Vector graphics formats importable by Windows?
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? With thanks, and best wishes to all, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 14-Apr-06 Time: 08:58:39 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------
* Ted Harding (Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk) wrote:
Hi Folks,
The "standard" Windows vector graphics format is WMF or EWMF, but normal Linux applications will not create this format.
OpenOffice draw will export as WMF or EMF. (I'm sure there was another one as well, but I can't find it). Dave
On 14-Apr-06 Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
* Ted Harding (Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk) wrote:
Hi Folks,
The "standard" Windows vector graphics format is WMF or EWMF, but normal Linux applications will not create this format.
OpenOffice draw will export as WMF or EMF. (I'm sure there was another one as well, but I can't find it).
Dave
Thanks, Dave. I'd suspected OpenOffice, though don't have access. (But I might quibble about OO being a "normal Linux app" ... :) Some versions of ImageMagick (though not all) include WMF/EMF in their repertoire of supported formats, so a conversion PS/EPS -> WMF/EMF might work in that case. Best wishes, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 14-Apr-06 Time: 16:41:58 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------
On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:58:42 +0100 (BST), Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk said:
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?
pstoedit can convert PS and PDF files to a number of formats including WMF and SVG with a plugin. Have you had a look at Inkscape? It uses SVG as its native file format and can export to a couple of different formats (not sure about WMF, though). I quite like it. Cheers, Richard
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/ -- Tim Fletcher Learning Technologies Manager - Parrs Wood High School
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/
On Tuesday 18 April 2006 09:12, Alex Masidlover wrote:
1) Put up with not being able to see the graph on screen in Word.
Might I suggest an alternative - Forget fighting with Mr Gates and use a pure *nix solution.. I find LyX displays images on screen (although it can be turned off), embedding fancy formulae written in latex is trivial.. Getting used to the powerfull formatting controls can be a challenge, but help & documentation is just a mouse click away.. Regards, Paul.
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