PostScript. OS 8 and OS 9 worked fine (with a copy of Acrobat > > Distiller). > > > > js > > > > On 24/10/03 9:57 am, in article bnapi5$4m5$1 at smc.vnet.net, "Nathan Moore" > > <nmoore at physics.umn.edu> wrote: > > > > > You should use a mac. OSX displays everything on the screen in pdf > > > format. When you go to print something you can either print or "save > > > as pdf" - in Linux this option is save as ps. in windows you're > > > screwed. > >