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saal@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (samuel.saal) writes:

>Using DOS WordPerfect 5.1 and a Postscript printer.

>I was given a scrap of PostScript code that draws a picture that I'd like
>to include in a WP document.  Ideally, I'd like to put it in a figure.
>Any suggestions?
>-- 
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>	Vayiftach HaShem et Peah Ha`Aton

WP 5.1 has a conversion program that will convert ps files to wpg files.
However, if the ps file has bitmapped graphics in it rather than ps code to
generate the graphics, I think youre out of luck doing it that way.  

Pizazz Plus can also convert graphics to wp 5.1 format.

However, you will generally be better off as regards quality of the output,
if you print it separately.


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In article <1992Nov10.144415.13042@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> saal@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (samuel.saal) writes:
>Using DOS WordPerfect 5.1 and a Postscript printer.
>
>I was given a scrap of PostScript code that draws a picture that I'd like
>to include in a WP document.  Ideally, I'd like to put it in a figure.
>Any suggestions?

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.

(halo anochi atoncha?)
-- 
Andrew Farkas
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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.

[Note: I'm reposting this because my previous post was not complete.]

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 success. I tried the conversion on both wp and the
wp graphics program (don't have the name at the moment). After the
conversions, I still got the message sounding like "graphics for
postscript printer" when previewing the graphics on the screen.
Obviously, the graphics are still written in postscript, which wp
cannot render, not in wpg. Though I can get the graphics printed
nicely on postscript printers. Am I missing something? I have wp
version 5.1.

Thanks in advance for any enlightments.

jcao@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Jingbin Cao ~{2\>01r~}) writes:

>I've tried to convert some .ps or .eps files created by Mathematica to
>.wpg files without success. I tried the conversion on both wp and the
>wp graphics program (don't have the name at the moment). After the
>conversions, I still got the message sounding like "graphics for
>postscript printer" when previewing the graphics on the screen.
>Obviously, the graphics are still written in postscript, which wp
>cannot render, not in wpg. Though I can get the graphics printed
>nicely on postscript printers. Am I missing something? I have wp
>version 5.1.

>Thanks in advance for any enlightments.

I don't use Mathematica but I had the same problem with eps
files from Harvard Graphics.  I found out that WP expects
only plain eps ascii text files that begins with %!
while some applications have additional codes before
the %!  (WP does that to convert to wpg) so just use 
your favourite editor and removed everything before the
%! before converting and it should work fine.

Hope this helps.

Edwin
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