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Article #537Re: Importing ps files into WordPerfect
From: Jingbin Cao ~{2>01r~}
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 11:38
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 11:38
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In article <1e1oq6INN15v@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> leffler@physics.ubc.ca (Steve Leffler ) writes: =>afarkas@ernie.Princeton.EDU (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.
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From: jcao@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Jingbin Cao ~{2\>01r~})
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Subject: Re: Importing ps files into WordPerfect
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Date: 18 Nov 92 11:38:55 GMT
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