[Gretl-users] saved EMF graphs imported into Word BUT...
Allin,
I confirm that when importing an EMF graph into Word the margins are ok.
UNFORTUNATELY no matter if I elect to save the graph as a MONOCHROME
metafile, it is always saved as COLOR!
John Paravantis
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Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 13:20:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu>
Subject: [Gretl-users] EMF graphs on Windows
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John Paravantis noted lately that when you paste an EMF generated by
gretl into MS Word, you typically (always?) get a big margin to the
top and right of the actual graph, which then needs cropping if the
inserted graph is to look right.
I've investigated some more, and I believe this is a problem with
the interaction of Word and the Windows clipboard. If you save the
same graph to File as EMF, then do Insert/Picture/from file, in
MS Word, the graph comes out just fine with no excess borders.
I would be interested to hear what happens if you try pasting the
graph from the clipboard into OpenOffice.org on Windows. I suspect
it may be handled correctly.
Bugs in the Windows clipboard/Office connection are not unheard of.
Until recently (Office 2003? not sure) if you simply Edit/Paste'd an
EMF into Word, by default it went in as an old-style Windows
Metafile (wrong, looks bad), BUT if you did Edit/Paste Special...,
then the option that appeared as the default was to paste as an
Enhanced Metafile (right, looks good). Go figure. That's why you
get a little message box from gretl recommending use of Paste
Special.