[Gretl-users] Re: 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 13:20:55 -0500 (EST) > From: Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu&gt; > Subject: [Gretl-users] EMF graphs on Windows > To: gretl-users(a)ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu > Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0602031308440.17682(a)ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu&gt; > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > 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. > > >