Re: Copying/Exporting graphics to other applications
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- Subject: [mg38264] Re: Copying/Exporting graphics to other applications
- From: "Stan Linauskas" <linauska at magma.ca>
- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 04:10:55 -0500 (EST)
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Hello Gary, I have found that if there is a lot of detail in the graphic, you sometimes get better results if you expand the graphic size in Mathematica before you copy. Stan Linauskas. "Virgilio, Vincent" <Vincent.Virgilio at itt.com> wrote in message news:askesg$ku5$1 at smc.vnet.net... > Hello Gary, > > I have found that the Windows Metafile format leaves graphics fairly > unperturbed. Fairly, not perfectly; there are often discrepancies in > spacing. You can export or copy into this format. > > Vince Virgilio > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gary McClelland [mailto:gary.mcclelland at colorado.edu] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 4:34 AM > > To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > > Subject: [mg38264] Copying/Exporting graphics to other applications > > > > > > [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 > > > > ************************************ > If this email is not intended for you, or you are not responsible for the > delivery of this message to the addressee, please note that this message may > contain ITT Privileged/Proprietary Information. In such a case, you may not > copy or deliver this message to anyone. You should destroy this message and > kindly notify the sender by reply email. Information contained in this > message that does not relate to the business of ITT is neither endorsed by > nor attributable to ITT. > ************************************ > >