Exporting Graphics Via the Clipboard

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Tue, 08/30/2011 - 04:30 pm

Hi,

I want to export a graphic from the active graph via the clipboard, and I choose Edit→Export Graphics. This displays the Export Graphics dialog. But from the Format pop-up menu, I can only choose Enhanced Metafile, Bitmap, PDF, PNG Image, and TIFF Image, but actually I want to choose PostScript Enhanced Metafile. I find there is a item of PostScript Enhanced Metafile on another computer. What make the difference of the two computer?

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks.

WTZero
Actually, when I copy the graph into powerpoint 2010, the figure I got is like left one (please see attched JPG file), but actually i want is the right one created in Igor. It seems like the figure was smeared by something when I copy the figure. What's the problem?

Thanks,
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August 30, 2011 at 05:52 pm - Permalink

WTZero wrote:
Hi,

I want to export a graphic from the active graph via the clipboard, and I choose Edit→Export Graphics. This displays the Export Graphics dialog. But from the Format pop-up menu, I can only choose Enhanced Metafile, Bitmap, PDF, PNG Image, and TIFF Image, but actually I want to choose PostScript Enhanced Metafile. I find there is a item of PostScript Enhanced Metafile on another computer. What make the difference of the two computer?


That other computer must be a Macintosh, not a PC like yours. I think if you use an Enhanced metafile you should get pretty good results.

--Jim Prouty
Software Engineer, WaveMetrics, Inc.

August 30, 2011 at 08:56 pm - Permalink

JimProuty wrote:
WTZero wrote:
Hi,
I want to export a graphic from the active graph via the clipboard, and I choose Edit→Export Graphics. This displays the Export Graphics dialog. But from the Format pop-up menu, I can only choose Enhanced Metafile, Bitmap, PDF, PNG Image, and TIFF Image, but actually I want to choose PostScript Enhanced Metafile. I find there is a item of PostScript Enhanced Metafile on another computer. What make the difference of the two computer?


That other computer must be a Macintosh, not a PC like yours. I think if you use an Enhanced metafile you should get pretty good results.

--Jim Prouty
Software Engineer, WaveMetrics, Inc.


Actually, the other computer is PC with windows XP installed. I don't know what make the difference that my computer is windows 7.

Thanks,
Wentao

August 31, 2011 at 01:28 pm - Permalink

I don't think PostScript Enhanced Metafile ever worked. From http://www.wavemetrics.net/Updaters/WhatsChangedSince6.0.html I can see that it was removed in Igor Pro 6.01B08.

To get PostScript quality, activate your graph and choose File->Save Graphics. Choose PDF if the program you are exporting to supports it or EPS.

EPS is not supported by other programs as a clipboard format so you have to export to a file, not to the clipboard.

PDF is supported as a clipboard format on Macintosh but is not supported by other programs on Windows so on Windows you have to export to a file, not to the clipboard.

September 1, 2011 at 07:49 am - Permalink