Re: [Gretl-users] Re: saved EMF graphs imported into Word BUT...
If this isn't telepathy ... I just wanted to post about the same issue ...
Here is my setting:
Gretl 1.5.0 (01/30/2006)
OpenOffice 2.0
Windows XP
And here are the outcomes:
(1) Copying a graph to the clipboard and pasting into OpenOffice,
either via "Paste" or "Paste Special" leaves large margins at the top
and at the right. Thus, I can confirm John's findings
(2) Saving a graph as an emf (color) file and inserting into
OpenOffice via the "Insert -> Picture" menu works fine :-)
(3) When saving a graph as an emf (monochrome) file and inserting into
OpenOffice via the "Insert -> Picture" menu, one obtains a graph whose
margins are ok, but the graph is still colored.
(4) Copying a graph to the clipboard, using the monochrome option, and
pasting into OpenOffice, either via "Paste" or "Paste Special" gives
again the large margins, but this time, the color scheme is okay in
OpenOffice (i.e. black and white)
By the way, I also tried these operations with Abiword (2.4.2) on
WinXP. The main conclusion is that you should save the graph as png
file and insert it into Abiword. Copying to the clipboard did not
work: the "paste" function in Abiword remained greyed out. Saving the
file as emf was not terrible: I was able to insert an emf file into an
Abiword document, but the colors were inverted. I obtained a graph
with a black background. However, inserting a gretl-generated png file
into Abiword worked just fine :-)
Best wishes,
jean
On 2/5/06, John Paravantis <paravantis(a)hol.gr> wrote:
I forgot to add that gretl graphs pasted into the OpenOffice Write HAVE
THE SAME MARGIN PROBLEM!
John Paravantis
John Paravantis wrote:
> 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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>>
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 13:20:55 -0500 (EST)
>> From: Allin Cottrell <cottrell(a)wfu.edu>
>> Subject: [Gretl-users] EMF graphs on Windows
>> To: gretl-users(a)ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu
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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.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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