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Re: What should be a simple task....

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg100859] Re: What should be a simple task....
• From: Lawrence Walker <lwalker701 at gmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:52:48 -0400 (EDT)
• References: <h0nuoh$bhh$1@smc.vnet.net> <h0p7eb$er$1@smc.vnet.net>

On Jun 11, 9:42 pm, AES <sieg... at stanford.edu> wrote:
> In article <h0p7eb$e... at smc.vnet.net>,
>  Mike Bryniarski <melondi... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I've had problems with this too.  Exporting Mathematica graphics into
> > Office 2007 programs in a vector format is kind of a pain. The best
> > way to keep the graphics looking good is to keep them in Mathematica.
>
> I'd again put in a strong plug for putting them into PDF, then
> organizing, editing, *and presenting* them using nothing but Adobe
> applications.
>
> I've had a few troubles (eventually solved) getting graphics out of
> Mathematica and into PDF -- but never _any_ troubles using, modifying,
> and re-purposing these graphics further using Acrobat, Illustrator and
> Photoshop Elements (and iView MediaPro as my basic organizing and
> cataloging tool).

After some research, I was able to get good results by exporting my
images via the enhanced metafile format using Export["yourImage.emf",
imag].  Compare with the quality when importing using the Windows
metafile format (*.wmf).  Not as easy as simply copying and pasting
but this just might work for you.