Comments on: Inserting vector graphics in Office documents http://atastypixel.com/blog/inserting-vector-graphics-in-office-documents/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:47:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Astralexis http://atastypixel.com/blog/inserting-vector-graphics-in-office-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-3769 Astralexis Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:35:36 +0000 http://atastypixel.com/blog/441-inserting-vector-graphics-in-office-documents.html#comment-3769 <p>It seems to me that Adobe Acrobat has added an Insert Object - Adobe PDF to my Word 2003. And it actually works, for the most part.</p> <p>Problem is with printing / saving that Word .doc to PDF format again. The vector graphic from the inserted PDF object is then transformed into low resolution pixel image.</p> <p>About the PSToEdit tool, I read there's a plugin for Better EMF, is this worth buying?</p> It seems to me that Adobe Acrobat has added an Insert Object – Adobe PDF to my Word 2003. And it actually works, for the most part.

Problem is with printing / saving that Word .doc to PDF format again. The vector graphic from the inserted PDF object is then transformed into low resolution pixel image.

About the PSToEdit tool, I read there’s a plugin for Better EMF, is this worth buying?

]]> By: Tim West http://atastypixel.com/blog/inserting-vector-graphics-in-office-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-3496 Tim West Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:23:33 +0000 http://atastypixel.com/blog/441-inserting-vector-graphics-in-office-documents.html#comment-3496 <p>Oops, I forgot....</p> <p>Increase your art by ten times too!!</p> Oops, I forgot….

Increase your art by ten times too!!

]]> By: Tim West http://atastypixel.com/blog/inserting-vector-graphics-in-office-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-3495 Tim West Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:22:42 +0000 http://atastypixel.com/blog/441-inserting-vector-graphics-in-office-documents.html#comment-3495 <p>I have found that if you are having rendering issues due to MS not translating the vector well, enlarge your vector image artboard (sorry Illustrator Jargon) to 10 times what you need. Then save as emf. The result will generate much cleaner vectors at smaller sizes.</p> <p>Peace,</p> <p>TW</p> I have found that if you are having rendering issues due to MS not translating the vector well, enlarge your vector image artboard (sorry Illustrator Jargon) to 10 times what you need. Then save as emf. The result will generate much cleaner vectors at smaller sizes.

Peace,

TW

]]> By: Steve http://atastypixel.com/blog/inserting-vector-graphics-in-office-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-1989 Steve Mon, 18 Oct 2010 07:22:29 +0000 http://atastypixel.com/blog/441-inserting-vector-graphics-in-office-documents.html#comment-1989 <p>Great howto, thanks. BTW, if you are struggling with ill-formed PS, pstops will often help to clean it up.</p> Great howto, thanks. BTW, if you are struggling with ill-formed PS, pstops will often help to clean it up.

]]> By: Michael http://atastypixel.com/blog/inserting-vector-graphics-in-office-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Michael Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:38:27 +0000 http://atastypixel.com/blog/441-inserting-vector-graphics-in-office-documents.html#comment-247 <p>Yes, that's the pstoedit tool - and it works very well, but only if the original PDF/EPS is well formed. Unfortunately, many tools generate PDF that pstoedit struggles on (OS X's PDF generator included) - hence my usage of Intaglio to generate better-formed PDF, when I then pass to pstoedit.</p> <p>The Word plugin simply runs the conversion to EMF step internally, and does the same thing as on the command line - one still needs PDF/EPS that it can parse correctly, alas.</p> Yes, that’s the pstoedit tool – and it works very well, but only if the original PDF/EPS is well formed. Unfortunately, many tools generate PDF that pstoedit struggles on (OS X’s PDF generator included) – hence my usage of Intaglio to generate better-formed PDF, when I then pass to pstoedit.

The Word plugin simply runs the conversion to EMF step internally, and does the same thing as on the command line – one still needs PDF/EPS that it can parse correctly, alas.

]]> By: Reinier Post http://atastypixel.com/blog/inserting-vector-graphics-in-office-documents/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Reinier Post Mon, 01 Oct 2007 02:35:20 +0000 http://atastypixel.com/blog/441-inserting-vector-graphics-in-office-documents.html#comment-244 <p>I was looking for this, and found this page, plus the easier way to do it:</p> <p>http://www.pstoedit.net/pstoedit/</p> <p>provides an installer for a Word plugin that lets you import PostScript pictures directly into Word.</p> I was looking for this, and found this page, plus the easier way to do it:

http://www.pstoedit.net/pstoedit/

provides an installer for a Word plugin that lets you import PostScript pictures directly into Word.

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