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- From: David C. Doherty <doherty@msc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Inserting Postscript in Word 5.1
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- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 17:59:29 GMT
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- In article <qBemVB32w165w@mantis.co.uk> mathew, mathew@mantis.co.uk
- writes:
- > jonkatz@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jonathan W. Katz) writes:
- > > I have a postscript file (text) that I want to place into Word 5.1.
- When I
- > > attempt to load it, the program says that it's converting an EPS file
- > > (which it's not), and then says, "Invalid data in conversion file."
- > >
- > > That's where I'm confused. I've printed this file with the
- LaserWriter Utili
- > > without a problem, so I know the file is fine. Does anyone have any
- ideas?
- >
- > You cannot load a Postscript file into Word. Postscript files are
- > intermediate printer dump files.
-
- This is very incorrect. Postscript files are ascii.
-
- > EPS is "cleaned-up" Postscript, which can sometimes be included in
- documents
- > (if you're lucky). Even then, it isn't treated as text, but rather as
- > graphics.
-
- Actually, Encapsulated PostScript has a very precise definition which
- does not
- have anything to do with "cleaning up" postscript. A nice feature of EPS
- is that
- it can (optionally) include a bitmapped preview. Among the allowed
- preview formats
- is PICT. If you have an EPS with an embedded PICT preview, programs like
- Word will
- display the PICT as the graphic. Otherwise, most of them just display a
- big
- box with an X across it. The actual postscript doesn't appear.
-
- There are (mostly unix-based) ps to EPS converters available. Mostly (I
- believe) what
- they do is to incorporate BoundingBox information and fix the header.
-
- Alternatively, you could just read in the postscript and assign its style
- to Postscript (look in the Format menu).
-
- Which of these you want depends on exacly what you are trying to do.
- My descriptions are admittedly vague, and RTM is highly recommend here.
-
-
- > Basically, your question is like asking "I got an HP Laserjet printer
- dump
- > file, and I'd like to load the text into Word. Why can't I?"
-
- no.
-
- --
- David C. Doherty
- Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Inc.
- doherty@msc.edu
-