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The following is a variant of a FAQ, and is probably also
a NAQ (never answered question!)

Does anyone know of apps to do either of the following:

1. Take a file of standard postscript and create a
"postscript-pict" file.

2. Take a file of standard postscript, create a screen
image, allow some editing of the image (revise text and
text formatting at least), then save as either standard
postscript, or preferably postscript-pict.

The purpose of all this is to get scientific graphics
created on a Sun workstation into Mac wordprocessing
programs, and allow the technical editors on the Mac side
to make simple changes (titles, axis labels) 
to the graphics created by the scientists on 
the workstation side.

Postscript-pict is probably not a standard term. I use
it to refer to a file which contains both the postscript
commands for a plot, and a pict version of the plot. When the
file is imported (or pasted) into, say, Word, the screen
display comes from the pict, but the printed copy comes from
the postscript. This gives maximum resolution in the hardcopy,
and also allows preview and adjustment of the layout.

App #2 above is what we really need, but app #1 would be
very helpful.

Thanks
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Don MacQueen                   macq@miguel.llnl.gov
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab.
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