I'm afraid I had much the same problem through the course of my PhD and unless things have changed in the last few months then your options are as follows:
1) Put up with not being able to see the graph on screen in Word.
2) Convert .eps to a png/jpg at the desired print resolution, then embed in Word (I know you said not bitmap, but outputting at the correct resolution, although not ideal, can give equally good results).
3) Convert to .emf/wmf using windows Dia or Adobe Illustrator.
4) Create diagrams in SVG (which Windows is gradually supporting).
I found that a combination of 1 and 2 were my best options.
Regards,
Alex
On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 16:33 +0100, Tim Fletcher wrote:
On Fri, 2006-04-14 at 08:58 +0100, Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk wrote:
Hi Folks,
I'm wondering what vector graphics forms (i.e. not bitmap) are importable by Windows applications such as Word.
When one makes a graph in Linux, the principal such output format available is PS or EPS. Now, while EPS can be imported (and will print on a PS printer), it does not display on screen since Win support for PS is grudging at best. And it certainly cannot be edited in Word!
The "standard" Windows vector graphics format is WMF or EWMF, but normal Linux applications will not create this format.
So the question is: what (if any) vector graphics formats can both be created on Linux and imported into WinWord so that Word can handle them as flexibly as it can proprietary formats?
A slightly long winded way may be to inport the graph in to dia on windows and then resave it as a .wmf. Dia for windows is available here: http://dia-installer.sourceforge.net/