Re: copy and paste to other programs
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- Subject: [mg99572] Re: [mg99535] copy and paste to other programs
- From: John Fultz <jfultz at wolfram.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 00:16:09 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-to: jfultz at wolfram.com
Copy As Metafile is still available in the main menu (Edit->Copy As->Metafile). We'll look into putting it back into the contextual menu, as well as why the default copy is differing from copy as metafile in the way you indicate (I have a suspicion, but it'll take a bit to confirm and see if it can be worked around). Sincerely, John Fultz jfultz at wolfram.com User Interface Group Wolfram Research, Inc. On Thu, 7 May 2009 06:37:19 -0400 (EDT), Hannes Kessler wrote: > Hello, > > before Mathematica 7 it was a pleasure to use Mathematica in the > preparation of Powerpoint presentations or Word documents: Do the > calculations and generate the plots and tables in Mathematica, then > copy as Metafile invoking the right mouse context menu and paste to > the other program. The copy and paste takes 2 seconds. > > Copy as Metafile disappeared in Mathematica 7. Just copy and paste > produces crazy fonts when the Powerpoint file is opened on a computer > without Mathematica. My current workaround is to print the Mathematica > notebook to a file using a Postscript printer, then to convert the > printer file to PDF with Acrobat Distiller and to copy what is needed > from the PDF. This works reliable whereas saving as PDF from the > Mathematica file menu produces sometimes strange PDF output. The > workaround takes perhaps 10 x 2 = 20 seconds and creates intermediate > files which clutter your directories. > > Doing this once is not a problem but preparing a presentation with 30 > slides or just doing a quick change on an existing presentation is now > a pain. > > Did I oversee something in the new interface of Mathematica 7? Are > there quicker ways? > > By the way, I am not really a fan of Powerpoint or Word, but as a > matter of fact are these programs de-facto standards to exchange > information with colleges in some non-academic areas. > > Best regards, > Hannes Kessler