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From: [e-mail] (Jingbin Cao ~{2\>01r~})
Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop,bit.listserv.wpcorp-l
Subject: Re: Importing ps files into WordPerfect
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Date: 18 Nov 92 11:38:55 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Steve Leffler ) writes:
=>[e-mail] (Andrew Farkas) writes:
=>
=>>Piece of cake.  In your graphics box specify the file name of your
=>>postscript file (assuming it's eps, of course), e.g. d:\pictures\123.ps.
=>
=>>This is far superior to converting to .wpg format.  As an earlier
=>>posting noted, you will only see the phrase Postscript information when
=>>you view the document.  When you print the document (on a ps printer),
=>>you will get the high-quality ps output you want.  Converting to wpg
=>>will allow you to view the graphic, but output quality goes way down.
=>
=>   PostScript files should be converted to .WPG files just like everything
=>else, at least with WP 5.1 for DOS (I assume other versions are the same).
=>When a PS file is converted from within WP (load, then switch to "graphic
=>on disk" and resave the image to a WPG file), the original PS codes are
=>preserved (and you still can't view the image), but the resulting file loads
=>a LOT quicker than the original .PS file.

I've tried to convert some .ps or .eps files created by Mathematica to
.wpg files without like. I tried the conversion in both wp and the wp
graphics program (don't have the name at the moment). Am I missing
something? I have wp version 5.1.

Thanks in advance for any enlightments.