From: Rafal K. <ra...@po...> - 2003-09-30 11:59:19
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hi, I have following problem. I want include graphics created with Visio to my LaTeX documents. I tryied two ways: 1st way: Save selected graphics in Visio and save as EPS. Than convert EPS to PDF with Adobe Destiller and include it into LaTeX: \begin{figure}[h] \begin{center} \scalebox{0.6}{\includegraphics{../../sync/sync_struct}} \end{center} \caption{\label{Synchronisierung:Struct:Fig}Unterschied zwischen ...} \end{figure} The quality of the saved EPS is not so good. 2nd way: Send selected graphics in Visio to Destiller. Destiller showas whole page. I croped the pagge to the bounding box of the graphics and save it as PDF. I included the graphics like in 1st way to my document. But the graphics has other bouding box and it is on the wrong place in my document. Has anybody a tip fot me? Regards, Rafal |
From: Benno v. O. <van...@pl...> - 2003-09-30 12:31:21
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Hi, I've wreslted with the problem visio and eps/pdf also the problem is that visio messes up the bounding box. The method which i use to great satisfaction saving the visio file as an eps. After that i open the eps in adobe illustrator, here you can see the messed up bounding box. Then i open a new drawing in illustrator and copy the drawing to the new illustrator drawing. After this i save the new illustrator drawing as eps file. Illustrator does save the correct bounding box. The eps file you now have you can directly include in your latex if you use dvips and if you need pdf files then you process this eps with distiller and you get a correct pdf file with nice looking quality and no strange white space. The fact that your quality was poor when you created the first file is that you have lost your vector information. I personally prefer making the complete document in eps en ps. I keep high quality this way. Only if i need a pdf i create it using the pdfwrite function from gostview. This works perfectly and since only one pdf step is needed you keep high quality. Regard Benno If you don't have illustrator please say so maybe i can give some other suggestions. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rafal Kedziorski" <ra...@po...> To: <mik...@li...> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 1:57 PM Subject: [MiKTeX] croped pdf problem > hi, > > I have following problem. I want include graphics created with Visio to my > LaTeX documents. I tryied two ways: > > 1st way: > Save selected graphics in Visio and save as EPS. Than convert EPS to PDF > with Adobe Destiller and include it into LaTeX: > > \begin{figure}[h] > \begin{center} > \scalebox{0.6}{\includegraphics{../../sync/sync_struct}} > \end{center} > \caption{\label{Synchronisierung:Struct:Fig}Unterschied zwischen ...} > \end{figure} > > The quality of the saved EPS is not so good. > > > 2nd way: > Send selected graphics in Visio to Destiller. Destiller showas whole page. > I croped the pagge to the bounding box of the graphics and save it as PDF. > I included the graphics like in 1st way to my document. But the graphics > has other bouding box and it is on the wrong place in my document. > > Has anybody a tip fot me? > > > Regards, > Rafal > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > |
From: Rafal K. <ra...@po...> - 2003-09-30 13:02:48
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hi, At 14:31 30.09.2003, Benno van Oosten wrote: >Hi, > >I've wreslted with the problem visio and eps/pdf also the problem is that >visio messes up the bounding box. The method which i use to great >satisfaction saving the visio file as an eps. After that i open the eps in But the quality of the EPS files is bad. take a look on this: http://www.polonium.de/rafcio/pdfs/eps2pdf.pdf and Visio2Destiller: http://www.polonium.de/rafcio/pdfs/pdf.pdf Rafal |
From: Benno v. O. <van...@pl...> - 2003-09-30 15:06:21
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I don't see you're problem when i take a look at the two pdf files i get two razor sharp pdf files they only have no margins. Are you sure that the settings of your pdf viewer are correct or are you maybe using adobe 4.0 this has some glitches connected to latex. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rafal Kedziorski" <ra...@po...> To: <mik...@li...>; <mik...@li...> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:00 PM Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] croped pdf problem > hi, > > At 14:31 30.09.2003, Benno van Oosten wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I've wreslted with the problem visio and eps/pdf also the problem is that > >visio messes up the bounding box. The method which i use to great > >satisfaction saving the visio file as an eps. After that i open the eps in > > But the quality of the EPS files is bad. take a look on this: > > http://www.polonium.de/rafcio/pdfs/eps2pdf.pdf > > and Visio2Destiller: > > http://www.polonium.de/rafcio/pdfs/pdf.pdf > > > Rafal > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > |
From: Rafal K. <ra...@po...> - 2003-09-30 15:27:59
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At 16:36 30.09.2003, Benno van Oosten wrote: >I don't see you're problem when i take a look at the two pdf files i get two >razor sharp pdf files they only have no margins. Are you sure that the >settings of your pdf viewer are correct or are you maybe using adobe 4.0 >this has some glitches connected to latex. take a look on this: http://www.polonium.de/rafcio/pdfs/diff.jpg the same I get with Acrobat Reader 5.0 Rafal >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Rafal Kedziorski" <ra...@po...> >To: <mik...@li...>; ><mik...@li...> >Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:00 PM >Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] croped pdf problem > > > > hi, > > > > At 14:31 30.09.2003, Benno van Oosten wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > >I've wreslted with the problem visio and eps/pdf also the problem is that > > >visio messes up the bounding box. The method which i use to great > > >satisfaction saving the visio file as an eps. After that i open the eps >in > > > > But the quality of the EPS files is bad. take a look on this: > > > > http://www.polonium.de/rafcio/pdfs/eps2pdf.pdf > > > > and Visio2Destiller: > > > > http://www.polonium.de/rafcio/pdfs/pdf.pdf > > > > > > Rafal > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > _______________________________________________ > > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > > MiK...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek >Welcome to geek heaven. >http://thinkgeek.com/sf >_______________________________________________ >MiKTeX-Users mailing list >MiK...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users |
From: Benno v. O. <van...@pl...> - 2003-09-30 15:39:13
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Alan dvipdfm is great i agree, but it has one major problem. It does not support psfrag. Dia is also fine and has a nice feature in that it makes real small eps files, but the drawing tools are too limited. It is fine for simple things but if you have to draw hatches yourself it's to much work for my. Furthermore i miss good arrows and the positioning of text boxes relative to lines is sometimes messed up. Therefore i prefer visio with illustrator Benno ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan G Isaac" <ai...@am...> To: <mik...@li...> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 4:03 PM Subject: Re[2]: [MiKTeX] croped pdf problem > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:31:10 +0200 Benno van Oosten <van...@pl...> wrote: > > I've wreslted with the problem visio and eps/pdf also the problem is that > > visio messes up the bounding box. The method which i use to great > > satisfaction saving the visio file as an eps. After that i open the eps in > > adobe illustrator, here you can see the messed up bounding box. Then i open > > a new drawing in illustrator and copy the drawing to the new illustrator > > drawing. After this i save the new illustrator drawing as eps file. > > Illustrator does save the correct bounding box. The eps file you now have > > you can directly include in your latex if you use dvips and if you need pdf > > files then you process this eps with distiller and you get a correct pdf > > file with nice looking quality and no strange white space. > > > The fact that your quality was poor when you created the first file is that > > you have lost your vector information. I personally prefer making the > > complete document in eps en ps. I keep high quality this way. Only if i need > > a pdf i create it using the pdfwrite function from gostview. This works > > perfectly and since only one pdf step is needed you keep high quality. > > > Don't forget about dvipdfm, which I use to produce > PDFs from LaTeX+EPS all the time with great satisfaction. > > Also, for better EPS, you might try Dia instead of Visio. > > Cheers, > Alan Isaac > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > |
From: Benno v. O. <van...@pl...> - 2003-09-30 15:50:09
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I think i get what you mean. The =FCber that doesn't come out right i= s a font problem i think so when you are converting the file from eps to pdf y= ou should get an font error message in your program. The line thickness = problem is due to the defenitions of visio. The definitions visio uses are no= t exactly put in the eps file. Some standard sizes are taken for the li= ne thicknesses. I've sometimes used another work around. Maybe this will= help. Install a ps capable printer in windows eg. hp color laserjet 8500 ps= . The port on which you install it is not important since youre not using t= he printer anyway only the driver. Then in visio print the drawing to th= e installed printer and check the print to file and make sure the filen= ame is yourgraph.ps the extention is important because the automatically use= d extention is wrong. This psfile you can then use in a distiller. The advantage of this method is that you are using the windows spooler in= stead of the distillerprinter you've previously used. I'm afraid that since= visio is not an eps based program it probably is not possible to work aroun= d the linethickness problem. If it is only the text that you are upset abou= t then maybe you should try the psfrag package which lets you insert latex i= n eps figures. Good luck Benno ----- Original Message -----=20 =46rom: "Rafal Kedziorski" <ra...@po...> To: <mik...@li...> Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] croped pdf problem > At 16:36 30.09.2003, Benno van Oosten wrote: > >I don't see you're problem when i take a look at the two pdf files= i get two > >razor sharp pdf files they only have no margins. Are you sure that= the > >settings of your pdf viewer are correct or are you maybe using ado= be 4.0 > >this has some glitches connected to latex. > > take a look on this: > > http://www.polonium.de/rafcio/pdfs/diff.jpg > > the same I get with Acrobat Reader 5.0 > > > Rafal > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Rafal Kedziorski" <ra...@po...> > >To: <mik...@li...>; > ><mik...@li...> > >Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 3:00 PM > >Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] croped pdf problem > > > > > > > hi, > > > > > > At 14:31 30.09.2003, Benno van Oosten wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > >I've wreslted with the problem visio and eps/pdf also the prob= lem is that > > > >visio messes up the bounding box. The method which i use to gr= eat > > > >satisfaction saving the visio file as an eps. After that i ope= n the eps > >in > > > > > > But the quality of the EPS files is bad. take a look on this: > > > > > > http://www.polonium.de/rafcio/pdfs/eps2pdf.pdf > > > > > > and Visio2Destiller: > > > > > > http://www.polonium.de/rafcio/pdfs/pdf.pdf > > > > > > > > > Rafal > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > > > Welcome to geek heaven. > > > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > > _______________________________________________ > > > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > > > MiK...@li... > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > >Welcome to geek heaven. > >http://thinkgeek.com/sf > >_______________________________________________ > >MiKTeX-Users mailing list > >MiK...@li... > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > |
From: Rafal K. <ra...@po...> - 2003-10-01 23:01:17
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hi, [...] At 17:49 30.09.2003 +0200, Benno van Oosten wrote: >Install a ps capable printer in windows eg. hp color laserjet 8500 ps. The >port on which you install it is not important since youre not using the >printer anyway only the driver. Then in visio print the drawing to the >installed printer and check the print to file and make sure the filename is >yourgraph.ps the extention is important because the automatically used >extention is wrong. This psfile you can then use in a distiller. The Thanks. This I did years bevore ... and now again. The quality is very good. Now I have to fix the problem with the croped page and the placing in my document. [...] Best Regards, Rafal |
From: Benno v. O. <van...@pl...> - 2003-10-02 07:20:32
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You can let visio define a special page size, the make page size drawing extents or something like that and than not this page size and define a custom page size for your drawing in your printer settings, this should solve your white margins problem. You can also scale your drawing to fill the landscape page size in a horizontal sence. The vertical will not be filled, but that cannot be helped and the horizontal size is the limit for your page any way. Benno ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rafal Kedziorski" <ra...@po...> To: <mik...@li...>; <mik...@li...> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 12:44 AM Subject: Re: [MiKTeX] croped pdf problem > hi, > > [...] > At 17:49 30.09.2003 +0200, Benno van Oosten wrote: > >Install a ps capable printer in windows eg. hp color laserjet 8500 ps. The > >port on which you install it is not important since youre not using the > >printer anyway only the driver. Then in visio print the drawing to the > >installed printer and check the print to file and make sure the filename is > >yourgraph.ps the extention is important because the automatically used > >extention is wrong. This psfile you can then use in a distiller. The > > Thanks. This I did years bevore ... and now again. The quality is very good. > > Now I have to fix the problem with the croped page and the placing in my > document. > > [...] > > > Best Regards, > Rafal > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > |