Re: Exporting to MS Word
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- Subject: [mg25027] Re: Exporting to MS Word
- From: "P.J. Hinton" <paulh at wolfram.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 21:57:33 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
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On 1 Sep 2000 com3 at ix.netcom.com wrote: > First let me apolgize for posting a subject that has been discussed > before but I've searched the Wolfram site, Deja News and the online > help to no avail. > > I believe my question is simple. How can I export a Mathematica 3.0 > notebook containing text, input commands, output values and output > formulas to MS Word so that the quality of the final Word document was > worthy of the effort involved in exporting ? That is to say that the > formulas in Word look as good as the same formulas in Mathematica. My > formulas are "2 dimensional" in that they contain integral signs, > square root symbols etc. We're using Word 2000 if that matters. There does not exist a lossless way to transmit the contents of a Mathematica notebook to Microsoft Word format. The Mathematica notebook format is a structure document format that provides for separation of content and presentation. Word is largely a presentation-oriented format. If Word is the only option available to you, you may want to consider saving to Rich Text Format. Select the cells in the notebook and use the front end menu command Edit -> Save Selection As -> Rich Text (RTF)... Because Mathematica uses special fonts, unless those fonts are installed on the user's system, it is very likely that two-dimensional typesetting will not look properly on his or her system. Two-dimensional typesetting is stored internally as metafiles, making them non-editable. If you are concerned about quality of appearance, MathReader is the best option. http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathreader/ Another alternative is to convert the notebook into a full-blown PostScript document with a PostScript printer driver and then use a third-party utility for converting the file into Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). This will preserve the appearance of the notebook and make it possible for non-Office users to view your work. -- P.J. Hinton User Interface Programmer paulh at wolfram.com Wolfram Research, Inc. Disclaimer: Opinions expressed herein are those of the author alone.