Re: copy and paste to other programs
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- Subject: [mg99586] Re: copy and paste to other programs
- From: "Sjoerd C. de Vries" <sjoerd.c.devries at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 00:18:43 -0400 (EDT)
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Copy as Metafile didn't disappear. It's in the edit menu, not in the context menu. However, font-wise it never worked well for me on non- Mathematica computers. You could install the Mathematica fonts on them for better results. They can be found here: http://support.wolfram.com/technotes/fonts/windows/latestfonts.html. A metafile copy in Word contains often, but not always, visible artefacts (circles become polygons etc). Nowadays I usually resort to bitmap copies. Cheers -- Sjoerd On May 7, 12:37 pm, Hannes Kessler <HannesKess... at hushmail.com> 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